Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division

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Catalogue of Population Division
Publications, Databases and Software

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Special Studies of Demographic and Population Policy Issues

• National Population Policies

• Too Young to Die: Genes or Gender

• Population Policy Diskette Documentation 1997

• Global Population Policy Database 1997 (GRIPP: 1997)

• User's Guide to the Population, Resources Environment and Development Databank (Pred-Bank, version 2.1)

• International Migration Policies

• Government Views on the Relationships between Population and Environment

• Family-building and Family Planning Evaluation

• Levels and Trends of Contraceptive Use as Assessed in 1994

• Child Survival, Health and Family Planning Programmes and Fertility

• Living Arrangements of Women and Their Children in Developing Countries: A Demographic Profile

• The Challenge of Urbanization: The World's Large Cities

• Women's Education and Fertility Behaviour: Recent Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys

• Developments in Demographic Training and Research Projects: Aspects of Technical Cooperation

• The Health Rationale for Family Planning: Timing of Births and Child Survival

• AIDS and the Demography of Africa

• Women's Status and Fertility in Pakistan: Recent Evidence

• The Fertility Transition and Women's Life Course in Mexico

• Women's Education and Fertility Behaviour: A Case-study of Rural Maharashtra, India

• Patterns of Fertility in Low-fertility Settings

• Child Mortality Since the 1960s: A Database for Developing Countries

• Abortion Policies: A Global Review (3 Volumes)

• Child Mortality in Developing Countries: Socio-economic Differentials, Trends and Implications

• Measuring the Dynamics of Contraceptive Use

• Patterns of First Marriage: Timing and Prevalence

• The AIDS Epidemic and Its Demographic Consequences

• Economic and Social Aspects of Population Ageing in Argentina; in Kerala, India

• Population Growth and Policies in Mega-cities

National Population Policies

(ST/ESA/SER.A/171). 457 pp.

Available in English only

Presents a summary overview of population policies and dynamics for each of the Member States and non-member States for which data are available at mid-decade for the 1990s, 1980s and 1990s.

Too Young to Die: Genes or Gender

(ST/ESA/SER.A/155). 260 pp. $ 25.00.
Sales No. E.98.XIII.13.

Available in English only

Contains a global overview of the prevalence of excess mortality among female children and an examination of the various biological and socio-economic factors related to the existence of excess female mortality in childhood. It presents a comprehensive set of estimates of infant and child mortality by sex for developing countries over the period 1970-1995. It also includes a historical overview of changes in the relation between male and female mortality at young ages in today's developed countries. The set of articles included in this report are meant to provide guidance for the formulation of measures to combat excess female child mortality where it exists.

Population Policy Diskette Documentation 1997

(ST/ESA/SER.R/150). 27 pp.
Sales No. E.98.XIII.10

Available in English only

Describes a database called Global Review and Inventory of Population Policies (GRIPP), which is available on diskette. Price: $75.00 (including the diskette).

Global Population Policy Database 1997

(ST/ESA/SER.R/149). 205 pp. $35.00.
Sales No. E.98.XIII.11.

Available in English only

Gives an overview of the machine-readable data-base named Global Review and Inventory of Population Policies: 1997 (GRIPP:1997), which is available on diskette, and a population policy profile of each of the 179 countries based on a sub-set of the available policy variables. This is a biennial publication.

User's Guide to the Population, Resources, Environment and Development Databank (Pred Bank, version 2.1)

(ST/ESA/SER.A/168). 59 pp. $100.00 (including diskette).
Sales No. E.98.XIII.9.

Available in English only

Describes a database entitled Population, Resources, Environment and Development Databank (PRED Bank, version 2.1), which is available on diskette. Includes a copy of National Trends in Population, Resources, Environment and Development: Country Profiles

International Migration Policies

(ST/ESA/SER.A/161). 235 pp. $35.00.
Sales No. E.98.XIII.8.

Available in English only

Examines the many issues surrounding immigration policies and practices from a wide range of perspectives. Part one is devoted to: family reunification; citizenship, nationality and naturalization; and the social, political, economic and cultural integration of migrants. Part two reviews policies and programmes targeting specific types of migration as well as national, regional and global instruments on permanent migration, labour migration, refugees and undocumented migrants.

Government Views on the Relationships between Population and Environment

(ST/ESA/SER.R/147). 78 pp. $20.00.
Sales No. E.98.XIII.7.

Available in English only

Analyses the perceptions of selected governments concerning the impact of population size, growth and distribution on the physical environment. The analysis is complemented by a discussion of the changing concept of development. In addition the study traces the evolution of population concepts at intergovernmental forums dealing with the environment, and describes how a focus on population and environment interactions at United Nations conferences has helped to foster a long-term perspective in development strategies.

Family-building and Family Planning Evaluation

ST/ESA/SER.R/148). 112 pp. $19.95.
Sales No. E.98.XIII.3

Available in English.

Describes a methodology for measuring fertility which is based on a woman's childbearing experience as she moves through successive phases of the family-building process. The methodology may serve as a complement or alternative to the more commonly used methods that measure fertility in terms of summary indices such as the total fertility rate. Thus the methodology which is applied to 15 countries in the developing regions, is intended to serve both as a means to more refined analysis of fertility change and as a better tool for the monitoring and evaluation of family planning programmes.

Levels and Trends of Contraceptive Use as Assessed in 1994

(ST/ESA/SER.A/146). 163 pp. $17.50.
Sales No. E.96.XIII.13.

Available in English only

Provides a comprehensive review of the most recent available data about current contraceptive use and presents updated estimates of global and regional levels of contraceptive prevalence by method; the level of use and number of contraceptive users needed to bring about projected fertility declines between 1990 and 2025; and the availability of contraceptives to national populations. It also features two new topics: contraceptive use for all women of reproductive age and a comparison of married and unmarried women's contraceptive practice; and contraceptive use as reported by men, along with a comparison of men's and women's reports.

Child Survival, Health and Family Planning Programmes and Fertility

(ST/ESA/SER.R/144). 96 pp. $17.00.
Sales No. E.96.XIII.9

Available in English only

Presents three case-studies which examine the impact of governmental health and family planning interventions on health practices and reproductive behaviour in households in Ecuador, Indonesia and Zimbabwe. The analysis was done at the community and individual levels. At the community level, the gross relations among village and subdistrict characteristics and the levels of fertility and mortality were measured. At the individual level, the determinants of use of contraceptives and child survival interventions were examined by the application of multiple regression analysis.