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

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

(ST/ESA/SER.R/128). 400 pp. $45.00.
Sales No. E.92.XIII.10.

Available in English only

Provides a review of the scope and methodology of the estimation of child mortality and brings together the available data on child mortality in the developing countries, covering a period from around 1960 to the present. The purpose is to inform policy makers, programme planners and researchers of the availability of data and to demostrate their range of variation, in order to provide a basis for assessing levels and trends and for monitoring progress towards mortality reduction.

Abortion Policies: A Global Review

(ST/ESA/SER.A/129 and Add. 1-2).

Volume I: Afghanistan to France

(ST/ESA/SER.A/129). 158 pp $25.00.
Sales No. E.92.XIII.8.

Volume II: Gabon to Norway

(ST/ESA/SER.A/129/Add. 1). 243 pp. $25.00.
Sales No. E.94.XIII.2.

Volume III: Oman to Zimbabwe

(ST/ESA/SER.A/129/Add. 2). 236 pp. $25.00.
Sales No. E.95.XIII.24.

Available in English only

Examines the major dimensions of induced abortion policies on a country-by-country basis. The aim is to provide information not only on the legal and policy status of abortion but also on how abortion policies have evolved over time, how they have been interpreted and enforced and the context within which abortion generally takes place. Where possible, data on incidence of induced abortion are also included. Although information on the incidence of abortion and the setting within which abortion takes place are not the focus of the study, they are provided to enrich the policy picture. The countries are arranged in alphabetical order: volume I covers Afghanistan to France; volume II, Gabon to Norway; and volume III, Oman to Zimbabwe.

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

(ST/ESA/SER.A/123). 129 pp. $17.50.
Sales No. E.91.XIII.13.

Available in English only

Investigates trends and socio-economic differentials in childhood mortality in countries from various less developed regions: Africa (Kenya); Latin America (Costa Rica, Honduras and urban Paraguay); and Asia (Jordan and Thailand). The six country case-studies presented in the report are treated in a comparative perspective, examining the same key socio-economic factors for their effects on childhood mortality.

Measuring the Dynamics of Contraceptive Use

(ST/ESA/SER.R/106). 201 pp. $25.00
Sales No. E.91.XIII.7

Available in English only

Contains the report and recommendations, as well as contributed papers of the United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Measuring the Dynamics of Contraceptive Use, held in New York from 5 to 7 December 1988. The study considers ways of obtaining more complete and representative information about the rates of contraceptive failure and discontinuation.

Patterns of First Marriage: Timing and Prevalence

(ST/ESA/SER.R/111). 328 pp. $29.00.
Sales No. E.91.XIII.6.

Available in English only.

Describes the marriage patterns of men and women during the decades following the Second World War. More precisely, the study analyses the timing and prevalence of first marriages of both sexes during the period since the middle of the twentieth century on the basis of available censuses and surveys. It also attempts to fill a gap in nuptiality research and to present a worldwide overview of first marriage behaviour based on comparable available marriage indices. Although the study covers both sexes, particular attention is devoted to first marriage patterns of women because they are the most relevant population subgroup for the understanding of fertility and because they are also those whose age at marriage is most likely to be influenced by social change. In order to present the post-war marriage levels and trends against their proper background, the discussion is preceded by a brief overview of the marriage patterns that prevailed during the first half of the twentieth century.

The AIDS Epidemic and Its Demographic Consequences

(ST/ESA/SER.A/119). 140 pp. $37.50.
Sales No. E.91.XIII.5.

Available in English only

Contains the proceedings and the background papers of the United Nations/World Health Organization Workshop on Modelling the Demographic Impact of the AIDS Epidemic in Pattern II Countries: Progress to Date and Policies for the Future, New York, 13-15 to December 1989.

Economic and Social Aspects of Population Ageing

In Argentina (ST/ESA/SER.R/113),1991
In Kerala, India (ST/ESA/SER.R/119), 1992

Available in English only.

Describes the various aspects of population ageing and its social and economic consequences in Argentina and in the State of Kerala, India, separately. The main objectives are: (a) to illuminate the demographic processes that have brought about changes in the age structure of the population; and (b) to provide planners with a better understanding of the social and economic implications of such changes.

Population Growth and Policies in Megacities

$7.50 each
Bangkok, 47 pp., Sales No. E.90.XIII.8
Bombay, 37 pp., Sales No. E.90.XIII.9
Cairo, 29 pp., Sales No. E.90.XIII.31
Calcutta, 38 pp., Sales No. E.90.XIII.10
Delhi, 38 pp., Sales No. E.90.XIII.11
Dhaka, 38 pp., Sales No. E.90.XIII.12
Jakarta, 46 pp., Sales No. E.90.XIII.13
Karachi, 43 pp., Sales No. E.90.XIII.14
Madras, 30 pp., Sales No. E.90.XIII.15
Metro Manila, 50 pp., Sales No. E.90.XIII.16
Mexico City, 34 pp., Sales No. E.91.XIII.3
Sao Paulo, 36 pp., Sales No. E.93.XIII.9
Seoul, 56 pp., Sales No. E.90.XIII.7

Available in English only

Focuses on the population policies and plans of some mega-cities in developing countries that expect to have a population of at least 8 million inhabitants by the year 2000. The objective of the series is to examine the formulation, implementation and evaluation of the population policies of mega-cities from a broad perspective, emphasizing the reciprocal links between population and development in the spirit of the World Population Plan of Action.