Data relating to population and family planning in eight foreign countries are presented in these situation reports. Countries included are Hong Kong, Malawi, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa), Sabah, and Sarawak. Information is provided where appropriate and available, under two topics, general background and family planning…

The population of South Carolina is expected to grow 1.1 percent annually from 1960 to 1975 compared with 1.3 percent for the United States. Total employment is expected to grow at a rate of 1.9 percent for the State and the Nation. In 1960, for every 100 jobs in goods-producing industries in South Carolina, there were 80 jobs in service-producing…

The complete comprehension of this paper requires a firm grasp of both mathematical demography and FORTRAN programming. The paper aims at the establishment of a language with which complex demographic manipulations can be briefly expressed in a form intelligible both to demographic analysts and to computers. The Demographic Computer Library (DCL)…

Reduction in fertility of remarried women relative to once married women was investigated. When marital history of husband was controlled, it became evident that a greater reduction of fertility was observed among women with previously married husbands than among remarried women whose husbands had not been previously married. (Author)

Makes clear the importance of population size and the consequences which are rightly or wrongly expected from changes in the birth rate. This lecture was delivered at the annual meeting of the Standing Conference on Studies in Education in 1977. The theme of the conference was Educational Attitudes and Economic Survival. (Editor/RK)

The reversal of relative growth rates of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan U.S. countries between 1970-75 is analyzed in the context of: metropolitan expansion; changing demographic composition; and preference for residential location. (Author/JC)

Data for the period September 1976 through April 1977 indicate a rise in the United States birth rate; however, the rate is still below the replacement level. It is speculated that the increase is an "echo" effect to the post-World War II baby boom which peaked in 1957. (SL)

Examined timing of completion of childbearing in cohorts of American women born in 1906-15, 1916-25, 1926-30, and 1931-35. Revealed large changes in timing of completion of childbearing. Among whites, found 50 percent reduction in proportion finishing after age 37. Among blacks, found large reductions in proportion ending before age 25 and…

Discusses differences between past and future young-old populations to illustrate changes in mortality, work, and family patterns that represent new potential for families and life careers. Notes that while demographic and cultural changes could create new chasms between worlds of men and women, they could also lead to increased convergence in…

This explanation for consumerism focuses on how unique demographics may have contributed to the movement. Prior movements may not have achieved the scale of the most recent movement because they did not occur after a period of rapid population growth. (Author/JOW)

While state per capita expenditures for public welfare, state divorce rates, state population change rates, and percentage of persons with annual incomes between $10,000 and $19,999 accounted for .73 of explained variance in state suicide rates, effects of state per capita expenditures for public welfare were not very important when other…

Discusses issues related to population growth in Asia, considering various programs and their successes. Indicates that China has had the greatest recent success in reducing population growth (with its one-child family policy). (JN)

Explores key demographic trends--college enrollment rates, projected population, adult education participation--and charts other issues (advanced technology, lifelong learning, the knowledge society, globalization, escalating costs, and increased educational competition). Concludes that strategic planning is vital to the future of higher…

This report presents tabulations from Census 2000 data on people enumerated at emergency and transitional shelters. This includes shelters for people experiencing homelessness; shelters for children who are runaways, neglected, or without conventional housing; transitional shelters for people without conventional housing; and hotels and motels…

This report provides an overview of American children based on the first data released from the 2000 Census. Overall, at 72.3 million in 2000, the number of children recorded in the 2000 Census was the largest in U.S. history. There was a substantial increase in the number of children during the 1990s as the under-18 population grew 8.7 million…