Published in Singapore journal of tropical geography
The author investigates the extent to which both absolute and relative poverty affect population growth in developing countries. Aggregate data from U.N. sources for 26 countries at various stages of the fertility transition are used. The results indicate that the most significant steps in reducing fertility would be more effective provision of bas...
The author examines the consequences of recent trends toward private ownership of land in China with regard to rural-urban migration. He concludes that these changes in land ownership could lead to a migration of up to 200 million people toward urban areas. The measures developed to control such migrations are examined, particularly the development...
Published in Ren kou yan jiu = Renkou yanjiu
China's agricultural industry is currently undergoing a gradual transition from its previously restrictive self-sufficient natural economy to a more commercialized system of production. This transition has already effected an increase in China's agricultural productivity. Moreover, efforts toward planned population growth have made significant head...
Published in Pakistan development review
This article examines the relationship between rural fertility and rural-urban migration and land holding patterns, using data for 26 developing countries. A 2-equation stochastic model is developed with variables for the rural total fertility rate, the average annual rate of rural-urban migration, the gross domestic product per agricultural worker...
Published in Bangladesh Development Studies
This study used data from a rural area of Bangladesh to examine the nutrient adequacy of the diets of pregnant and lactating women. Of the 106 women 15-45 years of age in the survey population, 30 were lactating and 25 were pregnant. Average caloric requirements and safe levels of protein intake were estimated for each member of the households stud...
Published in Social biology
Basic demographic data of landless and landed peasants from the highlands and valley of Northern Potosi, Bolivia, are compared. Household size and crude birth rates are larger in the highlands than in the valley. Within the highland population, no statistically significant difference was observed between the age-specific fertility of landless and l...
Published in Africa : journal of the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures
Published in Ekistics; reviews on the problems and science of human settlements
Published in Ekistics; reviews on the problems and science of human settlements
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