140 Електронні книги від Committee on Population
Committee on Advances in Collecting and Utilizing Biological Indicators and Genetic Information in Social Science Surveys & Committee on Population: Biosocial Surveys
Biosocial Surveys analyzes the latest research on the increasing number of multipurpose household surveys that collect biological data along with the more familiar interviewerrespondent information. …
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Committee on National Statistics & Committee on Population: Improving the Measurement of Late-Life Disability in Population Surveys
Improving the Measurement of Late-Life Disability in Population Surveys summarizes a workshop organized to draw upon recent advances to improve the measurement of physical and cognitive disability in …
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€41.09
Committee on National Statistics & Committee on Population: Improving the Measurement of Late-Life Disability in Population Surveys
Improving the Measurement of Late-Life Disability in Population Surveys summarizes a workshop organized to draw upon recent advances to improve the measurement of physical and cognitive disability in …
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€57.05
Committee on National Statistics & Committee on Population: Conducting Biosocial Surveys
Recent years have seen a growing tendency for social scientists to collect biological specimens such as blood, urine, and saliva as part of large-scale household surveys. By combining biological and …
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€31.30
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: International Differences in Mortality at Older Ages
In 1950 men and women in the United States had a combined life expectancy of 68.9 years, the 12th highest life expectancy at birth in the world. Today, life expectancy is up to 79.2 years, yet the co …
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Committee on National Statistics & Committee on Population: Conducting Biosocial Surveys
Recent years have seen a growing tendency for social scientists to collect biological specimens such as blood, urine, and saliva as part of large-scale household surveys. By combining biological and …
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Committee on Advances in Collecting and Utilizing Biological Indicators and Genetic Information in Social Science Surveys & Committee on Population: Biosocial Surveys
Biosocial Surveys analyzes the latest research on the increasing number of multipurpose household surveys that collect biological data along with the more familiar interviewerrespondent information. …
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€70.89
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Population: Tools and Methods for Estimating Populations at Risk from Natural Disasters and Complex Humanitarian Crises
Worldwide, millions of people are displaced annually because of natural or industrial disasters or social upheaval. Reliable data on the numbers, characteristics, and locations of these populations c …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Hispanics and the Future of America
Hispanics and the Future of America presents details of the complex story of a populationthat varies in many dimensions, including national origin, immigration status, and generation. The papers in t …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries
Serving as a companion to Growing Up Global, this book from the National Research Council explores how the transition to adulthood is changing in developing countriesin light of globalization and wha …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies
Given current demographic trends, nearly one in five U.S. residents will beof Hispanic origin by 2025. This major demographic shift and its implicationsfor both the United States and the growing Hisp …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Growing Up Global
The challenges for young people making the transition to adulthood are greater today than ever before. Globalization, with its power to reach across national boundaries and into the smallest communit …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life
In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally goodor equally poorhealth. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are healthier than older …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Understanding Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life
As the population of older Americans grows, it is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. Differences in health by racial and ethnic status could be increasingly consequential for health polic …
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Committee on Population & Kenneth Hill: War, Humanitarian Crises, Population Displacement, and Fertility
Fertility and reproductive health issues more broadly have tended to be of low priority in humanitarian crises. Public attention is drawn by information concerning the magnitude of refugee flows, of …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Initial Steps in Rebuilding the Health Sector in East Timor
In May 2002 Timor Leste (East Timor) emerged as a new nation after centuries of foreign rule and decades of struggle for independence. Its birth was a painful one; a United Nations-brokered Popular C …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Psychosocial Concepts in Humanitarian Work with Children
This report is concerned with reviewing psychosocial concepts in research related to humanitarian work, with particular emphasis on research related to children affected by prolonged violence and arm …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Cities Transformed
Virtually all of the growth in the world’s population for the foreseeable future will take place in the cities and towns of the developing world. Over the next twenty years, most developing countries …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Offspring
Despite recent advances in our understanding of the genetic basis of human behavior, little of this work has penetrated into formal demography. Very few demographers worry about how biological proces …
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Committee on Population & Holly A. Williams: Malaria Control During Mass Population Movements and Natural Disasters
Admittedly, the world and the nature of forced migration have changed a great deal over the last two decades. The relevance of data accumulated during that time period can now be called into question …
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Center for Social and Economic Studies & Committee on Population: Emerging Issues in Hispanic Health
Hispanics are defined as people of Spanish-speaking origin from Latin America, the Caribbean, or Europe. Hispanics vary in terms of socioeconomic status, race, religion and/or more. A common occurren …
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€48.29
Committee on Population & National Research Council: Demographic Assessment Techniques in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
The Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration was established by the Committee on Population of the National Research Council in 1999. The roundtable is composed of experts from academia, gove …
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Committee on Population & National Research Council: Research Ethics in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
Situations involving conflict and forced migration have become increasingly commonplace in today’s world. The need to understand the causes, consequences, and characteristics of these situations is c …
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€21.70
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Leveraging Longitudinal Data in Developing Countries
Longitudinal data collection and analysis are critical to social, demographic, and health research, policy, and practice. They are regularly used to address questions of demographic and health trends …
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€42.36
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Diffusion Processes and Fertility Transition
This volume is part of an effort to review what is known about the determinants of fertility transition in developing countries and to identify lessons that might lead to policies aimed at lowering f …
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€62.56
Committee on National Statistics & Committee on Population: Preparing for an Aging World
Aging is a process that encompasses virtually all aspects of life. Because the speed of population aging is accelerating, and because the data needed to study the aging process are complex and expens …
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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Forced Migration and Mortality
In recent years the number of complex humanitarian emergencies around the world has been steadily increasing. War and political, ethnic, racial, and religious strife continually force people to migra …
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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Cells and Surveys
What can social science, and demography in particular, reasonably expect to learn from biological information? There is increasing pressure for multipurpose household surveys to collect biological da …
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€69.74
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Beyond Six Billion
Is rapid world population growth actually coming to an end? As population growth and its consequences have become front-page issues, projections of slowing growth from such institutions as the United …
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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Consequences of Maternal Morbidity and Maternal Mortality
In 1997 the committee published Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: Expanding Dimensions, Building Solutions, a report that recommended actions to improve reproductive health for women aroun …
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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World
This volume assesses the evidence, and possible mechanisms, for the associations between women’s education, fertility preferences, and fertility in developing countries, and how these associations va …
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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Demography of Forced Migration
Because forced migration situations are often physically dangerous and politically complicated, estimates of these populations are often difficult to make. Estimates of forced migration vary, but it …
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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior
The design of welfare programs in an era of reform and devolution to the states must take into account the likely effects of programs on demographic behavior. Most research on welfare in the past has …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: New Americans
This book sheds light on one of the most controversial issues of the decade. It identifies the economic gains and losses from immigrationfor the nation, states, and local areasand provides a foundati …
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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Premature Death in the New Independent States
In recent years there have been alarming reports of rapid decreases in life expectancy in the New Independent States (former members of the Soviet Union). To help assess priorities for health policy, …
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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Changing Numbers, Changing Needs
The reported population of American Indians and Alaska Natives has grown rapidly over the past 20 years. These changes raise questions for the Indian Health Service and other agencies responsible for …
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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans
Older Americans, even the oldest, can now expect to live years longer than those who reached the same ages even a few decades ago. Although survival has improved for all racial and ethnic groups, str …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa
In sub-Saharan Africa, older people make up a relatively small fraction of the total population and are supported primarily by family and other kinship networks. They have traditionally been viewed a …
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Committee on Population & National Research Council: Supporting Local Health Care in a Chronic Crisis
Providing medical support to the local population during a chronic crisis is difficult. The crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is characterized by high excess mortality, ongo …
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Anne Henderson Siegle & Committee on Population: Child Health in Complex Emergencies
Addressing the health needs of children in complex emergencies is critical to the success of relief efforts and requires coordinated and effective interventions. However, little systematic work has b …
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Committee on Population & National Research Council: Fertility of Malian Tamasheq Repatriated Refugees
In Africa many of the refugee flows in recent years have had a strong ethnic dimension; interethnic conflict or conflict between politically powerful groups with minority populations is often an impo …
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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Role of Diffusion Processes in Fertility Change in Developing Countries
This report summarizes presentations and discussions at the Workshop on the Social Processes Underlying Fertility Change in Developing Countries, organized by the Committee on Population of the Natio …
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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: From Death to Birth
The last 35 years or so have witnessed a dramatic shift in the demography of many developing countries. Before 1960, there were substantial improvements in life expectancy, but fertility declines wer …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries
During the last 25 years, life expectancy at age 50 in the United States has been rising, but at a slower pace than in many other high-income countries, such as Japan and Australia. This difference i …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: International Differences in Mortality at Older Ages
In 1950 men and women in the United States had a combined life expectancy of 68.9 years, the 12th highest life expectancy at birth in the world. Today, life expectancy is up to 79.2 years, yet the co …
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€70.23
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Assessing the Impact of Severe Economic Recession on the Elderly
The economic crisis that began in 2008 has had a significant impact on the well-being of certain segments of the population and its disruptive effects can be expected to last well into the future. Th …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Assessing the Impact of Severe Economic Recession on the Elderly
The economic crisis that began in 2008 has had a significant impact on the well-being of certain segments of the population and its disruptive effects can be expected to last well into the future. Th …
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€40.79
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries
During the last 25 years, life expectancy at age 50 in the United States has been rising, but at a slower pace than in many other high-income countries, such as Japan and Australia. This difference i …
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€40.94
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Aging in Asia
The population of Asia is growing both larger and older. Demographically the most important continent on the world, Asia’s population, currently estimated to be 4.2 billion, is expected to increase t …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Aging in Asia
The population of Asia is growing both larger and older. Demographically the most important continent on the world, Asia’s population, currently estimated to be 4.2 billion, is expected to increase t …
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€70.61
Board on Atmospheric Studies and Climate & Committee on Population: Himalayan Glaciers
Scientific evidence shows that most glaciers in South Asia’s Hindu Kush Himalayan region are retreating, but the consequences for the region’s water supply are unclear, this report finds. The Hindu K …
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Board on Atmospheric Studies and Climate & Committee on Population: Himalayan Glaciers
Scientific evidence shows that most glaciers in South Asia’s Hindu Kush Himalayan region are retreating, but the consequences for the region’s water supply are unclear, this report finds. The Hindu K …
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€51.36
Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications & Committee on Population: Aging and the Macroeconomy
The United States is in the midst of a major demographic shift. In the coming decades, people aged 65 and over will make up an increasingly large percentage of the population: The ratio of people age …
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Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications & Committee on Population: Aging and the Macroeconomy
The United States is in the midst of a major demographic shift. In the coming decades, people aged 65 and over will make up an increasingly large percentage of the population: The ratio of people age …
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Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Committee on Population: U.S. Health in International Perspective
The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved dramatically over the …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Continuing Epidemiological Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa
Among the poorest and least developed regions in the world, sub-Saharan Africa has long faced a heavy burden of disease, with malaria, tuberculosis, and, more recently, HIV being among the most promi …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Continuing Epidemiological Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa
Among the poorest and least developed regions in the world, sub-Saharan Africa has long faced a heavy burden of disease, with malaria, tuberculosis, and, more recently, HIV being among the most promi …
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€33.20
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: New Directions in the Sociology of Aging
The aging of the population of the United States is occurring at a time of major economic and social changes. These economic changes include consideration of increases in the age of eligibility for S …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: New Directions in the Sociology of Aging
The aging of the population of the United States is occurring at a time of major economic and social changes. These economic changes include consideration of increases in the age of eligibility for S …
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€61.69
Committee on National Statistics & Committee on Population: Developing New National Data on Social Mobility
Developing New National Data on Social Mobility summarizes a workshop convened in June 2013 to consider options for a design for a new national survey on social mobility. The workshop was sponsored b …
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Committee on National Statistics & Committee on Population: Developing New National Data on Social Mobility
Developing New National Data on Social Mobility summarizes a workshop convened in June 2013 to consider options for a design for a new national survey on social mobility. The workshop was sponsored b …
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Committee on National Statistics & Committee on Population: Proposed Revisions to the Common Rule for the Protection of Human Subjects in the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Proposed Revisions to the Common Rule for the Protection of Human Subjects in the Behavioral and Social Sciences examines how to update human subjects protections regulations so that they effectively …
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Committee on National Statistics & Committee on Population: Proposed Revisions to the Common Rule for the Protection of Human Subjects in the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Proposed Revisions to the Common Rule for the Protection of Human Subjects in the Behavioral and Social Sciences examines how to update human subjects protections regulations so that they effectively …
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Board on Environmental Change and Society & Board on Life Sciences: Can Earth’s and Society’s Systems Meet the Needs of 10 Billion People?
The Earth’s population, currently 7.2 billion, is expected to rise at a rapid rate over the next40 years. Current projections state that the Earth will need to support 9.6 billion people by the year …
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Board on Environmental Change and Society & Board on Life Sciences: Can Earth’s and Society’s Systems Meet the Needs of 10 Billion People?
The Earth’s population, currently 7.2 billion, is expected to rise at a rapid rate over the next40 years. Current projections state that the Earth will need to support 9.6 billion people by the year …
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€40.88
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Sociality, Hierarchy, Health
Sociality, Hierarchy, Health: Comparative Biodemography is a collection of papers that examine cross-species comparisons of social environments with a focus on social behaviors along with social hier …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Sociality, Hierarchy, Health
Sociality, Hierarchy, Health: Comparative Biodemography is a collection of papers that examine cross-species comparisons of social environments with a focus on social behaviors along with social hier …
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Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications & Committee on Population: Growing Gap in Life Expectancy by Income
The U.S. population is aging. Social Security projections suggest that between 2013 and 2050, the population aged 65 and over will almost double, from 45 million to 86 million. One key driver of popu …
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Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications & Committee on Population: Growing Gap in Life Expectancy by Income
The U.S. population is aging. Social Security projections suggest that between 2013 and 2050, the population aged 65 and over will almost double, from 45 million to 86 million. One key driver of popu …
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€63.90
Board on Health Care Services & Committee on Population: Measuring the Risks and Causes of Premature Death
Measuring the Risks and Causes of Premature Death is the summary of two workshops conducted by The Committee on Population of the National Research Council at the National Academies to address the da …
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Board on Health Care Services & Committee on Population: Measuring the Risks and Causes of Premature Death
Measuring the Risks and Causes of Premature Death is the summary of two workshops conducted by The Committee on Population of the National Research Council at the National Academies to address the da …
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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Between Zeus and the Salmon
Demographers and public health specialists have been surprised by the rapid increases in life expectancy, especially at the oldest ages, that have occurred since the early 1960s. Some scientists are …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Integration of Immigrants into American Society
The United States prides itself on being a nation of immigrants, and the country has a long history of successfully absorbing people from across the globe. The integration of immigrants and their chi …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Integration of Immigrants into American Society
The United States prides itself on being a nation of immigrants, and the country has a long history of successfully absorbing people from across the globe. The integration of immigrants and their chi …
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€77.03
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Strengthening the Scientific Foundation for Policymaking to Meet the Challenges of Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean
Recent demographic trends in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region will shape the growth and age composition of its populations for decades to come. The rapid mortality decline that began dur …
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€3.82
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Strengthening the Scientific Foundation for Policymaking to Meet the Challenges of Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean
Recent demographic trends in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region will shape the growth and age composition of its populations for decades to come. The rapid mortality decline that began dur …
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€46.21
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Sharing Research Data to Improve Public Health in Africa
Sharing research data on public health issues can promote expanded scientific inquiry and has the potential to advance improvements in public health. Although sharing data is the norm in some researc …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Sharing Research Data to Improve Public Health in Africa
Sharing research data on public health issues can promote expanded scientific inquiry and has the potential to advance improvements in public health. Although sharing data is the norm in some researc …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Recent Fertility Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fertility rates and population growth influence economic development. The marked declines in fertility seen in some developing nations have been accompanied by slowing population growth, which in tur …
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€3.84
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Recent Fertility Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fertility rates and population growth influence economic development. The marked declines in fertility seen in some developing nations have been accompanied by slowing population growth, which in tur …
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€51.36
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Committee on Population: Improving the Health of Women in the United States
The environment for women’s health has changed over the last 25 years. Increased use of automobiles can lead to health risks from lack of physical activity. There has also been an increase in access …
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Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Committee on Population: Improving the Health of Women in the United States
The environment for women’s health has changed over the last 25 years. Increased use of automobiles can lead to health risks from lack of physical activity. There has also been an increase in access …
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€41.15
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Tendances Récentes de la Fécondité en Afrique Subsaharienne
Note: This is the French translation of Recent Fertility Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa. Fertility rates and population growth influence economic development. The marked declines in fertility seen in s …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Future Directions for the Demography of Aging
Almost 25 years have passed since the Demography of Aging (1994) was published by the National Research Council. Future Directions for the Demography of Aging is, in many ways, the successor to that …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Future Directions for the Demography of Aging
Almost 25 years have passed since the Demography of Aging (1994) was published by the National Research Council. Future Directions for the Demography of Aging is, in many ways, the successor to that …
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€77.17
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Diffusion Processes and Fertility Transition
This volume is part of an effort to review what is known about the determinants of fertility transition in developing countries and to identify lessons that might lead to policies aimed at lowering f …
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€44.08
Committee on Population & National Research Council: Research Ethics in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
Situations involving conflict and forced migration have become increasingly commonplace in today’s world. The need to understand the causes, consequences, and characteristics of these situations is c …
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€14.77
Committee on Population & National Research Council: Demographic Assessment Techniques in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
The Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration was established by the Committee on Population of the National Research Council in 1999. The roundtable is composed of experts from academia, gove …
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€14.77
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Cells and Surveys
What can social science, and demography in particular, reasonably expect to learn from biological information? There is increasing pressure for multipurpose household surveys to collect biological da …
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€48.08
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Leveraging Longitudinal Data in Developing Countries
Longitudinal data collection and analysis are critical to social, demographic, and health research, policy, and practice. They are regularly used to address questions of demographic and health trends …
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€30.21
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Forced Migration and Mortality
In recent years the number of complex humanitarian emergencies around the world has been steadily increasing. War and political, ethnic, racial, and religious strife continually force people to migra …
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€31.29
Committee on National Statistics & Committee on Population: Preparing for an Aging World
Aging is a process that encompasses virtually all aspects of life. Because the speed of population aging is accelerating, and because the data needed to study the aging process are complex and expens …
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€43.67
Center for Social and Economic Studies & Committee on Population: Emerging Issues in Hispanic Health
Hispanics are defined as people of Spanish-speaking origin from Latin America, the Caribbean, or Europe. Hispanics vary in terms of socioeconomic status, race, religion and/or more. A common occurren …
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€34.49
Committee on Population & Holly A. Williams: Malaria Control During Mass Population Movements and Natural Disasters
Admittedly, the world and the nature of forced migration have changed a great deal over the last two decades. The relevance of data accumulated during that time period can now be called into question …
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€36.64
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Beyond Six Billion
Is rapid world population growth actually coming to an end? As population growth and its consequences have become front-page issues, projections of slowing growth from such institutions as the United …
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€34.71
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Initial Steps in Rebuilding the Health Sector in East Timor
In May 2002 Timor Leste (East Timor) emerged as a new nation after centuries of foreign rule and decades of struggle for independence. Its birth was a painful one; a United Nations-brokered Popular C …
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€21.19
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Offspring
Despite recent advances in our understanding of the genetic basis of human behavior, little of this work has penetrated into formal demography. Very few demographers worry about how biological proces …
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€57.71
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Psychosocial Concepts in Humanitarian Work with Children
This report is concerned with reviewing psychosocial concepts in research related to humanitarian work, with particular emphasis on research related to children affected by prolonged violence and arm …
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€34.45
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Cities Transformed
Virtually all of the growth in the world’s population for the foreseeable future will take place in the cities and towns of the developing world. Over the next twenty years, most developing countries …
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€58.42
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Consequences of Maternal Morbidity and Maternal Mortality
In 1997 the committee published Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: Expanding Dimensions, Building Solutions, a report that recommended actions to improve reproductive health for women aroun …
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€14.69
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Role of Diffusion Processes in Fertility Change in Developing Countries
This report summarizes presentations and discussions at the Workshop on the Social Processes Underlying Fertility Change in Developing Countries, organized by the Committee on Population of the Natio …
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€14.62
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Demography of Forced Migration
Because forced migration situations are often physically dangerous and politically complicated, estimates of these populations are often difficult to make. Estimates of forced migration vary, but it …
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€34.50
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: New Americans
This book sheds light on one of the most controversial issues of the decade. It identifies the economic gains and losses from immigrationfor the nation, states, and local areasand provides a foundati …
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€56.95
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior
The design of welfare programs in an era of reform and devolution to the states must take into account the likely effects of programs on demographic behavior. In the past, most research on welfare ha …
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€14.77
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior
The design of welfare programs in an era of reform and devolution to the states must take into account the likely effects of programs on demographic behavior. Most research on welfare in the past has …
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€38.59
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World
This volume assesses the evidence, and possible mechanisms, for the associations between women’s education, fertility preferences, and fertility in developing countries, and how these associations va …
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€41.80
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Premature Death in the New Independent States
In recent years there have been alarming reports of rapid decreases in life expectancy in the New Independent States (former members of the Soviet Union). To help assess priorities for health policy, …
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€58.32
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life
In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally goodor equally poorhealth. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are healthier than older …
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€51.36
Committee on Population & National Research Council: Fertility of Malian Tamasheq Repatriated Refugees
In Africa many of the refugee flows in recent years have had a strong ethnic dimension; interethnic conflict or conflict between politically powerful groups with minority populations is often an impo …
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€20.93
Committee on Population & Kenneth Hill: War, Humanitarian Crises, Population Displacement, and Fertility
Fertility and reproductive health issues more broadly have tended to be of low priority in humanitarian crises. Public attention is drawn by information concerning the magnitude of refugee flows, of …
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€21.07
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Understanding Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life
As the population of older Americans grows, it is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. Differences in health by racial and ethnic status could be increasingly consequential for health polic …
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€39.81
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Growing Up Global
The challenges for young people making the transition to adulthood are greater today than ever before. Globalization, with its power to reach across national boundaries and into the smallest communit …
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€73.36
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies
Given current demographic trends, nearly one in five U.S. residents will beof Hispanic origin by 2025. This major demographic shift and its implicationsfor both the United States and the growing Hisp …
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€34.67
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries
Serving as a companion to Growing Up Global, this book from the National Research Council explores how the transition to adulthood is changing in developing countriesin light of globalization and wha …
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€59.30
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Demography of Aging
As the United States and the rest of the world face the unprecedented challenge of aging populations, this volume draws together for the first time state-of-the-art work from the emerging field of th …
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€104.67
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans
Older Americans, even the oldest, can now expect to live years longer than those who reached the same ages even a few decades ago. Although survival has improved for all racial and ethnic groups, str …
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€48.16
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Changing Numbers, Changing Needs
The reported population of American Indians and Alaska Natives has grown rapidly over the past 20 years. These changes raise questions for the Indian Health Service and other agencies responsible for …
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€82.88
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Population Growth and Economic Development
This book addresses nine relevant questions: Will population growth reduce the growth rate of per capita income because it reduces the per capita availability of exhaustible resources? How about for …
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€36.68
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Population and Land Use in Developing Countries
This valuable book summarizes recent research by experts from both the natural and social sciences on the effects of population growth on land use. It is a useful introduction to a field in which lit …
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€26.32
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Contraception and Reproduction
This book examines how changes in reproductive patterns (such as the number and timing of births and spacing between births) have affected the health of women and children in the developing world. It …
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€14.70
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Population: Contraceptive Use and Controlled Fertility
These four papers supplement the book Contraception and Reproduction: Health Consequences for Women and Children in the Developing World by bringing together data and analyses that would otherwise be …
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€17.98
Committee on Population & National Research Council: Supporting Local Health Care in a Chronic Crisis
Providing medical support to the local population during a chronic crisis is difficult. The crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is characterized by high excess mortality, ongo …
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€27.96
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Hispanics and the Future of America
Hispanics and the Future of America presents details of the complex story of a populationthat varies in many dimensions, including national origin, immigration status, and generation. The papers in t …
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€47.67
Anne Henderson Siegle & Committee on Population: Child Health in Complex Emergencies
Addressing the health needs of children in complex emergencies is critical to the success of relief efforts and requires coordinated and effective interventions. However, little systematic work has b …
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€20.96
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa
In sub-Saharan Africa, older people make up a relatively small fraction of the total population and are supported primarily by family and other kinship networks. They have traditionally been viewed a …
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€72.39
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Population: Tools and Methods for Estimating Populations at Risk from Natural Disasters and Complex Humanitarian Crises
Worldwide, millions of people are displaced annually because of natural or industrial disasters or social upheaval. Reliable data on the numbers, characteristics, and locations of these populations c …
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€48.12
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Forced Migration Research
In 2018, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimated 70.8 million people could be considered forced migrants, which is nearly double their estimation just one decade ago. This include …
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€70.62
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Family Planning, Women’s Empowerment, and Population and Societal Impacts
Over the past several decades, fertility rates have fallen substantially in low- and middle-income countries, and efforts to limit fertility, primarily through the implementation of family planning p …
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€57.76
Committee on National Statistics & Committee on Population: Estimating the Prevalence of Human Trafficking in the United States: Considerations and Complexities
Human trafficking has many names and can take many forms – pimp control, commercial sex, exploitation, forced labor, modern slavery, child labor, and several others – and the definitions vary greatly …
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€42.36
Committee on Population & Committee on Understanding the Well-Being of Sexual and Gender Diverse Populations: Understanding the Well-Being of LGBTQI+ Populations
The increase in prevalence and visibility of sexually gender diverse (SGD) populations illuminates the need for greater understanding of the ways in which current laws, systems, and programs affect t …
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€88.97
Committee on National Statistics & Committee on Population: High and Rising Mortality Rates Among Working-Age Adults
The past century has witnessed remarkable advances in life expectancy in the United States and throughout the world. In 2010, however, progress in life expectancy in the United States began to stall, …
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€134.83
Committee on National Statistics & Committee on Population: Research and Data Priorities for Improving Economic and Social Mobility
Since around 1980, fewer Americans than before are doing better than their parents had that is, more are experiencing downward social and economic mobility in terms of occupational status and income. …
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€21.70
Committee on National Statistics & Committee on Population: Understanding the Aging Workforce
The aging population of the United States has significant implications for the workforce – challenging what it means to work and to retire in the U.S. In fact, by 2030, one-fifth of the population wi …
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€42.34
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Structural Racism and Rigorous Models of Social Inequity
Structural racism refers to the public and private policies, institutional practices, norms, and cultural representations that inherently create unequal freedom, opportunity, value, resources, advant …
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€21.70
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Committee on Population: Using Population Descriptors in Genetics and Genomics Research
Genetic and genomic information has become far more accessible, and research using human genetic data has grown exponentially over the past decade. Genetics and genomics research is now being conduct …
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€26.95
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Aging in Place with Dementia
Although much research has been conducted on community-level factors related to the risk of dementia in general, less is known about the factors that affect the ability of older adults with dementia …
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€23.10
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Developing an Agenda for Population Aging and Social Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)
In September 2023, the Committee on Population at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop, Developing an Agenda for Population Aging and Social Research in Low- …
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€26.96
Board on Environmental Change and Society & Committee on Managed Retreat in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region: Community-Driven Relocation
Between 1980 and mid-2023, 232 billion-dollar disasters occurred in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, with the number of disasters doubling annually since 2018. The variety and frequency of storms have exa …
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€70.62
