Demographic effects of economic reversals in Sub-Saharan Africa / / Working Group on Demographic Effects of Economic and Social Reversals ... [et. al.]

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.6/0967
• Soggetto geografico: Africa, Sub-Saharan Population; Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic conditions
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-193).
• Nota di contenuto: Demographic Effects of Economic Reversals in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- DIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC EXPERIENCES -- DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- HYPOTHESES -- FINDINGS -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Economic and Demographic Overview of Sub-Saharan Africa and the Seven Countries Studied -- ECONOMIC CHANGE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- ECONOMIC EXPERIENCE OF THE SEVEN STUDY COUNTRIES -- DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND THE SEVEN STUDY COUNTRIES -- 3 Conceptual Framework and Hypotheses -- TYPES OF FLUCTUATIONS -- EFFECTS OF FLUCTUATIONS ON HOUSEHOLD RESOURCES -- EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN HOUSEHOLD RESOURCES ON DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS -- SHORT-TERM VARIATION IN PREINDUSTRIAL EUROPE -- MEASURING SHORT-TERM VARIATION IN OTHER POPULATIONS -- THE RELEVANCE FOR AFRICA OF RESULTS FROM OTHER STUDIES -- 4 Methodology -- TYPES OF MODELS -- ECONOMIC VARIABLES AND SECULAR TRENDS -- CONTROL VARIABLES -- MEHTODOLOGY FOR ANALYSIS OF MARRIAGE AND BIRTHS -- METHODOLOGY FOR ANALYSIS OF CHILD MORTALITY -- HYPOTHESIS TESTING AND INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS -- 5 Country Results -- BOTSWANA -- Economic Experience -- Demographic Outcomes -- GHANA -- Economic Experience -- Independence Through 1974 -- 1974 to 1983 -- 1983 to 1988 -- Demographic Outcomes -- KENYA -- Economic Experience -- 1963 to 1973 -- 1973 to 1980 -- 1978 On -- Demographic Outcomes -- NIGERIA -- Economic Experience -- Demographic Outcomes -- SENEGAL -- Economic Experience -- Demographic Outcomes -- TOGO -- Economic Experience -- Demographic Outcomes -- UGANDA -- Economic Experience -- Demographic Outcomes -- 6 Cross-National Comparisons -- INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY -- MARRIAGE -- FIRST BIRTH -- SECOND BIRTH -- CONCLUSION -- 7 Caveats and Conclusions -- APPENDIXES -- A Economic Data -- COUNTRY DATA -- Data on Gross Domestic Product, Terms of Trade, and Export Quantities -- GDP. ; TT -- EXQ -- Producer Prices and Other Data -- WORLD COMMODITY PRICE DATA -- B Demographic and Health Surveys -- References.
• Titolo autorizzato: Demographic effects of economic reversals in Sub-Saharan Africa
• ISBN: 1-280-19604-1; 9786610196043; 0-309-58556-2; 0-585-08557-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826066203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Population dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa.