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Africa's demographic transition : dividend or disaster? / / David Canning, Sangeeta Raja, Abdo S. Yazbeck, editors
| Africa's demographic transition : dividend or disaster? / / David Canning, Sangeeta Raja, Abdo S. Yazbeck, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : The World Bank, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.6/20967 |
| Soggetto topico |
Demographic transition - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Demographic transition - Economic aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan Age distribution (Demography) - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4648-0490-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Overview -- The state of demographics in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Speeding the demographic transition -- Selected social and economic effects of the demographic dividend -- Afterword. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460368003321 |
| Washington, District of Columbia : , : The World Bank, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Child stunting across schooling and fertility transitions : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa / / Sarah C. Giroux
| Child stunting across schooling and fertility transitions : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa / / Sarah C. Giroux |
| Autore | Giroux Sarah C. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Calverton, Maryland, USA : , : Macro International Inc., , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (37 pages) : illustrations (some color), map |
| Collana | DHS working papers |
| Soggetto topico |
Fertility, Human - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Women - Education - Africa, Sub-Saharan Children - Growth Demographic transition - Africa, Sub-Saharan Child care - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Statistics. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Child stunting across schooling and fertility transitions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910713330403321 |
Giroux Sarah C.
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| Calverton, Maryland, USA : , : Macro International Inc., , 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Demographic change in Sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource] /] / Karen A. Foote, Kenneth H. Hill, and Linda G. Martin, editors ; Panel on the Population Dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa, Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
| Demographic change in Sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource] /] / Karen A. Foote, Kenneth H. Hill, and Linda G. Martin, editors ; Panel on the Population Dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa, Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | xv, 379 p. : ill., maps |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FooteKaren A
HillKen <1945-> MartinLinda G. <1947-> |
| Collana | Population dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Soggetto topico |
Demographic transition - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Fertility, Human - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-19614-9
9786610196142 0-309-56432-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455909303321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Demographic change in Sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource] /] / Karen A. Foote, Kenneth H. Hill, and Linda G. Martin, editors ; Panel on the Population Dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa, Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
| Demographic change in Sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource] /] / Karen A. Foote, Kenneth H. Hill, and Linda G. Martin, editors ; Panel on the Population Dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa, Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | xv, 379 p. : ill., maps |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FooteKaren A
HillKen <1945-> MartinLinda G. <1947-> |
| Collana | Population dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Soggetto topico |
Demographic transition - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Fertility, Human - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| ISBN |
1-280-19614-9
9786610196142 0-309-56432-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778792703321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Demographic change in Sub-Saharan Africa / / Karen A. Foote, Kenneth H. Hill, and Linda G. Martin, editors ; Panel on the Population Dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa, Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
| Demographic change in Sub-Saharan Africa / / Karen A. Foote, Kenneth H. Hill, and Linda G. Martin, editors ; Panel on the Population Dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa, Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | xv, 379 p. : ill., maps |
| Disciplina | 301.3296 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FooteKaren A
HillKen <1945-> MartinLinda G. <1947-> |
| Collana | Population dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Soggetto topico |
Demographic transition - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Fertility, Human - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| ISBN |
9786610196142
9781280196140 1280196149 9780309564328 0309564328 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- REFERENCES -- 2 Fertility Levels, Differentials, and Trends -- INTRODUCTION -- SOURCES AND QUALITY OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA IN AFRICA -- METHODS FOR ESTIMATING TOTAL FERTILITY RATES -- CHARACTERISTICS OF AFRICAN FERTILITY -- Estimates of Total Fertility Rates -- Shape of the Fertility Distribution -- First Births -- Timing of Subsequent Births -- Socioeconomic Differentials in Achieved Family Size -- Place of Residence -- Level of Education -- RECENT EVIDENCE OF A FERTILITY DECLINE IN COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN THE DHS -- Group A: Countries in Which Fertility Declines Have Occurred -- Group B: Countries in Which Fertility May be Declining -- COMPARISON OF RECENT FERTILITY TRENDS IN AFRICA AND OTHER DEVELOPING REGIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 3 The Proximate Determinants of Fertility -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA -- FRAMEWORK -- Marriage or Union Patterns -- Contraception -- Postpartum Infecundability -- Pathological or Primary Sterility -- Summary of Model -- EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- National-Level Results for DHS Countries -- Marriage -- Contraception -- Postpartum Infecundability -- Pathological Sterility -- Interpreting the Results -- Summary -- Differentials for DHS Countries -- Age -- Residence -- Education -- Change Over Time: Comparison of WFS and DHS Results -- Kenya -- Senegal -- Sudan -- Ghana -- CONCLUSION -- TECHNICAL NOTES -- Data Sources -- Derivation of Indices -- Index of Marriage -- Measured Births Outside Marriage and Adjusted Index of Marriage -- Index of Contraception -- Index of Postpartum Infecundability -- Index of Sterility -- Effects of Indices -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- 4 Recent Trends in Marriage Ages -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTUAL AND MEASUREMENT ISSUES -- Definitions -- Problems of Recall and of Age Reporting.
Measurement -- ASCERTAINING TIME TRENDS IN AGE AT MARRIAGE -- Retrospective Evidence from Surveys -- Evidence from Current Status Data -- AGE AT MARRIAGE AND FERTILITY -- Evidence from Retrospective Reports -- Proportions Ever Married and Children Ever Born -- Changes in Proportions Married and Children Ever Born -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: MEDIAN AND MEAN AGE AT FIRST MARRIAGE -- REFERENCES -- 5 Trends in Childhood Mortality -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA DEVELOPMENTS SINCE 1987 -- NEW COUNTRY DATA AND RESULTS -- Botswana and Zimbabwe -- Middle and Eastern Africa -- Sudan -- Western Africa -- Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, and The Gambia -- Togo, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire -- Liberia -- Nigeria -- OVERVIEW OF TRENDS IN COUNTRIES WITH NEW DATA -- CONCLUSIONS ON CHILDHOOD MORTALITY TRENDS -- APPENDIX A: SUMMARIZATION PROCESS FOR TABLE 5-2: COUNTRY NOTES -- General Note on Methodology -- Country Analyses -- Botswana and Zimbabwe -- Middle and Eastern Africa -- Sudan -- Western Africa -- APPENDIX B -- REFERENCES -- 6 Adult Mortality -- INTRODUCTION -- SOURCES OF DATA -- METHODS OF ANALYSIS -- ADULT MORTALITY LEVELS -- Gender Differentials -- Age Patterns of Mortality -- Trends in Female Mortality -- Socioeconomic and Areal Differentials -- CAUSES OF DEATH -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- 7 Internal Migration, Urbanization, and Population Distribution -- INTRODUCTION -- INTERNAL MIGRATION -- Conceptual Issues and the State of the Art -- Data and Data Collection Methods -- Spatial Patterns -- Rural-Rural Migration -- Rural-Urban Migration -- Urban-Rural and Interurban Migration -- Return Migration -- Migration Selectivity and Differentials -- Age Selectivity -- Sex Differentials -- Educational Differentials -- Occupational Characteristics -- Determinants of Migration -- External Factors -- Government Policies and Programs -- Community-Level Variables. Household Decisions and Considerations -- Environmental and Resource Factors -- URBANIZATION -- Conceptual and Measurement Issues -- Urbanization Levels and Trends -- Urban Population Size -- Rate of Urban Growth -- Proportion of Urban Population -- Components of Urban Population Growth -- Demographic Components -- POPULATION DISTRIBUTION AND DENSITY -- Conceptual and Measurement Issues -- Population Density -- Population Redistribution -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 8 International Migration -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA SOURCES -- REGIONAL PATTERNS -- Western Africa -- Middle Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Southern Africa -- MIGRATION OF THE HIGHLY SKILLED AND EMIGRATION FROM THE CONTINENT -- EFFECTS OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION ON AGE AND SEX DISTRIBUTIONS -- Lesotho -- Mauritania -- Malawi -- Congo -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 9 Models of the Demographic Effect of AIDS -- INTRODUCTION -- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AIDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- PURPOSES AND TYPES OF HIV/AIDS MODELS: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS -- EXISTING HIV/AIDS MODELS -- Statistical Extrapolation and Back-Calculation Models -- Epidemic Models -- Demographic/Behavioral Models -- Demographic Models -- Sexual Behavior Simulation Models -- Analytic Models -- Model Results -- UN/GPA Workshop Results -- Input Values -- Results -- Other Model Results -- Model Uncertainties -- Heterogeneity with Regard to Sexual and IV Drug Behavior -- Communicability of Groups with Regard to Sexual and IV Drug Behavior -- Probability of Transmission by Sexual Contact -- Cofactors -- Distribution of the Incubation Period -- Duration-Dependent Infectivity -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910970771203321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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From potential to reality : what will it take to harness a demographic dividend in Africa? / / edited by: David Canning, Sangeeta Raja, Abdo S. Yazbeck
| From potential to reality : what will it take to harness a demographic dividend in Africa? / / edited by: David Canning, Sangeeta Raja, Abdo S. Yazbeck |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
| Disciplina | 304.6/20967 |
| Soggetto topico |
Demographic transition - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Demographic transition - Economic aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan Age distribution (Demography) - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| ISBN | 1-4648-0490-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Overview -- The state of demographics in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Speeding the demographic transition -- Selected social and economic effects of the demographic dividend -- Afterword. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797769303321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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From potential to reality : what will it take to harness a demographic dividend in Africa? / / edited by: David Canning, Sangeeta Raja, Abdo S. Yazbeck
| From potential to reality : what will it take to harness a demographic dividend in Africa? / / edited by: David Canning, Sangeeta Raja, Abdo S. Yazbeck |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
| Disciplina | 304.6/20967 |
| Soggetto topico |
Demographic transition - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Demographic transition - Economic aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan Age distribution (Demography) - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| ISBN |
9781464804908
1464804907 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Overview -- The state of demographics in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Speeding the demographic transition -- Selected social and economic effects of the demographic dividend -- Afterword. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910963330903321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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