Differential mortality : methodological issues and biosocial factors / edited by Lado T. Ruzicka, Guillaume Wunsch, Penny Kane.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Ruzicka, Lado T. (Lado Theodor), 1920-

Wunch, Guillaume J.

Kane, Penny.

International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.

Sōgō Kenkyū Kaihatsu Kikō (Japan)

Conference Name:

IUSSP-NIRA Joint Seminar on Biological and Social Correlates of Mortality (1984 : Tokyo, Japan)

Series:

International studies in demography

International studies in demography.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mortality--Congresses.

Mortality.

Vital statistics--Congresses.

Vital statistics.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

Summary:

The decline of mortality in the less developed countries during the last thirty years has not been uniform across various strata of the national populations. Strongly pronounced differentials in survival chances exist between the urban white collar elites and the rural and city slum dwellers, and particularly affect women and children. This volume presents papers outlining new conceptual approaches and methodological issues related to the study of differential mortality, and explores such issues as the demographic impacts of famine and other disasters, the contribution of fertility decline to mortality change, and new health problems resulting from the aging of the population.

Notes:

Papers from the IUSSP-NIRA Joint Seminar on Biological and Social Correlates of Mortality, held in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 24-27, 1984, and sponsored by the National Institute for Research Advancement.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0198286511 :

OCLC:

18588309