Demographic dynamics of the U.S.-Mexico border / John R. Weeks and Roberto Ham-Chande, editors.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Weeks, John Robert, 1944-

Ham Chande, Roberto.

Conference Name:

Binational Symposium on Population Issues Along the U.S.-Mexico Border (1987 : Tijuana, Mexico)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican-American Border Region--Population.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions.

Mexican-American Border Region--Economic conditions.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 318 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Demographic dynamics/U.S.-Mexico border.

Place of Publication:

El Paso, Tex. : Texas Western Press, [1992]

Contents:

A demographic perspective of the U.S.-Mexico border / Roberto Ham-Chande and John R. Weeks

A geodemographic definition of the Mexican northern border / Rene M. Zenteno Quintero and Rodolfo Cruz Piñeiro

Defining and demographically characterizing the southern border of the U.S. / Leo R. Chavez

Comparative sociodemographic indicators at the U.S.-Mexico border: 1980 / Linda S. Peterson and Eduardo E. Arriaga

Peculiarities of border marriage patterns / Julieta Quilodrán

Determinants of Anglo and Mexican American fertility on the U.S.-Mexico border / Charles W. Warren

Mortality of Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants : comparisons with Mexico / Benjamin S. Bradshaw and W. Parker Frisbie.

Estimates of infant mortality for the northern border of Mexico / Leopoldo Núñez Fernández

Households and emigration in the northern border : the case of Reynosa / Rodolfo A. Tuirán

The floating population of the border / Gabriel Estrella Valenzuela

The economically active population in the northern region of Mexico / Mercedes Pedrero Nieto

The economic impact of undocumented workers in the Southwest of the United States / Frank D. Bean ... [et al.]

Family planning in the border region of Mexico / Manuel Urbina

Perspectives on population and employment along the border / Victor Urquidi

Demographic dynamics in the context of the U.S.-Mexico border / John R. Weeks and Robert Ham- Chande.

Notes:

"The chapters are revised, updated, and edited versions of papers originally presented at the Binational Symposium on Population Issues Along the U.S.-Mexico Border held in Tijuana, Mexico, in 1987"--P. i.

Title on spine: Demographic dynamics/U.S.-Mexico border.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-307) and index.

ISBN:

0874042224

OCLC:

27007050