The demography of tropical Africa / William Brass [and six others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brass, William, Author.

Brass, William, author.

Contributor:

Princeton University. Office of Population Research.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Population.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (571 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1968.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This treatise on the demography of sub-Saharan Africa contains materials on age and sex composition, fertility, and mortality. Sets of demographic data are emerging that provide the completeness and specificity required for critical evaluation and analysis. The main body of the work consists of case studies on the Republic of the Congo, French-speaking territories, Portuguese territories, the Sudan, and Nigeria. Evidence is described in critical detail, methods of analysis are presented in full; and the reader is given the basis for judging the quality of the estimates.Originally published in 1968.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface / Coale, Ansley J.

The Authors

Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

PART I. FERTILITY, MORTALITY, AND NUPTIALITY IN TROPICAL AFRICA: DATA, METHODS OF ANALYSIS, AND SUMMARY OF ESTIMATES

CHAPTER 1. Introduction / Lorimer, Frank

CHAPTER 2. Characteristics of African Demographic Data / Walle, Etienne Van De

CHAPTER 3. Methods of Analysis and Estimation / Brass, William / Coale, Ansley J.

Appendix A: Note on Brass Method of Fertility Estimation / Brass, William

Appendix B: Note on the Effect of Age Misreporting / Walle, Etienne Van De

CHAPTER 4. Summary of Estimates of Fertility and Mortality / Coale, Ansley J. / Lorimer, Frank

Appendix: Notes on Areas for which Estimates Were Made but not Subject to a Detailed Study / Coale, Ansley J. / Walle, Etienne Van De

CHAPTER 5. Marriage in African Censuses and Inquiries / Walle, Etienne Van De

PART II: CASE STUDIES OF THE DEMOGRAPHY OF AREAS COVERED BY PARTICULAR KINDS OF CENSUSES OR SURVEYS

CHAPTER 6. The Demography of the Democratic Republic of the Congo / Romaniuk, Anatole

Appendix: Schedules 1 and 2 used in Demographic Inquiry

CHAPTER 7. The Demography of French-Speaking Territories Covered by Special Sample Inquiries: Upper Volta, Dahomey, Guinea, North Cameroon, and Other Areas / Brass, William

CHAPTER 8. The Demography of the Portuguese Territories: Angola, Mozambique, and Portuguese Guinea / Heisel, Don F.

Appendix: The Tabulation of Age in the 1940 Census of Mozambique

CHAPTER 9. The Demography of the Sudan: An Analysis of the 1955/56 Census / Demeny, Paul

CHAPTER 10. Fertility in Nigeria / Walle, Etienne Van De

Published Statistical Sources Used in this Volume

Index

Notes:

Papers resulting from a project of the Office of Population Research, Princeton University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-64936-7

1-4008-7714-8

OCLC:

927443902