Go to AfricaBib home

Go to AfricaBib home AfricaBib Go to database home

bibliographic database
Line
Previous page New search

The free AfricaBib App for Android is available here

Book Book Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:The Demography of Tropical Africa
Editors:Brass, WilliamISNI
Coale, A.J.
Demeny,P.
Chapter(s):Present
Year:1968
Pages:539
Language:English
City of publisher:Princeton, N.J.
Publisher:Princeton University Press
ISBN:0691093121
Geographic term:Subsaharan Africa
Subjects:population
natality
mortality
nuptiality
Abstract:Part 1 Fertility, mortality, and nuptiality in tropical Africa: data, methods of analysis, and summary of estimates. F. Lorimer - Introduction. W. Brass & A.J. Coale - Methods of analysis and estimation. Appendices. A.J. Coale & F. Lorimer - Summary of estimates of fertility and mortality. Appendix. E. van de Walle - Marriage in African censuses and inquiries. Part 2 Case studies of the demography of areas covered by particular kinds of censuses or surveys. A. Romaniuk - The demography of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Appendix. W. Brass - The demography of French-speaking territories covered by several sample inquiries: Upper Volta, Dahomey, Guinea, North Cameroon, and other areas. D.F. Heisel - The demography of the Portuguese territories: Angola, Mozambique, and Portuguese Guinea. Appendix. P. Demeny - The demography of the Sudan: an analysis of the 1955-56 census. E. van de Walle - Fertility in Nigeria. (Rev.: Can. Jl. Afr. St., 1968, 2, p. 239-240 by A. Lux; Jl. Mod. Afr. St., 1969, 1, p. 176-178 by W.W. Boehm).