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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.

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Author:   William Brass
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   4079
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.964kg
ISBN:  

9780691649368

ISBN 10:   0691649367
Pages:   572
Publication Date:   19 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*The Authors, pg. viii*Contents, pg. ix*List of Tables, pg. xi*List of Figures, pg. xxv*CHAPTER 1. Introduction, pg. 3*CHAPTER 2. Characteristics of African Demographic Data, pg. 12*CHAPTER 3. Methods of Analysis and Estimation, pg. 88*Appendix A: Note on Brass Method of Fertility Estimation, pg. 140*Appendix B: Note on the Effect of Age Misreporting, pg. 143*CHAPTER 4. Summary of Estimates of Fertility and Mortality, pg. 151*Appendix: Notes on Areas for which Estimates Were Made but not Subject to a Detailed Study, pg. 168*CHAPTER 5. Marriage in African Censuses and Inquiries, pg. 183*CHAPTER 6. The Demography of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, pg. 241*Appendix: Schedules 1 and 2 used in Demographic Inquiry, pg. 340*CHAPTER 7. The Demography of French-Speaking Territories Covered by Special Sample Inquiries: Upper Volta, Dahomey, Guinea, North Cameroon, and Other Areas, pg. 342*CHAPTER 8. The Demography of the Portuguese Territories: Angola, Mozambique, and Portuguese Guinea, pg. 440*Appendix: The Tabulation of Age in the 1940 Census of Mozambique, pg. 462*CHAPTER 9. The Demography of the Sudan: An Analysis of the 1955/56 Census, pg. 466*CHAPTER 10. Fertility in Nigeria, pg. 515*Published Statistical Sources Used in this Volume, pg. 528*Index, pg. 533

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