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Asia-Pacific Population Journal - Volume 2, Issue 1, 1987
Volume 2, Issue 1, 1987
Issued quarterly, the Journal is an invaluable resource containing opinions and analysis by experts on important issues related to population. It provides a medium for the international exchange of knowledge, experience, ideas, technical information and data on all aspects of population.
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Socio-economic development and mortality patterns and trends in Malaysia
Authors: Tan Poo Chang, Kwok Kwan Kit, Tan Boon Ann, Shyamala Nagaraj, Tey Nai Peng and Siti Norazah ZulkifliMortality in Peninsular Malaysia has reached a level which is quite similar to that prevailing in the low mortality countries (World Health Organization, 1982: 17). As in countries such as China, Japan, Singapore and Sri Lanka, neoplasms and cardiovascular diseases, which previously had been minor causes of death in Malaysia, have become important in recent years (World Health Organization, 1982: 20).
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On the move: Migration, Urbanization and development in Papua New Guinea
Author: A. Crosbie WalshPapua New Guinea has seen incredibly rapid social change Most of the country’s coastal population, however, have had a longer period of time in which to adjust to the “modern” world than many people in the highlands whose existence was unknown to the outside world until the late 1930s. Extensive areas of the highlands were connected to the rest of the country by road less than two decades ago.
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Age at marriage in India
Author: A.S. KadiDemographers and other social scientists from less developed countries have shown interest recently in the study of the age at marriage., especially of women, as a prime determinant of fertility in countries where contraception is not widely practised. The age at marriage is also considered one of the best indicators for studying the status of women in developing countries (Vag-liani, 1980).
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Population policy
Author: United NationsBetween 1965 and 1970, the annual population growth rate for the Asian and Pacific region was 2.5 per cent; by the mid-1980s the growth rate had been reduced to 1.7 per cent per year.
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Population and development
Author: United NationsEfforts to integrate population and development planning are based on the recognition that population and development are interrelated: population variables influence development variables and are influenced by them.
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