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Asia-Pacific Population Journal - Volume 2, Issue 3, 1987
Volume 2, Issue 3, 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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Population aging in Japan, with reference to China
Author: Toshio KurodaThe 1980s may be characterized by two demographic issues which are receiving rapidly increasing attention.
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Aging in India: Its socio-economic and health implications
Authors: H.B. Chanana and P.P. TalwarThe sharp decline in mortality since 1950 and a steady recent decline in fertility has contributed to the process of population aging in India.
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Women’s perceptions of the pill’s potential health risks in Sri Lanka
Authors: Shyam Thapa, Mala Salgado, Judith A. Fortney, Gary S. Grubb and Victor De SilvaThe birth control pill has been in use for three decades. By the early 1980s, an estimated 50 million women worldwide were using the pill and approximately three times as many had used it at some time in their reproductive years (Kols et al.,1982).
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Magic and myth of migration: A case study of a special economic zone in China
Author: United NationsRapid economic and demographic growth propelled the tiny coastal town of Shenzhen (close to Hong Kong) into one of the most dynamic and modern-looking cities in China. Because population movement in China has long been heavily regulated, one may be puzzled by the question of how migration could play any major role in fostering Shenzhen’s boom.
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Committee on population
Author: United NationsHuman resources development and the implications of the changing age structure in the Asian and Pacific region were among the major issues covered at the fifth session of the ESCAP Committee on Population during its meeting at Bangkok from 17 to 21 August 1987.
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Islam and family planning
Author: United NationsThe world’s 1.2 billion Muslims comprise about 20 per cent of the total population of the world. The majority of Muslim populations have high fertility rates coupled with high infant, child and maternal mortality, and low rates of life expectancy. As a result, close to 50 per cent are below 15 years of age. In economic terms, this means a very high dependency ratio.
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