Demography of Tropical Africa

William Brass

Published by Princeton University Press 1968

Demography of Tropical Africa

William Brass

Volume 2141 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400877140

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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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Ansley J. Coale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
The Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	viii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
List of Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
List of Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxv
PART I. FERTILITY, MORTALITY, AND NUPTIALITY IN TROPICAL AFRICA: DATA, METHODS OF ANALYSIS, AND SUMMARY OF ESTIMATES
CHAPTER 1. Introduction Frank Lorimer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
CHAPTER 2. Characteristics of African Demographic Data Etienne Van De Walle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
CHAPTER 3. Methods of Analysis and Estimation William Brass and Ansley J. Coale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
Appendix A: Note on Brass Method of Fertility Estimation William Brass Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
Appendix B: Note on the Effect of Age Misreporting Etienne Van De Walle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
CHAPTER 4. Summary of Estimates of Fertility and Mortality Ansley J. Coale and Frank Lorimer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Appendix: Notes on Areas for which Estimates Were Made but not Subject to a Detailed Study Ansley J. Coale and Etienne Van De Walle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
CHAPTER 5. Marriage in African Censuses and Inquiries Etienne Van De Walle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
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 Anatole Romaniuk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Appendix: Schedules 1 and 2 used in Demographic Inquiry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	340
CHAPTER 7. The Demography of French-Speaking Territories Covered by Special Sample Inquiries: Upper Volta, Dahomey, Guinea, North Cameroon, and Other Areas William Brass Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	342
CHAPTER 8. The Demography of the Portuguese Territories: Angola, Mozambique, and Portuguese Guinea Don F. Heisel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	440
Appendix: The Tabulation of Age in the 1940 Census of Mozambique Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	462
CHAPTER 9. The Demography of the Sudan: An Analysis of the 1955/56 Census Paul Demeny Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	466
CHAPTER 10. Fertility in Nigeria Etienne Van De Walle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	515
Published Statistical Sources Used in this Volume Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	528
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	533