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Archive for February, 2008

China reconsiders one-child policy

Posted February 29th, 2008 by Tara Murray in Aging, Asia, Fertility

The New York Times reports that China is considering a move away from its one-child-per-couple policy, though any changes would be gradual and would not mean an end to family planning policies. China’s fertility rate is now very low, and the nation faces an aging population, especially in urban areas.

Help for EndNote users

Posted February 28th, 2008 by Tara Murray in PRI Library News

We have EndNote tips and tricks on PRI’s help site, including:

  • How to import references from Google Scholar
  • How to fix the “Ancient Text” import bug in EndNote X
  • A filter for importing Popline records

Jobs: Yale University and The City University of New York

Posted February 28th, 2008 by Ruth Kozar in Job Announcements

The PRI Library has received announcement from:

The University of Colorado Population Center (CUPC) - Environmental Demography

Posted February 28th, 2008 by Ruth Kozar in Conference Announcements

The PRI Library has received announcement of an environmental demography short-course at the CUPC in Boulder, Colorado from July 16-18, 2008.

ICPSR Summer Workshop: Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study

Posted February 28th, 2008 by Ruth Kozar in Conference Announcements, Families, Welfare, Children, and Families

The PRI Library has received announcement of a summer ICPSR workshop July 21-23, 2008.

ICPSR Summer Program Workshop: Using Data for Analysis of Marriage and Family

Posted February 28th, 2008 by Ruth Kozar in Add Health, Conference Announcements, Families, Fragile Families, NSFG, SIPP

The PRI Library has received announcement of a summer program workshop to be held July 24-25, 2008.

Call for Papers: The Transfer of Resources across Generations: Family, Income, Human Capital and Children’s Wellbeing

Posted February 28th, 2008 by Ruth Kozar in Conference Announcements, Families

The PRI Library has received announcement of a call for papers for the European Science Foundation Conference to be held June 9-13, 2008 in Vadstena, Sweden.

PRI Library New Books: February 2008

Posted February 27th, 2008 by Ruth Kozar in New Acquisitions

American Sociological Association
Sociological methodology 2007
HM24.S55 2007
707 Oswald (Library)

Gorr, Wilpen L. Kurland, Kristen S.
GIS tutorial: workbook for ArcView 9: updated fro ArcGIS 9.2
G70.212.G74 2007
803 Oswald (GIA Office)

Graham, Hilary.
Unequal lives: Health and socioeconomic inequalities
RA418.3.G7G73 2007
707 Oswald (Library)

Isaacs, Stephen L. Colby, David C. (editors)
To improve health and health care : the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation anthology
RA440.87.U6T627 2008
707 Oswald (Library)

Kurland, Kristen S. Gorr, Wilpen L.
GIS tutorial for health
RA792.G67 2007
803 Oswald (GIA Office)

Morrison, Andrew R. Schiff, Maurice. Sjoblom, Mirja (editors)
International migration of women, The
JV6347.I58 2007
707 Oswald (Library)

National Center for Health Statistics
Summary health statistics for the U.S. adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2006
RA407.3.A346 no. 235
707 Oswald (Library)

Pozo, Susan (editor).
Immigrants and their international money flows
JV6217.I54 2007
707 Oswald (Library)

Rodriguez, Havidan. Saenz, Rogelio. Menjivar, Cecilia.
Latinas/os in the United States: Changing the Face of America
E184.S75R63 2008
707 Oswald (Library)

Starke, Linda (editor)
State of the world 2008
HC59.B766 2008
707 Oswald (Library)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Statistical match of the March 1996 current population survey and the 1995 national health interview survey
RA409.U45 no.144
707 Oswald (Library)

Weinstein, Maxine. Vaupel, James W. Wachter, Kenneth W. (editors)
Biosocial surveys
RA418.A38 2008
707 Oswald (Library)

New Journals and Newletters at the PRI Library: February 2008

Posted February 27th, 2008 by Ruth Kozar in New Acquisitions

American Journal of Public Health, Volume 98 Number 2, February 2008

Center Report, Volume 28 Number 1, Spring 2008

International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 33 Number 4, December 2007

Journal of Immigrant and minority Health, Volume 10 Number 1, February 2008

Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 70 Number 1, February 2008

Population Briefs, Volume 13 Number 3, December 2007

Research on Aging, Volume 30 Number 2, March 2008: Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Health in Life-course Perspectives

The Stata Journal, Volume 7 Number 4, 4th Quarter 2007

Upjohn Institute Employment Research, Volume 15 Number 1, January 2008: “Eds & Meds” and Metropolitan Economic Development

US population projections from the Pew Research Center

Posted February 27th, 2008 by Tara Murray in Migration, US Demography

The population of the US will rise to 438 million in 2050, and the majority of the increase will be due to immigrants and their descendants, according to new projections developed by the Pew Research Center. The projections are published in a report, U.S. Population Projections: 2005-2050.

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