Asian and Pacific Population Forum

A quarterly periodical containing articles on population issues affecting the Asia-Pacific region, book reviews, and news about population activities in the region. Published with this title from November 1986 to Winter 1993; published as Asian and Pacific Census Forum from August 1978 to November 1985; published as Asian and Pacific Census Newsletter from August 1974 to May 1978.

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Vol. 6, No. 4. Winter 1993. "How female education affects reproductive behavior in urban Pakistan" by Zeba A. Sathar and Karen Oppenheim Mason; "Partner patterns in the sexual behavior of unmarried rural Thai men" by Peter Xenos, Phichit Pitaktepsombati, and Werasit Sittitrai; Editorial by Sandra E. Ward; Reviews and publications noted; Activities and announcements.

Vol. 6, No. 3. Fall 1992. "How surveys are changing at the U.S. Bureau of the Census" by Barbara Everitt Bryant; "More experiences from the 1990 census round: Indonesia and Mongolia;" "Population research and education in Vietnam" by Pham Bich San; Reviews and publications noted; Announcements.

Vol. 6, No. 2. Summer 1992. "Factors associated with child mortality in Pakistan and implications for the national health programs" by Tauseef Ahmed; "Census-based approaches for studying aggregate changes in characteristics of the elderly" by Albert I. Hermalin and Bruce A. Christenson; Reviews and publication notes; Activities and announcements.

Vol. 6, No. 1. Spring 1992. "Population aging and the demand for hospital care in Thailand" by John Knodel, Napaporn Chayovan, and Siriwan Siriboon; "The conflicting effects of delayed marriage and declining divorce rates on cumulative fertility in Indonesia" by James A. Palmore and Masri Singarimbun; Reviews and publication notes; Activities and announcements.

Vol. 5, No. 4. Winter 1991. "China unveils its monumental two per thousand fertility survey" by William R. Lavely; "Young women's work and family formation in Sri Lanka" by Amy Ong Tsui, Paul Stupp, Victor de Silva, and Soma de Silva; Reviews and publication notes; Activities and announcements.

Vol. 5, Nos. 2-3. Summer-Fall 1991. "Age and birth date reporting in Thailand" by John Knodel and Napaporn Chayovan; "Child survivorship estimation: Methods and data analysis" by Griffith Feeney; Reviews and publication notes; Activities and announcements.

Vol. 5, No. 1. Spring 1991. "1990 census round: Meeting users' needs is seen as key to successful dissemination" by Sandra E. Ward; "Using census data for household projections: An overview of results from the HOMES project" by Andrew Mason and Rachel Racelis; "Comments on Marjorie A. Muecke's 'The AIDS prevention dilemma in Thailand'" by Werasit Sittitrai and Tim Brown; "Response" by Marjorie A. Muecke; Reviews and publication notes; Activities and announcements.

Special Issue. Spring 1991. Index to Volumes 1-4.

Vol. 4, No. 4. Winter 1990. "The AIDS prevention dilemma in Thailand" by Marjorie A. Muecke; "Survey of foreign tourists in Thailand reveals majority experience night life" by Werasit Sittitrai; "Survey of partner relations finds many at risk of AIDS in Thailand" by Werasit Sittitrai and Tim Brown; "Comments on Wardlow Friesen's 'Economic activity and occupation in the Pacific Islands: Issues of census classification and analysis'" by Eivind Hoffman; "Response" by Wardlow Friesen; "Thai and U.S. researchers collaborate on study of HIV's spread in Thailand" by Stasia Obremskey and Werasit Sittitrai; News and announcements; Reviews and publication notes.

Vol. 4, No. 3. Fall 1990. "Women's preferences for children in Shifang County, Sichuan, China" by Jichuan Wang; "Untilting age distributions: A transformation for graphical analysis" by Griffith Feeney; News and announcements; Reviews and publication notes.

Vol. 4, No. 2. Summer 1990. "Counting Pakistanis in the Middle East: Problems and policy implications" by Charles W. Stahl and Farooq-i-Asam; "Economic activity and occupation in the Pacific Islands: Issues of census classification and analysis" by Wardlow Friesen; News and announcements; Reviews and publication notes.

Vol. 4, No. 1. Spring 1990. "Defects in data on old-age mortality in the United States: New procedures for calculating mortality schedules and life tables at the highest ages" by Ansley J. Coale and Ellen E. Kisker; Reviews.

Vol. 3, No. 4. Winter 1989. "Monitoring the education gap in Thailand: Trends and differentials in lower and upper secondary schooling" by John Knodel and Malinee Wongsith; "U.S. Bureau of the Census: Facing the future labor shortage" by David L. Browne; News and follow-up; Reviews and publication notes; Forum manuscript reviewers.

Vol. 3, No. 3. Fall 1989. "The 1990 U.S. Census: How good is good enough?" by Bryant Robey; "How the Census Bureau will assess the accuracy of the 1990 census" adapted with permission from Howard Hogan and Kirk M. Wolter and from John G. Keane; "Urban-Rural and educational differentials in marital status in China" by Liu Zheng, Sidney Goldstein, and Alice Goldstein; News from the region; Reviews.

Vol. 3, Nos. 1-2. June 1989. "Family planning communication between spouses in Sri Lanka" by Thomas T. Kane and Siva Sivasubramaniam; "The use of sampling in conjunction with population censuses" by Vijay Verma; "Sample enumeration practices in the Asia-Pacific region" by Vijay Verma; "Is the fertility of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans converging to the U.S. norm?" by Robert D. Retherford and Michael J. Levin; Reviews; News from the region.

Vol. 2, Nos. 3-4. December 1988. “1990 censuses to increase use of automation” by Sandra E. Ward; “Infant mortality in the Marshall Islands” by Susan J. Levy and Heather Booth; News from the region; Reviews.

Vol. 2. Nos. 1–2. September 1988. “AIDS in Asia and the Pacific” by Stephen G. Karel and Bryant Robey; “Strength of fertility motivation and contraceptive use in Nepal” by Robert D. Retherford, Jayanti Tuladhar and Shyam Thapa; Reviews.

Vol. 1, No. 5. November 1987. “Breastfeeding women and family planning programs: Special needs and opportunities” by Nancy E. Williamson; “Six microcomputer programs for population projection: An evaluation” by Nancy J. McGirr and Shea O. Rutstein; Reviews.

Vol. 1, No. 4. August 1987. "Economic aspects of Singapore's selective family planning policy" by David B. Evans; "A simplified robust estimate of the birth rate" by K. Venkatacharya and Tesfay Teklu; "How censuses aid policymakers" by Bryant Robey; "Papers and presentations at Eleventh Asian and Pacific Population Census Conference and conference participants"; Book reviews.

Vol. 1, No. 3. May 1987. "Female education and fertility in Bangladesh" by Linda G. Martin; "Estimating census and death registration completeness" by Kenneth Hill; "Escape route to dependency? Female migration from Sri Lanka to the Middle East" by Grete Brochmann; Book reviews.

Vol. 1, No. 2. February 1987. “Fertility trends in Pakistan—The decline that wasn’t” by Robert D. Retherford, G. Mujtaba Mirza, Mohammad Irfan, and Iqbal Alam; “Status and potential of family planning in Pakistan” by Jack Reynolds; “The missing ages: Adjusting for digit preference” by Alan Gray; Book reviews.

Vol. 1, No. 1. November 1986. “Population growth, economic development, and family planning” by Andrew Mason; “Fertility decline: A consequence of economic growth or family planning?;” “Japan’s fertility: Effects of contraception and induced abortion after World War II” by Noriko Tsuya; Book reviews.

Asian and Pacific Census Forum

(August 1978–November 1985; formerly Asian and Pacific Census Newsletter)

Vol. 12, No. 1. August 1985. "Conference participants announce mid-decade censuses and surveys" by Robert L. Hearn; Technical note: "An extension and simplification of a new synthesis of age structure and growth" by Ansley J. Coale; Enumerations; "Publications that count" by Alice D. Harris; News shorts.

Vol. 11, No. 4. May 1985. "Computers stand out at Tenth Population Census Conference" by Robert L. Hearn; Technical note: "Childhood mortality estimated from reports on previous births given by mothers at the time of a maternity. II: Adapted multiplying factor technique" by William Brass and Sheila Macrae; "Publications that count" by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 11, No. 3. February 1985. "Conference explores China's new data resources" by Robert L. Hearn and Judith Banister; Technical note: "On Feeney's method for correcting age distributions for heaping on multiples of five" by P. C. Saxena and B. H. Gogte; Enumerations; "Publications that count" by Alice D. Harris; In memoriam: Khun Anuri.

Vol. 11, No. 2. November 1984. "Fertility targets and policy options in Asia" by Rodolfo A. Bulatao; Technical note: "Childhood mortality estimated from reports on previous births given by mothers at the time of maternity. I: Preceding-births technique" by William Brass and Sheila Macrae; Enumerations; "Publications that count" by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 11, No. 1. August 1984. "The International Conference on Population: Asia and the Pacific go to Mexico" by Linda G. Martin; Technical note: "Proportional hazards and logistic regression models for the analysis of infant and childhood mortality" by Minja Kim Choe; Enumerations; "Publications that count" by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 10, No. 4. May 1984. "How many Samoans? An evaluation of the 1980 census count of Samoans in the United States" by Geoffrey R. Hayes and Michael J. Levin; Technical note: "Regression estimates of the gross reproduction rate using moments of the female age distribution" by Subbiah Gunasekaran and James A. Palmore, Jr.; "Publications that count" by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 10, No. 3. February 1984. "The organization, quality control, and accuracy of the 1982 population census of China" by Ronald Freedman; Technical note: "Fitting age-specific fertility with the Makeham Curve" by Norman Y. Luther; Letters to the Forum by James A. Palmore, Jr. and David P. Scott; Enumerations; "Publications that count" by Alice D. Harris.

Special Issue. December 1983. Index to Volumes 1-9.

Vol. 10, No. 2. November 1983. "Microcomputers and minipopulations: The 1981 Cook Islands census" by Geoffrey R. Hayes; Technical note: "Estimates of the total fertility rate based on the child-woman ratio" by Robert Hanenberg; Letter to the Editor by Leslie Kish; Enumerations; "Publications that count" by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 10, No. 1. August 1983. "A microprocessor revolution in data collection?"> by Griffith Feeney; Technical note: "Censored cohort parity progression ratios from birth histories" by William Brass and Fatima Juarez; "Editorial" by Robert D. Retherford; Letter to the Editor by V. S. Swamy; Enumerations; "Publications that count" by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 9, No. 4. May 1993. "Ninth population census conference focuses on data processing and analysis" by Robert L. Hearn; Technical note: "Durbin-Watson statistics for model life tables" by David P. Smith; Enumerations; "Publications that count" by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 9, No. 3. February 1983. “Measuring changes in census coverage in Asia” by Norman Y. Luther; “Estimates of current fertility cerived from the 1980 Census of the Republic of Korea” by Robert D. Retherford, Lee-Jay Cho, and Nam-Il Kim.

No. 9, No. 2. November 1982. “Migration, urban growth, and development: Pakistan’s experience” by Nasra M. Shah and Mehtab S. Karim; “A simple linearization procedure” by Norman Y. Luther; “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 9, No. 1. August 1982. “Saudi demand for Filipino workers: Labor migration issues in the Middle East” by John E. Smart; “Plotting paper for Brass life table analysis” by Michael A. Stoto, Jose Gomez de Leon, and Douglas C. Ewbank; “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris; “Counting China’s billion people” by Chi-Hsien Tuan.

Vol. 8, No. 4. May 1982. “Conference on migration recommends continuation of ILO/SPC project” by Robert L. Hearn; “Fitting age-specific fertility with a truncated Pearson type III curve” by Norman Y. Luther; “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 8, No. 3. February 1982. “Eighth population census conference examines 1980-81 experiences” by Robert L. Hearn; “Selectivity and the analysis of birth intervals from survey data” by Ronald R. Rindfuss, James A. Palmore, and Larry L Bumpass; “An algebraic illustration of the extent of selectivity bias” by Chai Bin Park; “The e3ffect of alternative matching procedures on fertility estimates based on the own-children method” by Michael J. Levin and Robert D. Retherford; “On graduating infant and childhood mortality with mathematical curves” by S. Krishnamoorthy.

Vol. 8, No. 2. November 1981. “The U.S. Census undercount” by Philip M. Hauser; “Robust estimation of fertility by the use of model stable populations” by Ansley J. Coale; “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 8, No. 1. August 1981. “Behind the results: Hand processing the recent Kiribati and Tuvalu censuses” by Sheila Macrae; “Infant mortality estimates for Papua New Guinea” by Thomas M. McDevitt.

Vol. 7, No. 4. May 1981. “First full Papua New Guinea census counts three million” by Reginald Gilbert; “Regression estimates of mortality from incomplete death registration” by Subbiah Gunasekaran, James A. Palmore, and Robert W. Gardner; “Fitting the age pattern of infant and child mortality with the Weibull survival cistribution” by Minja Kim Choe; “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 7, No. 3. February 1981. "Early results reported from 1980 round of censuses: Singapore, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan, and the United States"; Technical note: "Decomposition of the change in the total fertility rate in the Republic of Korea, 1960-75" by Robert D. Retherford and Lee-Jay Cho; "International Statistical Programs Center announces training courses for 1981-82"; "Publications that count" by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 7, No. 2. November 1980. "Linking data sets: The case of Indonesia's intercensal population surveys" by Siew-Ean Khoo, Sam Suharto, Judith Ann Tom, and Bondan Supraptilah; Technical note: "An exploration of some two-parameter model life table systems" by J. C. Barrett; Letters to the Forum by C. R. Malaker and Griffith Feeney; "Tokyo hosts international census meeting"; Enumerations; "Publications that count" by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 7, No. 1. August 1980. “China scholars discuss population issues” by Janet Fox Mason; “Measurement of death registration completeness using the growth balance procedure applied to data from India” by William Brass and Subramania Swamy; “China population analysis conference and working group, 19–30 May 1980;” Letters to the Forum; “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 6, No. 4. May 1980. "U.S. Census Bureau weighs undercount adjustment" by Elizabeth B. Gould; Technical note: "Estimating adult female mortality from reports on number of children surviving" by Samuel H. Preston; Letters to the Forum by Nathan Keyfitz, Vito M. Logrillo, and Arnold Gould; Enumerations; "Publications that count" by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 6, No. 3. February 1980. "Use and abuse of census editing and imputation" by Judith Banister, "The work of the committee on population and demography" by Ken Hill; Technical notes: "The impact of alternative mortality assumptions on own-children estimates of fertility for Thailand" by Robert D. Retherford, Apichat Chamratrithirong, and Anuri Wanglee; "Difficulties of measuring achieved schooling in Indonesia" by Terence H. Hull and Sunaryo; Enumerations; "Publications that count" by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 6, No. 2. November 1979. “Politics and the Census” by David L. Kaplan; “A procedure for comparing mortality measures calculated from intercensal survival with the corresponding estimates from registered deaths” by William Brass; “A note on the Brass procedures for converting a series of proportions of children dead directly into a life table” by James Trussell; “Estimating the completeness of registration of deaths and the relative underenumeration in two successive censuses” by James Trussell and Jane Menken; “Seventh EWPI Population Census Conference” by K.K. Chakravorty; “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 6, No. 1. August 1979. “Rotating samples instead of censuses” by Leslie Kish; “Census questions on fertility and child mortality: Problems with questionnaire design” by Judith Banister; “Census Sampling Working Group” by Leslie Kish and Jay-Soo Park; “Census Editing Workshop” by Michael J. Levin; Letters to the Forum; “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 5, No. 4. May 1979. "Maintaining response rates in longitudinal studies: The care and nurture of respondents" by Deborah S. Freedman, Arland Thornton, and Donald Camburn; "Censuses in the South Pacific, 1976-77 (Part 2)" by Ko Groenewegen; Technical note: "The Brass fertility polynomial" by Robert D. Retherford; "World fertility survey workshop" by Elizabeth Q. Bulatao; Enumerations; "Publications that count" by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 5, No. 3. February 1979. “Censuses in the South Pacific, 1976–77” by Ko Groenewegen; “Evaluation of birth and death registration using age distributions and child survivorship data” by William Brass; “A technique for correcting age distributions for heaping on multiples of five” by Griffith Feeney; “EWPI conducts Vital Registration Working Group” by Griffith Feeney; “Census Mapping Working Group” by B.K. Roy, Gregory Chu, and Iris Shinohara; “Statistical Institute for Asia and Pacific holds seminar on census tabulations” by Kozo Ueda; “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 5, No. 2. November 1978. “Indexes of nuptiality: Asia and the Pacific” by Peter C. Smith; “The sixth EWPI Population Census Conference” by Lee-Jay Cho and Griffith Feeney; “Census Editing and Imputation Working Group” by Michael J. Levin; “EWPI conducts Census Fertility Estimation Working Group” by Griffith Feeney; Letters to the Forum; “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 5, No. 1. August 1978. "Introducing the Asian and Pacific Census Forum" by Griffith Feeney; "EWPI workshop explores census mapping" by Gregory Chu; "Own-children fertility estimates by duration since first marriage: Preliminary results for Cheju Province, Republic of Korea" by Lee-Jay Cho and Robert D. Retherford; Enumerations; "Publications that count" by Alice D. Harris.

Asian and Pacific Census Newsletter

(August 1974–May 1978)

Vol. 4, No. 4. May 1978. “Looking toward the 1980 Census Round;” “An improved procedure for adjusting for omissions and age misreporting of children in the own-children method of fertility estimation” by Robert D. Retherford, Minja Kim Choe, and Anuri Wanglee; “Preparations for the 1980 Population and Housing Census of Thailand” by Samruay Chotechanapibal; “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 4, No. 3. February 1978. “Squatter settlements in Kuala Lumpur surveyed” by Peter Pirie; “Single-year computational procedures used in the own-children method of fertility estimation” by Robert D. Retherford; “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris; “Report on economic factors in family size decisions in Thailand” by Anuri Wanglee.

Vol. 4, No. 2. November 1977. “Australia processes its 1976 census” by Elizabeth B. Gould; “What Australians think about their census” by Elizabeth B. Gould; “Programming the HP-25 calculator: Part I” by Griffith Feeney; “1980 U.S. Census update;” “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 4, No. 1. August 1977. “Vital statistics conference convened in Manila;” “First national census planned in Afghanistan next year;” “On relationship to household head, or who’s who in the household” by Michael J. Levin and Sam Suharto; “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 3, No. 4. May 1977. “Fifth Population Census Conference considers 1980 censuses;” “Two-parameter regression estimates of current life expectancy at birth: Part II” by David A. Swanson, James A. Palmore, and Chitra Sundaram; “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 3, No. 3. February 1977. “Measuring the labor force: Some results and observations” by Philip M. Hauser; “Report on labor utilization in Thailand” by Anuri Wanglee; “The social distribution of underutilized labor in the Philippines” by Peter C. Smith and Lita J. Domingo; “National Labor Force Survey in Indonesia” by Sam Suharto; “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 3. No. 2. November 1976. “Second workshop held on own-children fertility measurement;” “Sixth International Poplab Conference” by Jane Carver; “Two-parameter regression estimates of current life expectancy at birth: Part I” by David A. Swanson and James A. Palmore; “Asian Statistical Institute holds population census planning course” by Kozo Ueda; “Estimating infant mortality rates from child survivorship by data by age of mother” by Griffith Feeney; “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 3, No. 1. August 1976. “Indonesia conducts intercensal population survey” by Sam Suharto; “Japan’s 1975 Census: Results of a 1 percent sample tabluation;” “Tabulation of census and survey data on child survivorship” by Griffith Feeney; “The Indonesian Sample Vital Registration Project: An overview and summary of results for the first year” by Peter Gardiner; “Australia’s 1976 Census held 30 June;” “New Zealand’s Census of 23 March: New features and preliminary count;” “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 2, No. 4. May 1976. “Philippines and Taiwan report preliminary census figures;” “Volume on 1970 round of Asian and Pacific censuses published by EWPI;” “Reports on 1970 Thai census data;” “Census data on internal migration in Southeast Asia and Australia: Limitations and opportunities” by Robin J. Pryor; “Pakistani statisticians and census officers in EWPI internship program;” “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 2, No. 3. February 1976. “Preliminary census results from Japan and Korea;” “Calculation of the exponential function: An addendum” by Griffith Feeney; “Numbers, names, and nonagnates: Anthropological problems in genealogical and census data collecting” by Richard A. Gould; “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 2, No. 2. November 1975. "Sample vital registration project in the Philippines" by Wilhelm Flieger; Technical note: "De facto population estimates and the demography of nonresident population" by Robert C. Schmitt; "Cho and Retherford attend Fertility Estimation Conference in Santiago;""Australia and New Zealand make plans for 1976 quinquennial censuses" by Anthony Hart and J. W. Jamieson; "Publications that count" by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 2, No. 1. August 1975. “Fourth Population Census Conference held in Honolulu;” “The Australian family coding system: An analytic technique;” “A simple tabular method for calculating the exponential function” by Griffith Feeney; “The 1971 Census of Niue Island: A look at the census report” by E. M. K. Douglas; “Thais complete EWPI internships;” “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 1, No. 4. May 1975. “Citizens participate in planning for 1980 U.S. Census;” “Population census planners from Pacific region meet in New Caledonia;” “Protecting confidentiality in census tabulations: Another try” by Edmund M. Murphy; “Census age data of Bangladesh” by Bahauddin Ahmad; “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris; “Malaysia: Main findings of 1970 Census” by Dorothy Fernandez; “Census celebration in Timor.”

Vol. 1, No. 3. February 1975. “Hong Kong: Focus on census activities;” “Quality control and editing of census data;” “Data entry systems for the 1971 Census: Hong Kong;” “Enumeration of the marine population;” “Delegates to socioeconomic status workshop offer recommendations;” “Japan’s population tops 110 million;” “Statisticians and programmers study own-children technique;” “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris; “Sample vital registration project begun in Indonesia” by Sam Suharto.

Vol. 1, No. 2. November 1974. “American Samoa Census: Report from the field;” “U.S. Census Bureau holds public meetings on 1980 Census;” “Workshop on measuring socioeconomic status scheduled at Population Institute;” “Protecting confidentiality in census tabulations: How to tell everybody about everybody while telling nothing about anybody” by Edmund M. Murphy; “Population maps of Japan: 1970 Population Census” by Tadatoshi Sakai; “Notes on World Plan of Action;” “Australian field test: Preliminary impressions;” “Own-children method of fertility estimation subject of EWPI workshop;” “Publications that count” by Alice D. Harris.

Vol. 1, No. 1. August 1974. "Census officials meet for third workshop-conference;" Technical note: "New approaches to labor force measurement: Uses for census data" by Teresa A. Sullivan; "Comment on a conference" by Anuri Wanglee; "Publications that count" by Alice D. Harris.