A subcommittee report introduces the subject of these joint hearings--the problem of infant mortality in the United States; addresses the need for the legislation; summarizes the proposed legislation; and lists endorsing organizations. The hearings examine both the scope of the problem and S. 1209, legislation to create a national commission to…

The literature on how parent gender influences responses to children has grown enormously in the past decade; mothers and fathers have been found to differ on many dimensions and to be similar on just as many. Conflicting evidence also exists on how a child's gender affects parenting style. This paper reports some important gender differences in…

Based on assumptions about fertility, mortality, and net immigration trends, statistical tables depict the future U.S. population by age, sex, and race. Figures are based on the July 1, 1982, population estimates and race definitions and are projected using the cohort-component method with alternative assumptions for future fertility, mortality,…

World population growth and family planning progress in developing nations are discussed. The Draper Fund, established within the Population Crisis Committee (PCC) in 1975 to honor PCC's principal founder, encourages and funds activities which promise the greatest impact in slowing world population growth. There are 10 articles and an editorial.…

This report contains the results of two closely related research projects designed to yield information on social and economic factors that influence the number of children couples have and the amount of schooling those children receive. Both projects are based on the same underlying theory of family formation and behavior and both use the same…

This study guide for pregnant minors consists of approximately 750 questions covering the content of 15 books about pregnancy and babies. (RH)

The vocational interest patterns of young unwed mothers were investigated by comparing the scores of a sample of unwed mothers with percentile averages from a national norm group. The interest differences of mothers who gave up their babies and mothers who kept their babies were also examined. Subjects were 53 young unwed mothers enrolled in a…

Many psychological theories point to the importance of siblings in individual personality development. The impact of sibling status on interpersonal and achievement orientation was examined with undergraduates (N=1782) who completed a series of objective personality measures and a background questionnaire. Sibling status was defined in terms of…

This report provides projections of the U.S. population by age, race, and sex, and of the components of population change (births, deaths, and migration). Statistical tables project the population increase annually from 1977 to 2000, and in less detail from 2000 to 2050. The author stresses that these reports are projections rather than…

Experiences in prenatal life and early childhood that may cause personality disorders or criminal behavior in later life are examined in these proceedings of the Subcommittee on Childhood Experiences as Causes of Criminal Behavior of the Standing Committee on Health, Welfare and Science. This issue, the eighteenth in a series of 19 hearings dating…

This paper reviews issues pertaining to the relationship between child mortality and fertility and examines the fertility-mortality relationship of women who emigrated to Israel from various countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe and continued child bearing in Israel. Data from the 1961 Israel census of population is used. Among issues addressed in…

This survey sought to estimate the economic value of children to their parents in two peasant villages in Java and Nepal in order to examine the economic interpretation of fertility. The major focus is on estimating directly the contribution of children's labor in terms of average time spent per day in different types of activities. The support…

Institutions of higher education face a critical turning point in enrollment. How they respond will determine their future role in our society. This document gives a detailed analysis of the impact of demographic trends on individual institutions, especially as the trends affect the relationship of public to private higher education. This document…

This document presents a modified cohort survival model which can be of use in making enrollment projections. The model begins by analytically profiling an area's residents. Each person's demographic characteristics--sex, age, place of residence--are recorded in the computer memory. Four major input variables are then incorporated into the model:…

Population projections developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 1970 to 2000, have been updated to report the latest information on fertility and mortality trends and migration within the State. Methology utilized closely resembles the cohort component procedure, with multiple regression analysis applied to historical information for…