Demographic diversity and change in the Central American isthmus / edited by Anne R. Pebley, Luis Rosero-Bixby.
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 1997. |
| Description | xiv, 736 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Pebley, Anne R., 1953- |
| Other author/creator | Rosero Bixby, Luis. |
| Other author/creator | Universidad de Costa Rica. Programa Centroamericano de PoblacioĢn. |
| Other author/creator | International Conference on the Population of the Central American Isthmus (1995 : University of Costa Rica) |
| Contents | Demographic situation of Central America / CELADE -- Rapid look at the fertility transition by zone of residence in Central America and Panama / José Miguel Guzmán -- Low intensity warfare, high intensity death: the demographic impact of the wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua / Mitchell A. Seligson and Vincent McElhinny -- Estimates of the indigenous population of Central America (16th to 20th centuries) / Héctor Pérez -- |
| Contents | Maya population of Guatemala / W. George Lovell and Christopher H. Lutz -- Indigenous population of Guatemala according to the 1981 and 1994 censuses (preliminary figures) / Erwin Rolando Díaz -- Differences in education and earnings across ethnic groups in Guatemala / Harry Anthony Patrinos -- Poverty in Cahuita district, 1994 / Irma Sandoval Carvajal -- Nutritional status of children in Central America / Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn -- |
| Contents | Maternal mortality and morbidity in El Salvador / Isabella Danel ...[et al.] -- Cesarean delivery in the Costa Rican Social Security System / Ligia Moya de Madrigal -- Midwives and formal providers in prenatal, delivery and post-partum care in four communities in rural Guatemala: complementarity or conflict? / Dolores Acevedo and Elena Hurtado -- Trends and differences in fertility, use of contraceptives and maternal and child health services in El Salvador: 1988-1993 / José Mario Cáceres Henríquez ...[et al.] -- |
| Contents | Use of contraception and knowledge of health technologies / Arodys Robles -- Regional differences in family size preferences in Costa Rica and their implications for transition theory / Albert I. Hermalin, Ann P. Riley, and Luis Rosero-Bixby -- Diffusion of information and adoption of contraception in Costa Rica / Rodney Knight -- Spatial dimensions of family planning in Costa Rica: the value of geocoding demographic surveys / Luis Rosero-Bixby -- Examining the increasing popularity of traditional contraceptive methods in Honduras / David Hubacher ...[et al.] -- |
| Contents | Adolescent motherhood in Guatemala: a comparative perspective / Renee Samara -- Demographic processes, land, and the environment in Guatemala / Richard E. Bilsborrow and Paul Stupp -- Perception and adjustment to environmental hazards: a cross-cultural comparision from Honduras / Catherine Hoover-Castañeda / Migration and environmental change in Costa Rica since 1950 / Uli Locher -- Participatory research mapping of indigenous lands in the Honduran Mosquitia / Peter H. Herligy and Andrew P. Leake. |
| General note | Papers originally presented at the International Conference on the Population of the Central American Isthmus organized by the Central American Population Program at the University of Costa Rica. |
| General note | "CF-135-AMF"--P. [4] of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 97031180 |
| ISBN | 0833025511 |