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Published: 23 February 2017
Fig. 4 Corrected ranks by income level and world regions, 2004. World Bank definitions for geographic location as well as income division (i.e., high, middle income) are used. L. Am. refers to Latin America, and N. Am. refers to North America. The solid vertical line represents the median IMR More
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Demography (2013) 50 (6): 2173–2181.
Published: 17 August 2013
... described. This commentary highlights some of these problems to provide a more balanced perspective on the situation of the world. Specifically, humans currently are using resources at an unsustainable level. Groundwater depletion and overuse of river water are major problems on multiple continents. Fossil...
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Demography (2013) 50 (6): 2183–2186.
Published: 17 October 2013
...David Lam 30 9 2013 17 10 2013 © Population Association of America 2013 2013 My 2011 PAA presidential address (Lam 2011 ), the focus of Stan Becker’s comment, presented an optimistic perspective on how the world fared during the last 50 years of demographic history...
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Published: 22 October 2018
Fig. 2 Labor force participation in Kyrgyzstan, 1990–2016. Source: World Development Indicators, World Bank More
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Demography (2011) 48 (2): 653–674.
Published: 14 April 2011
...Fred C. Pampel; Justin T. Denney Abstract The spread of tobacco use from the West to other parts of the world, especially among disadvantaged socioeconomic groups, raises concerns not only about the indisputable harm to global health but also about worsening health inequality. Arguments relating...
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Published: 12 July 2011
Fig. 4 World (hierarchical) mean of the decline curve, plotted against decreasing TFR. The five-year decrements for all countries during the fertility transition are plotted in gray. The UN fast-fast and slow-slow decline curves are shown by thin lines More
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Published: 29 November 2012
Fig. 2 Centroids of each subject’s location estimates on world map. A small amount of random noise has been added to each location estimate to protect privacy and aid in visualization of high-density areas More
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Demography (2011) 48 (4): 1231–1262.
Published: 18 October 2011
...David Lam Abstract The world population will reach 7 billion in late 2011, a demographic milestone that is causing renewed attention to the challenges caused by population growth. This article looks at the last 50 years of demographic change, one of the most extraordinary periods in demographic...
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Published: 18 October 2011
Fig. 1 Estimates of world population, 1850 to 2010, and U.N. high, medium, and low projections to 2100 More
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Published: 18 October 2011
Fig. 2 Annual growth rate of world population, 1900 to 2100. The estimates before 1950 are rough estimates based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s ( 2011 ) compilation of historical estimates. Estimates from 1950–2010 are taken from the U.S. Census Bureau ( 2010 ) and the United Nations Population More
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Published: 18 October 2011
Fig. 4 World food production, 1961 to 2009. Data are from FAO (2011) More
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Published: 18 October 2011
Fig. 8 World Bank index of real commodity prices, 1960 to 2010. Data are from World Bank ( 2011 ) More
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Published: 18 October 2011
Fig. 9 World Bank estimates of percentage in poverty for all low- and middle-income countries and by region, poverty line per capita household consumption less than $1.25 per day, 2005 U.S. dollars. Data are from Chen and Ravallion ( 2010 ) More
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Published: 18 October 2011
Fig. 10 Estimated and projected urban and rural population in billions, world, 1950–2050. Data are from United Nations Population Division ( 2009 , 2011 ) More
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Published: 18 October 2011
Fig. 11 Total fertility rate for world and regions, 1950–2010. Data are from United Nations Population Division ( 2011 ) More
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Published: 10 September 2015
Fig. 2 Estimated percentage of the world population migrating compared with a population-weighted average of absolute net migration rates, w ( t ), for five-year periods from 1990 to 2010. Estimates of percentage of world population migrating are taken from Abel and Sander ( 2014 More
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Demography (2015) 52 (5): 1431–1461.
Published: 02 October 2015
...Matthew F. Larsen; T. J. McCarthy; Jeremy G. Moulton; Marianne E. Page; Ankur J. Patel Abstract World War II and its subsequent GI Bill have been widely credited with playing a transformative role in American society, but there have been few quantitative analyses of these historical events’ broad...
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Published: 01 August 2024
Fig. 6 Women's cumulative probability of bereavement, by world region and their mothers’ bereavement history. Estimates are based on Demographic and Health Surveys Program data. More
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Demography (1991) 28 (1): 41–63.
Published: 01 February 1991
..., No.1, February 1991 Patterns of Neighborhood Transition in a Multiethnic World: U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1970--1980 Nancy A. Denton Department of Sociology State University of New York at Albany 1400 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12222 Douglas S. Massey Population Research Center NORClUniversity...
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Demography (1987) 24 (4): 497–516.
Published: 01 November 1987
... Mobility in Ecuador. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Ohio State University, Dept. of Geography. (Also Discussion Paper 34, in Studies on the Interrelationships Between Migration and Development in Third World Settings, Ohio State University, Dept. of Geography.) Brodsky , D. A. , &amp; Rodrik...