State of population research and research needs as expressed at the Mexico Conference and at the preparatory expert group meetings. Current demographic research and research needs as identified at the 1984 International Conference on Population in Mexico, and the preparatory meetings held prior to it, are summarized. 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France. Demograficheskie Issledovaniya, 1988. The authors examine the role of political and economic factors in the study of population issues, with a focus on the relationship between demographic factors and the standard of living of a society.
Attention is paid to the division of the population into the economically active and the inactive.
Rand Paper, No. P-7496, Oct 1988. The main topics include the field's evolution as it mirrors contemporary issues, current employment opportunities for applied demographers, and factors that have fostered the recent growth of the field, including advances in microdata collection and analysis. Canadian Studies in Population, Vol. The author reports on the discussion that took place at a luncheon roundtable held at the 1986 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America on prospective topics of concern to demographers in 1996.