Demographic Diversity and Change in the Central American Isthmus
This book is the first English-language collection of recent research on demographic, social, and environmental issues in Central America. The region's experience with ethnic and cultural identity provides food for thought for scholars concerned with the meaning of ethnicity and the consequences of cultural change. Countries in the region also have grapppled with the complex issues of promoting economic growth and reducing poverty while avoiding environmental destruction. The chapters in this volume provide important and often novel insights into these and many other demographic, social, and policy issues in the Central American Isthmus. For the first time in the English language, Central America's rich demographic history comes into focus in this volume. Editors Anne R. Pebley and Luis Rosero-Bixby provide the first and only English translations of works originally presented at the International Conference on the Population of the Central American Isthmus. The chapters in this volume offer insights on a broad range of subjects, including estimates of the indigenous population, differences in education and earnings, trends in fertility and maternal and child health, migration, the environment, and many other demographic, social, and policy issues in the region.
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- Year: 1997
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Contents
Chapter 1
The Demographic Situation of Central America
Chapter 2
A Rapid Look at the Fertility Transition by Zone of Residence in Central America and Panama
Chapter 3
Low Intensity Warfare, High Intensity Death: The Demographic Impact of the Wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua
Chapter 4
Estimates of the Indigenous Population of Central America (16th to 20th Centuries)
Chapter 5
The Maya Population of Guatemala
Chapter 6
The Indigenous Population of Guatemala According to the 1981 and 1994 Censuses (Preliminary Figures)
Chapter 7
Differences in Education and Earnings Across Ethnic Groups in Guatemala
Chapter 8
Poverty in Cahuita District, 1994
Chapter 9
The Nutritional Status of Children in Central America
Chapter 10
Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in El Salvador
Chapter 11
Cesarean Delivery in the Costa Rican Social Security System
Chapter 12
Midwives and Formal Providers in Prenatal, Delivery and Post-partum Care in Four Communities in Rural Guatemala: Complementarity or Conflict?
Chapter 13
Trends and Differences in Fertility, Use of Contraceptives and Maternal and Child Health Services in El Salvador: 1988-1993
Chapter 14
Use of Contraception and Knowledge of Health Technologies
Chapter 15
Regional Differences in Family Size Preferences in Costa Rica and Their Implications for Transition Theory
Chapter 16
The Diffusion of Information and Adoption of Contraception in Costa Rica
Chapter 17
Spatial Dimensions of Family Planning in Costa Rica: The Value of Geocoding Demographic Surveys
Chapter 18
Examining the Increasing Popularity of Traditional Contraceptive Methods in Honduras
Chapter 19
Adolescent Motherhood in Guatemala: A Comparative Perspective
Chapter 20
Demographic Processes, Land, and the Environment in Guatemala
Chapter 21
Perception And Adjustment To Environmental Hazards: A Cross-Cultural Comparison from Honduras
Chapter 22
Migration and Environmental Change in Costa Rica Since 1950
Chapter 23
Participatory Research Mapping of Indigenous Lands in the Honduran Mosquitia
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