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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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Contents
Chapter 1:
The Demographic Situation of Central America
CELADE
Chapter 2:
A Rapid Look at the Fertility Transition by Zone of Residence in Central America and Panama
Jose Miguel Guzman
Chapter 3:
Low Intensity Warfare, High Intensity Death: The Demographic Impact of the Wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua
Mitchell A. Seligson and Vincent McElhinny
Chapter 4:
Estimates of the Indigenous Population of Central America (16th to 20th Centuries)
Hector Perez
Chapter 5:
The Maya Population of Guatemala
W. George Lovell and Christopher H. Lutz
Chapter 6:
The Indigenous Population of Guatemala According to the 1981 and 1994 Censuses (Preliminary Figures)
Erwin Rolando Diaz
Chapter 7:
Differences in Education and Earnings Across Ethnic Groups in Guatemala
Harry Anthony Patrinos
Chapter 8:
Poverty in Cahuita District, 1994
Irma Sandoval Carvajal
Chapter 9:
The Nutritional Status of Children in Central America
Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn
Chapter 10:
Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in El Salvador
Isabella Danel, Laurence Grummer-Strawn, Jose M. Caceres, and Paul Stupp
Chapter 11:
Cesarean Delivery in the Costa Rican Social Security System
Ligia Moya de Madrigal
Chapter 12:
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
Chapter 13:
Trends and Differences in Fertility, Use of Contraceptives and Maternal and Child Health Services in El Salvador: 1988-1993
Jose Mario Caceres Henriquez, Lawrence Grummer-Strawn, Paul Stupp, Jose David Araya, and Juan Carlos Salguero
Chapter 14:
Use of Contraception and Knowledge of Health Technologies
Arodys Robles
Chapter 15:
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
Chapter 16:
The Diffusion of Information and Adoption of Contraception in Costa Rica
Rodney Knight
Chapter 17:
Spatial Dimensions of Family Planning in Costa Rica: The Value of Geocoding Demographic Surveys
Luis Rosero-Bixby
Chapter 18:
Examining the Increasing Popularity of Traditional Contraceptive Methods in Honduras
David Hubacher, Margarita Suazo, Stanley Terrell, and Marco Pinel
Chapter 19:
Adolescent Motherhood in Guatemala: A Comparative Perspective
Renee Samara
Chapter 20:
Demographic Processes, Land, and the Environment in Guatemala
Richard E. Bilsborrow and Paul Stupp
Chapter 21:
Perception And Adjustment To Environmental Hazards: A Cross-Cultural Comparison from Honduras
Catherine Hoover-Castaneda
Chapter 22:
Migration and Environmental Change in Costa Rica Since 1950
Uli Locher
Chapter 23:
Participatory Research Mapping of Indigenous Lands in the Honduran Mosquitia
Peter H. Herlihy and Andrew P. Leake
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