Disability in the Caribbean. A study of four countries: a socio-demographic analysis of the disabled

Includes bibliography

Paquete para Análisis Demográfico por Microcomputador (PANDEM), versión 2.00 (agosto 1988): manual del usuario = Package for Demographic Analysis by Microcomputer (PANDEM), versión 2.00 (August 1988): user's manual

Incluye Bibliografía

Socio-demographic analysis of youth in the Caribbean- a three country case study

Many Caribbean youth are doing reasonably well. They live in loving and caring families, attend school and are involved in various social activities in their communities. The health and well-being of the children and youth1 in the Caribbean is, and has been, the centre of attention of many studies, meetings and policy directives set at the regional, subregional and national levels. Programmes have been put in place to address the basic needs of young children in the areas of health and education and to provide guidance and directives to youth and adolescents in the area of professional formation and transition to adulthood. Critical issues such as reproductive health and family planning combined with access to education and information on these topics have been promoted to some extent. And finally, the Caribbean is known for rather high school enrolment rates in primary education that hardly show any gender disparities. While the situation is still good for some, growing numbers of children and youth cannot cope anymore with the challenges experienced quite early in their lives. Absent parents, instable care-taking arrangements, violence and aggression subjected to at home, in schools and among their friends, lack of a perspective in schools and the labour-market, early sexual initiation and teenage pregnancies are some of those issues faced by a rising number of young persons in this part of the world. Emotional instability, psychological stress and increased violence are one of the key triggers for increased violence and involvement in crime exhibited by ever younger youth and children. Further, the region is grappling with rising drop-out rates in secondary education, declining quality schooling in the classrooms and increasing numbers of students who leave school without formal certification. Youth unemployment in the formal labour market is high and improving the quality of professional formation along with the provision of adequate employment opportunities would be critical to enable youth to complete consistently and effectively the transition into adulthood and to take advantage of the opportunities to develop and use their human capital in the process. On a rather general note, the region does not suffer from a shortage of policies and programmes to address the very specific needs of children and youth, but the prominent and severe lack of systematic analysis and monitoring of the situation of children, youth and young families in the Caribbean does not allow for targeted and efficient interventions that promise successful outcomes on the long term. In an effort to assist interested governments to fill this analytical gap, various initiatives are underway to enhance data collection and their systematic analysis2. Population and household censuses are conducted every decade and a variety of household surveys, such as surveys of living conditions, labour force surveys and special surveys focusing on particular sub-groups of the population are conducted, dependent on the resources available, to a varying degree in the countries of the region. One such example is the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)-funded Multi-Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) that assess the situation of children and youth in a country. Over the past years and at present, UNICEF has launched a series of surveys in a number of countries in the Caribbean3. But more needs to be done to ensure that the data available is analyzed to provide the empirical background information for evidence-based policy formulation and monitoring of the efficiency and effectiveness of the efforts undertaken.

Envejecimiento demográfico y cambios en la transición a la vejez en el Brasil: pasado, presente y futuro

En el contexto del envejecimiento de la población brasileña, el objetivo de este trabajo consiste en describir las características de la transición a la vejez de hombres y mujeres haciendo hincapié en tres áreas específicas: la esfera doméstica, las condiciones de salud y la condición de actividad económica. A partir de la perspectiva teórica del curso de vida, se concibe a la población de edad avanzada como un grupo heterogéneo y se sostiene la hipótesis de que el aumento de dicha heterogeneidad en las últimas décadas estaría diversificando la experiencia de envejecer. En el artículo se presenta una caracterización histórica de la trayectoria de la población de diferentes generaciones, nacidas desde el comienzo del siglo pasado (que son o serán adultos mayores en la próxima década) y se utiliza el análisis de entropía para medir la heterogeneidad de la población adulta y de edad avanzada, sobre la base de datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Hogares de 1998 y 2008. El análisis subraya la manera en que los cambios en el contexto demográfico, político, económico y sociocultural inciden en las formas de envejecer de la población y las modifican.

Implications of unmet of family planning for policy and demographic impact: a comparative analysis of large countries

Includes bibliography

Demographic, economic-demographic and other demographically related model: an analysis

Includes bibliography

Sociodemographic vulnerability in the Caribbean: an examination of the social and demographic impediments to equitable development with participatory citizenship in the Caribbean at the dawn of the twenty-first century

Includes bibliography

Socio-demographic vulnerability: old and new risks for communities, households and individuals

Includes bibliography