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Book SynopsisThis treatise on the demography of sub-Saharan Africa contains materials on age and sex composition, fertility, and mortality. Sets of demographic data are emerging that provide the completeness and specificity required for critical evaluation and analysis. The main body of the work consists of case studies on the Republic of the Congo, French-spea
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*The Authors, pg. viii*Contents, pg. ix*List of Tables, pg. xi*List of Figures, pg. xxv*CHAPTER 1. Introduction, pg. 3*CHAPTER 2. Characteristics of African Demographic Data, pg. 12*CHAPTER 3. Methods of Analysis and Estimation, pg. 88*Appendix A: Note on Brass Method of Fertility Estimation, pg. 140*Appendix B: Note on the Effect of Age Misreporting, pg. 143*CHAPTER 4. Summary of Estimates of Fertility and Mortality, pg. 151*Appendix: Notes on Areas for which Estimates Were Made but not Subject to a Detailed Study, pg. 168*CHAPTER 5. Marriage in African Censuses and Inquiries, pg. 183*CHAPTER 6. The Demography of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, pg. 241*Appendix: Schedules 1 and 2 used in Demographic Inquiry, pg. 340*CHAPTER 7. The Demography of French-Speaking Territories Covered by Special Sample Inquiries: Upper Volta, Dahomey, Guinea, North Cameroon, and Other Areas, pg. 342*CHAPTER 8. The Demography of the Portuguese Territories: Angola, Mozambique, and Portuguese Guinea, pg. 440*Appendix: The Tabulation of Age in the 1940 Census of Mozambique, pg. 462*CHAPTER 9. The Demography of the Sudan: An Analysis of the 1955/56 Census, pg. 466*CHAPTER 10. Fertility in Nigeria, pg. 515*Published Statistical Sources Used in this Volume, pg. 528*Index, pg. 533
