Population Research

The Ansley J. Coale Population Research Collection is housed at Stokes Library, on the lower level of Wallace Hall. Approximately 60% of the collection consists of censuses and vital statistics from around the world, dating back to the very late 1800's. Other areas of concentration include: reproductive health, fertility, mortality, marriages, divorces, migration, family planning policy, immigration and health statistics. The Coale collection supplements the general Social Science collection housed in Firestone Library and does not house any microdata. For census or other population microdata see the Library's Data & Statistical Services Collection.

Encyclopedia of Population (2 vols.). P. Demeny & G. McNicoll (eds.) New York : Macmillan Reference USA/Thomson-Gale, 2003. 

Demography : Analysis and Synthesis (4 vols). G.Caselli, J.Vallin, & G. Wunsch. Boston : Elsevier, 2006.  

Dictionary of Demography: Biographies. W. Petersen & R. Petersen. New York : Greenwood Press, 1985. 

Dictionary of Demography: Multilingual Glossary. W. Petersen & R. Petersen. New York: Greenwood Press, 1985.

Dictionary of Demography: Terms, concepts, and Institutions. W. Petersen & R. Petersen. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.

Encyclopedia of Global Population and Demographics. I. Ness & J. Ciment. Armonk, NY : Sharpe, 1999.

Methods and Materials of Demography (2nd.ed). J. S. Siegel & D.A. Swanson. San Diego, CA : Elsevier Academic, 2004. 

A Concise History of World Population, 6th ed. M. Livi-Bacci. Hoboken : Wiley, 2017. 

PRB's Population Handbook, 6th ed. A. Haupt, T.T. Kane, C. Haub. Washington D.C.: Population Reference Bureau, 2011 .

Indigenous Peoples and Demography: The Complex Relation Between Identity and Statistics. P. Axelsson & P. Skold. New York: Berghahn, 2011.

The following Subject headings are helpful for searching the Library Catalog:

(Country name) -- Census

(Country name) -- Statistics, Vital

Demographic surveys -- (country name)

(Country name) -- Population

(Continent/Country name) -- Population – History

(Specific groups*) – Population

Demography -- (Country name)

Demography -- Methodology

Family Demography

Marriage -- (country name) -- Statistics

Marriage age -- (country name) -- Statistics

Divorce -- (country name) -- Statistics

Mortality -- (country name) -- Statistics

Mortality -- (country name) -- Tables

Fertility, Human -- (country name) -- Statistics

Birth Intervals -- Statistics

Contraception -- Statistics

Birth control -- (country name)

Family planning -- (country name)

Reproductive health -- (country name)

Immigration and emigration -- (country name)

Migration, Internal -- (country name)

Immigrants -- (country name) – Statistics

Rural population -- Statistics

Population forecasting -- (country name)

Population Research 

(Country name) -- Mathematical models

(Specific groups*) - Statistics

*For particular groups use the term for the group name (see below for some examples). Terms are provided by the Library of Congress.

African Americans

Asian Americans

Hispanic Americans

Indians of Central America

Indians of Mexico

Indians of North America

Indians of South America

Indigenous peoples

Also, Specific tribes – e.g. Mayas,

Minorities

  Ethnic groups

Native Americans (see Indians of North America)