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Population Research

Resources for Population Research

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Overview

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.

Population Reference Works

How to Find Books

The following Subject headings are helpful when 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)

Abortion -- statistics

Reproductive health -- (country name)

Immigration and emigration -- (country name)

Undocumented immigrants -- (country name)

Noncitizens -- (country name)

Migration, Internal -- (country name)

Internal migrants -- (country name)

Immigrants -- (country name) – Statistics

Rural population -- Statistics

Population forecasting -- (country name)

Life expectancy - Statistics

Population Research 

Reproductive rights

(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.

Ethnic groups

Minorities

Teenagers

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,

Native Americans (see Indians of North America)