Background of the African Census Analysis Project (ACAP)

Introduction
Brief History of Census-Taking in Africa
Availability of the Census
African Census Analysis Project
The Future of ACAP

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References

Brass, W. et al. (eds.) 1968. The Demography of Tropical Africa. Princeteon: Princeton University Press.

Clarke, J.I. 1968. “Population distribution in Sierra Leone,” in J.C. Caldwell and C. Okonjo (eds.). The Population of Tropical Africa. London: Longmans, pp. 270–277.

Domschke, E. and D.S. Goyer. 1986. The Handbook of National Population Censuses: Africa and Asia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press..

Groupe de démographie africaine (GDA). 1988. Population Size in African Countries: An Evaluation Vol. II . IDP-INED-INSEE-MINCOOP-ORSTOM, Paris.

Khalfani, A.K., T. Zuberi, S. Bah, and P.J. Lehohla. 2005. “Population statistics,“ in Zuberi et al.(eds.). The Demography of South Africa. New York: M.E. Sharpe Inc., pp. 3–39.

Kuczynski. 1953. COMPLETE REF.

Lorimer, F. 1968. “Introduction,” in Brass et al. (eds.). The Demography of Tropical Africa. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 3–11.

Owusu, D.J. 1968. “Taking a population census in tropical Africa,” in J.C. Caldwell and C. Okonjo (eds.), The Population of Tropical Africa CITY: Longmans, pp. 135–141.

United Nations. 1992. Demographic Handbook for Africa 1992. Population Division, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa.

Van de Walle, E. 2006. “Introduction,” in E. van de Walle ( ed.). African Households: Censuses and Surveys. New York: M.E. Sharpe Inc., pp. xxi–xxxix.

Zaslavsky. 1973. COMPLETE REF

Zuberi, T. and Akil K. Khalfani. 1999. “Racial classification and the census in South Africa, 1911–1996.” ACAP Working Paper No 7. The African Census Analysis Project (ACAP), Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Appendix 1: Recent PhD Dissertations at the University of Pennsylvania Based on the Census Micro-Data

PhD Dissertations by African Graduates

Mathieu-C Koumin, (World Bank, Washington, D.C.), 1997, “Energy Policies and Population Instruments: Contributions to Economic Strategies to Mitigate CO 2 Emissions in Urban sub-Saharan Africa with the Empirical Evidence in Dakar and Abidjan”

Amson Sibanda, (United Nations, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia), 1997, “Fertility Transitions in sub-Saharan Africa: Establishing the Sources and Determinants of Reproductive Change in Zimbabwe and Kenya”

Gideon Rutaremwa (2002): Differentials in infant and child mortality in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)

Ayaga Bawah (2002): Health, well-being and mortality in Africa (Botswana, Lesotho, Zambia)

Henry Doctor (2003): Mortality in twentieth-century Malawi

Kevin Thomas (2004): The demography of migrant population in South Africa

Claire M. Noel-Miller (2005): Grandparents and the mortality of their grandchildren in the Gambia: Findings from the 1993 census

Robert Mswia (2006): Mortality in the era of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania

Sandile Simelane (2007): Poverty in post-apartheid South Africa: Measurement, trends and the demography of the poor

Dissertations by Other Graduates:

Ria Baker (2003): Marriage forgotten or foregone? An examination of the transformations of marriage in Botswana

Akil Kokayi Khalfani , (2004), “Conflicting Notions of Liberty, Equality, and Justice: Discovering Divergence in the Affirmative Action Debate in South Africa and the United States” (Graduate Group in Sociology, University of Pennsylvania)

Solène Lardoux (2005): Polygyny and fertility in rural Senegal

Brooke Cunningham , (2006), “Partially Treated: AIDS, Inequality and Ethics. The Controversy Over the Short Course AZT Trials” (Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania)

A.M. Thesis by African Graduates

Mathieu-C Koumin

Gideon Rutaremwa, 1998, “Regional Differences in Infant and Child Mortality in Uganda”

Ayaga Agula Bawah, 1999, “Estimating Levels and Trends in Infant and Child Mortality in Zambia Using Own-child Methods”

Henry Doctor

Kevin Thomas

Gwendoline Lehloenya

Sandile E. Simelane

Robert George Mswia

Martin W. Bangha

A.M. Thesis by Other Graduates:

Akil K. Khalfani, 1997, “Still Reaching for Freedom: Affirmative Action in South Africa”

Shasta F. Jones, 2000, “Gender and Migration in Botswana According to the 1981 and 1991 Censuses”

Fareeda McClinton

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