Sara Randall
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 143073 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Sara Randall |
| PRENOMES | Sara |
| SOBRENOME | Randall |
| ASSINATURA | RANDALL S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University College London |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 32 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 172 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 32 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1984 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Assets and domestic units
Tracking change in assets access and ownership in longitudinal research is difficult. Assets are rarely assigned to individuals. Their benefit and management are spread across domestic units which morph over time. We review the challenges of using assets to understand poverty dynamics, and tracking the domestic units that own and manage assets. Using case studies from longitudinal research we demonstrate that assets can afford useful insights int…
Family and Household in Development
Household and family are overlapping concepts used to describe the most fundamental social units. There is much confusion over the degree to which they are the same or different, and considerable disciplinary differences in how they should be defined. Households are usually conceptualized as co‐residential units of consumption and production but they take many forms, which often incorporate nuclear families or larger related groups of people, and…
Visibilité et invisibilité statistique en Afrique
La qualité des données démographiques nationales en Afrique revêt quatre dimensions : l’exhaustivité de la couverture, la pertinence des catégories employées dans la collecte des données, la fiabilité des données collectées et la profondeur des données sur une question précise. Cet article étudie particulièrement les deux premières dimensions afin d’examiner pourquoi certaines populations sont sous-énumérées dans différentes modalités de collecte…
Counting the Population or Describing Society? A Comparison of English and Welsh and French Censuses
Data collected at household level in censuses are used for a wide range of purposes including practical planning and academic analysis of changing social conditions. Comparability is a core demographic value, and to understand the limits of the comparability of census data across time and space, it is important to recognise if, how and why, concepts and definitions change between censuses. This paper examines definitions of the household in censu…
The quality of demographic data on older Africans
Developing appropriate and equitable policies for older people in Africa requires accurate and reliable data. It is unclear whether existing data can accurately assess older African population structures, let alone provide the detailed information needed t
Poverty in African Households
African poverty statistics depend on household-level measurements from survey data, making the definition of household of critical importance. Detailed case studies from Tanzania and Burkina Faso explore (1) understandings of household membership and ambiguities, and (2) how well survey definitions capture households as economic units, and the implications for household size and responses to and mitigation of poverty. We develop an analytic frame…
UN Census "Households" and Local Interpretations in Africa Since Independence
Since the 1950s, the UN Statistical Division has encouraged nations to standardize the definitions used in data collection. A key concept in censuses and surveys is the household: This is the unit for which information is collected and analyzed, and is thus an important dimension of data that are the basis for many policies. We aim to understand the tensions between conformity with UN guidelines and national priorities. We analyze the documentati…
Migration and Intergenerational Responsibilities
Migration to Europe has become a major source of financial and social resources for an increasing number of Senegalese men who are the main providers for their natal households. European migration is seen as a transitory phase, since most of them plan to return to Senegal. We use qualitative interviews conducted in 2007 in a small town in northwest Senegal to explore the dynamics of migration among young Senegalese men, identifying their goals an…
The power of the interviewer
African censuses and surveys remain dependent on interviewers for data collection. Data quality is assured through training and supervision. Many survey concepts are difficult to translate into African languages and some, such as "household", may have mult
Les effets de l'émigration masculine sur les femmes et leur autonomie
In this paper, we investigate the impact of male Senegalese international migration on the women who stay behind. We use in-depth interviews undertaken in 2007 with women and men of all ages in a small town where there is substantial male outmigration to Italy. We have two research questions : 1) in what ways do prolonged male absences contribute to redefining left-behind women’s position within the household ? 2) to what extent does this phenome…
Cultural constructions of the concept of household in sample surveys
We analyse the use of the concept of household in sample surveys, with evidence drawn from a review of survey definitions, a series of in-depth interviews with data producers and users, and a systematic study of recent literature. We consider the place of the concept within the discipline of demography, and demonstrate how its definition and use interact with cultural values and core concepts integral to the discipline. Focusing on Tanzania as a …
Pastoralists and their neighbors in Asia and Africa – Edited by Kazunobu Ikeya & Elliot Fratkin
Disciplining anthropological demography
This study furthers the epistemological development of anthropological demography, and its role in understanding the demography of Europe. Firstly we situate anthropological demography against the context of an evolving world of research in which boun
Forced Migration, Sedentarization and Social Change
Culture, Biology and Anthropological Demography
Culture, Biology and Anthropological Demography. Eric Roth. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 217 pp
Book Reveiw
The Demographic Consequences of Conflict, Exile and Repatriation
Qualitative data in demography
Qualitative methods and insights from other disciplines are increasingly integrated into demographyâ s traditionally quantitative toolkit. Whereas this is not problematic for multi-disciplinary research projects difficulties may arise when quantitative
Reproductive Strategies and Decisions in Senegal
La disminución de la mortalidad puede jugar un papel importante en la evolución de la fecundidad. A menudo, los demógrafos han intentado explicar la correlación entre estos fenómenos a partir de una ̈toma de decisión racional ̈ por parte de los individuos, un concepto basado en teorías formuladas a partir de análisis cuantitativos. En este estudio utilizamos datos cualitativos recogidos en zonas urbanas y rurales de Senegal para evaluar en qué me…
Reassessing the Insurance Effect
A number of prominent demographers have recently reiterated the argument that a lasting mortality decline is a key determinant of the fertility transition. Of the main hypothesized pathways linking fertility to mortality, the one least studied is the insurance hypothesis: the notion that, in high-mortality contexts, people decide to have more children in order to anticipate possible future child deaths and lessen the risks of having too few survi…
Stratégies reproductives et prise de décision au Sénégal
Randall Sara, Legrand T. Stratégies reproductives et prise de décision au Sénégal : le rôle de la mortalité des enfants.. In: Population, 58e année, n°6, 2003. pp. 773-805
Pastoralists, agropastoralists and migrants
Seasonal rural to urban migration of young men is becoming an increasingly important part of the rural economy of the West African Sahel, yet little is known about how the short-term contact of men with urban centres might affect reproductive decisions and outcomes in sending areas. In northern Burkina Faso, substantial variation in short-term migration rates of young Fulani men to cities provides an opportunity to explore interactions between mi…
Seasonal labour migration strategies in the Sahel
An erratum for this article has been published in International Journal of Population Geography 6(2), 2000, 179. Much research on seasonal labour migration in the Sahel has come up with contradictory findings about the relationships between poverty, underdevelopment and such migration. Many of the contradictions stem from the fact that the heterogeneous nature of Sahelian society both in terms of production system and ethnicity has not been fully…
Un exemple sahélien
Les sécheresses observées dans le Sahel au cours des deux dernières décennies ont donné naissance à une nouvelle forme d'adaptation à un environnement imprévisible : les populations assez importantes qui survivent à proximité des zones urbaines. L'étude de cas présentée dans l'article examine la composition et les stratégies de survie des réfugiés de la sécheresse autour de Douentza en 1988. Elle suggère que les agriculteurs ont tendu à utiliser …
Inégalités Sexuelles en Matière de Santé, de Morbidité et de Mortalité dans L'enfance dans Trois Pays de L'Afrique de L'Ouest
Cultural constructions of the concept of household in sample surveys
We analyse the use of the concept of household in sample surveys, with evidence drawn from a review of survey definitions, a series of in-depth interviews with data producers and users, and a systematic study of recent literature. We consider the place of the concept within the discipline of demography, and demonstrate how its definition and use interact with cultural values and core concepts integral to the discipline. Focusing on Tanzania as a …
The Demographic Consequences of Conflict, Exile and Repatriation
Reassessing the Insurance Effect
A number of prominent demographers have recently reiterated the argument that a lasting mortality decline is a key determinant of the fertility transition. Of the main hypothesized pathways linking fertility to mortality, the one least studied is the insurance hypothesis: the notion that, in high-mortality contexts, people decide to have more children in order to anticipate possible future child deaths and lessen the risks of having too few survi…
Qualitative data in demography
Qualitative methods and insights from other disciplines are increasingly integrated into demographyâ s traditionally quantitative toolkit. Whereas this is not problematic for multi-disciplinary research projects difficulties may arise when quantitative
The power of the interviewer
African censuses and surveys remain dependent on interviewers for data collection. Data quality is assured through training and supervision. Many survey concepts are difficult to translate into African languages and some, such as "household", may have mult
Différences géographiques et sociales dans la mortalité infantile et juvénile au Mali
Hill Allan, Randall Sara. Différences géographiques et sociales dans la mortalité infantile et juvénile au Mali. In: Population, 39e année, n°6, 1984. pp. 921-946
Disciplining anthropological demography
This study furthers the epistemological development of anthropological demography, and its role in understanding the demography of Europe. Firstly we situate anthropological demography against the context of an evolving world of research in which boun
UN Census "Households" and Local Interpretations in Africa Since Independence
Since the 1950s, the UN Statistical Division has encouraged nations to standardize the definitions used in data collection. A key concept in censuses and surveys is the household: This is the unit for which information is collected and analyzed, and is thus an important dimension of data that are the basis for many policies. We aim to understand the tensions between conformity with UN guidelines and national priorities. We analyze the documentati…
Pastoralists, agropastoralists and migrants
Seasonal rural to urban migration of young men is becoming an increasingly important part of the rural economy of the West African Sahel, yet little is known about how the short-term contact of men with urban centres might affect reproductive decisions and outcomes in sending areas. In northern Burkina Faso, substantial variation in short-term migration rates of young Fulani men to cities provides an opportunity to explore interactions between mi…
The quality of demographic data on older Africans
Developing appropriate and equitable policies for older people in Africa requires accurate and reliable data. It is unclear whether existing data can accurately assess older African population structures, let alone provide the detailed information needed t
Assets and domestic units
Tracking change in assets access and ownership in longitudinal research is difficult. Assets are rarely assigned to individuals. Their benefit and management are spread across domestic units which morph over time. We review the challenges of using assets to understand poverty dynamics, and tracking the domestic units that own and manage assets. Using case studies from longitudinal research we demonstrate that assets can afford useful insights int…
Migration and Intergenerational Responsibilities
Migration to Europe has become a major source of financial and social resources for an increasing number of Senegalese men who are the main providers for their natal households. European migration is seen as a transitory phase, since most of them plan to return to Senegal. We use qualitative interviews conducted in 2007 in a small town in northwest Senegal to explore the dynamics of migration among young Senegalese men, identifying their goals an…
Counting the Population or Describing Society? A Comparison of English and Welsh and French Censuses
Data collected at household level in censuses are used for a wide range of purposes including practical planning and academic analysis of changing social conditions. Comparability is a core demographic value, and to understand the limits of the comparability of census data across time and space, it is important to recognise if, how and why, concepts and definitions change between censuses. This paper examines definitions of the household in censu…
Reproductive Strategies and Decisions in Senegal
La disminución de la mortalidad puede jugar un papel importante en la evolución de la fecundidad. A menudo, los demógrafos han intentado explicar la correlación entre estos fenómenos a partir de una ̈toma de decisión racional ̈ por parte de los individuos, un concepto basado en teorías formuladas a partir de análisis cuantitativos. En este estudio utilizamos datos cualitativos recogidos en zonas urbanas y rurales de Senegal para evaluar en qué me…
Whose Reality? Local Perceptions of Fertility Versus Demographic Analysis
Single-round demographic surveys of three Malian populations showed substantial fertility differentials, with much lower fertility in the two nomadic pastoral Kel Tamasheq populations than among the sedentary cultivating Bambara. Demographic analysis explained these fertility differentials by different marriage patterns, dominated by the structural effects of Kel Tamasheq monogamy which maintains a large group of currently unmarried women. This c…
Blood is hotter than water
Mortality and Society in Sub-Saharan Africa
Stratégies reproductives et prise de décision au Sénégal
Randall Sara, Legrand T. Stratégies reproductives et prise de décision au Sénégal : le rôle de la mortalité des enfants.. In: Population, 58e année, n°6, 2003. pp. 773-805
Infant and Child Mortality in Rural Mali
Some new data on child mortality among 3 distinct ethnic groups resident in 2 distinct zones of rural Mali are presented. The data were gathered during a program of single round demographic surveys and both direct and indirect estimates of child mortality are presented. The bulk of the analysis is based on life table analysis of the maternity data. The data span a range of groups with contrasting ways of life. They include: sedentary Bambara mill…
Infant and Child Mortality in Rural Mali
Some new data on child mortality among 3 distinct ethnic groups resident in 2 distinct zones of rural Mali are presented. The data were gathered during a program of single round demographic surveys and both direct and indirect estimates of child mortality are presented. The bulk of the analysis is based on life table analysis of the maternity data. The data span a range of groups with contrasting ways of life. They include: sedentary Bambara mill…
Différences géographiques et sociales dans la mortalité infantile et juvénile au Mali
Hill Allan, Randall Sara. Différences géographiques et sociales dans la mortalité infantile et juvénile au Mali. In: Population, 39e année, n°6, 1984. pp. 921-946
A Comparative Demographic Study of Three Sahelian Populations
Labour Pains and Labour Power (Book)
Blood is hotter than water
Mortality and Society in Sub-Saharan Africa
Whose Reality? Local Perceptions of Fertility Versus Demographic Analysis
Single-round demographic surveys of three Malian populations showed substantial fertility differentials, with much lower fertility in the two nomadic pastoral Kel Tamasheq populations than among the sedentary cultivating Bambara. Demographic analysis explained these fertility differentials by different marriage patterns, dominated by the structural effects of Kel Tamasheq monogamy which maintains a large group of currently unmarried women. This c…
Inégalités Sexuelles en Matière de Santé, de Morbidité et de Mortalité dans L'enfance dans Trois Pays de L'Afrique de L'Ouest
Un exemple sahélien
Les sécheresses observées dans le Sahel au cours des deux dernières décennies ont donné naissance à une nouvelle forme d'adaptation à un environnement imprévisible : les populations assez importantes qui survivent à proximité des zones urbaines. L'étude de cas présentée dans l'article examine la composition et les stratégies de survie des réfugiés de la sécheresse autour de Douentza en 1988. Elle suggère que les agriculteurs ont tendu à utiliser …
Seasonal labour migration strategies in the Sahel
An erratum for this article has been published in International Journal of Population Geography 6(2), 2000, 179. Much research on seasonal labour migration in the Sahel has come up with contradictory findings about the relationships between poverty, underdevelopment and such migration. Many of the contradictions stem from the fact that the heterogeneous nature of Sahelian society both in terms of production system and ethnicity has not been fully…
Pastoralists, agropastoralists and migrants
Seasonal rural to urban migration of young men is becoming an increasingly important part of the rural economy of the West African Sahel, yet little is known about how the short-term contact of men with urban centres might affect reproductive decisions and outcomes in sending areas. In northern Burkina Faso, substantial variation in short-term migration rates of young Fulani men to cities provides an opportunity to explore interactions between mi…
Reproductive Strategies and Decisions in Senegal
La disminución de la mortalidad puede jugar un papel importante en la evolución de la fecundidad. A menudo, los demógrafos han intentado explicar la correlación entre estos fenómenos a partir de una ̈toma de decisión racional ̈ por parte de los individuos, un concepto basado en teorías formuladas a partir de análisis cuantitativos. En este estudio utilizamos datos cualitativos recogidos en zonas urbanas y rurales de Senegal para evaluar en qué me…
Reassessing the Insurance Effect
A number of prominent demographers have recently reiterated the argument that a lasting mortality decline is a key determinant of the fertility transition. Of the main hypothesized pathways linking fertility to mortality, the one least studied is the insurance hypothesis: the notion that, in high-mortality contexts, people decide to have more children in order to anticipate possible future child deaths and lessen the risks of having too few survi…
Stratégies reproductives et prise de décision au Sénégal
Randall Sara, Legrand T. Stratégies reproductives et prise de décision au Sénégal : le rôle de la mortalité des enfants.. In: Population, 58e année, n°6, 2003. pp. 773-805
Qualitative data in demography
Qualitative methods and insights from other disciplines are increasingly integrated into demographyâ s traditionally quantitative toolkit. Whereas this is not problematic for multi-disciplinary research projects difficulties may arise when quantitative
The Demographic Consequences of Conflict, Exile and Repatriation
Forced Migration, Sedentarization and Social Change
Culture, Biology and Anthropological Demography
Culture, Biology and Anthropological Demography. Eric Roth. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 217 pp
Book Reveiw
Disciplining anthropological demography
This study furthers the epistemological development of anthropological demography, and its role in understanding the demography of Europe. Firstly we situate anthropological demography against the context of an evolving world of research in which boun
Pastoralists and their neighbors in Asia and Africa – Edited by Kazunobu Ikeya & Elliot Fratkin
Cultural constructions of the concept of household in sample surveys
We analyse the use of the concept of household in sample surveys, with evidence drawn from a review of survey definitions, a series of in-depth interviews with data producers and users, and a systematic study of recent literature. We consider the place of the concept within the discipline of demography, and demonstrate how its definition and use interact with cultural values and core concepts integral to the discipline. Focusing on Tanzania as a …
Les effets de l'émigration masculine sur les femmes et leur autonomie
In this paper, we investigate the impact of male Senegalese international migration on the women who stay behind. We use in-depth interviews undertaken in 2007 with women and men of all ages in a small town where there is substantial male outmigration to Italy. We have two research questions : 1) in what ways do prolonged male absences contribute to redefining left-behind women’s position within the household ? 2) to what extent does this phenome…
Migration and Intergenerational Responsibilities
Migration to Europe has become a major source of financial and social resources for an increasing number of Senegalese men who are the main providers for their natal households. European migration is seen as a transitory phase, since most of them plan to return to Senegal. We use qualitative interviews conducted in 2007 in a small town in northwest Senegal to explore the dynamics of migration among young Senegalese men, identifying their goals an…
The power of the interviewer
African censuses and surveys remain dependent on interviewers for data collection. Data quality is assured through training and supervision. Many survey concepts are difficult to translate into African languages and some, such as "household", may have mult
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