G W Roberts
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 23956 |
|---|---|
| NOME | G W Roberts |
| PRENOMES | G W |
| SOBRENOME | Roberts |
| ASSINATURA | ROBERTS G W |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Development and Welfare Organization, Barbados, B.W.I. |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 29 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 47 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1948 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Magnetism and chronometers
Although largely remembered as an astronomer, the Reverend George Fisher (1794–1873) played a significant part in studying the performance and possible improvement of marine chronometers in the mid-nineteenth century. Appointed astronomer to the Royal Navy's Arctic expedition of 1818, while on the voyage Fisher carried out research into the effects of magnetism on the accurate running of chronometers on board ship. By this time, chronometers were…
The Plantation Slaves of Trinidad, 1783-1816
Population Policy. Contemporary Issues
Introduction Law, Human Rights and Population Policy by Luke T. Lee The Ethics of Population Control by Donald P. Warwick The Population Establishment, Corruption and Reform by Julian L. Simon Immigration Policy in the United States: Future Prospects for the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 by Thomas J. Espenshade, Frank D. Bean, Tracy Ann Goodis, and Michael J. White Population Policy Issues in Selected Asian Countries by Godfrey Rober…
The Caribbean Slave, A Biological History
Slave Populations of the British Caribbean, 1807-1834
Doctors and Slaves
Slave Population and Economy in Jamaica 1807-1834
Fertility and Mating in Four West Indian Populations
Geographic Aspects of Population Dynamics in Jamaica
The Development of Creole Society in Jamaica 1770-1820
Growth of the Black Population
The Growth and Control of World Population
Migrants in Greater Bombay
Knowledge and Use of Birth Control in Barbados
Este trabajo se basa en el material recolectado en Barbados en 1964. Se examinó ampliamente y conocimiento y la utilización del control de natalidad en términos de tres tipos de uniones familiares: casados, convivientes y visitantes. El análisis sobre el conocimiento del control de natalidad ha sido tratado, para toda la muestra, de acuerdo al nivel educacional y al número promedio de méiodos que conocía cada mujer. También se ha tratado la impor…
Reproductive Performance and Reproductive Capacity in Less Industrialized Societies
The high-fertility regions of the world include Asia (without the Soviet Union), the Far East, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Together these regions support about 70 per cent of the world's population. Crude birth rates as high as 60 have been reported for some populations, while at the other end of the scale there are countries with rates in the 30's. Mainland China, India, and Pakistan all have very high birth rates. There is some va…
Summary Statistics on Indenture and Associated Migration Affecting the West Indies, 1834-1918
This paper presents summary statistics of immigration into the West Indies, under indenture or government sponsorship, during the period 1834-1918. The sources reveal a few discrepancies, but are sufficiently consistent to permit the construction of a series for each of the ethnic groups introduced. Most of the problems involved in constructing these series centre around the fact that a variety of sources have to be utilised. Immigration figures …
Commonwealth Immigrants
Aspects of Labour Economics
The West Indies Population Problem, Dimensions for Action
A gross mating table for a West Indian population
At a sample survey carried out in Trinidad in 1958 data were collected on the participation of women in three union types: “visiting”, “common law” and “married”. It is assumed that the maximum number of changes of union type in which a woman is involved is three. From the survey material the chances of non-East Indian women moving from one type of union to another as they pass through the childbearing span (taken here as 14 to 45) are calculated…
The Caribbean Islands
With high population densities, large proportions dependent on ag riculture, and rates of natural increase generally in excess of 2 per cent per year, the Caribbean exemplifies all the modern demographic problems of the under developed areas of the world. Fertility remains high, though there is some suggestion of a decline in Puerto Rico, and mortality has declined steeply in nearly all the islands. Recent emigration has reduced rates of growth i…
The Population of Jamaica
Journal Article The Population of Jamaica Get access The Population of Jamaica. By G. W. Roberts. (London: Cambridge University Press for the Conservation Foundation, 1957. Pp. xxii + 356. 40s.) E. Grebenik E. Grebenik The University of Leeds Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 67, Issue 267, 1 September 1957, Pages 521–523, https://doi.org/10.2307/2227378 Published: 01 September 1…
The Negro Population of Chicago
A Demographic Survey of the British Colonial Empire. Vol. III--The West Indian and American Territories
Some aspects of mating and fertility in the West Indies
This paper deals with certain problems in fertility analysis in the West Indies that have their origin in two characteristics of the populations involved: the diversity of family forms and the imbalance between the sexes. Considerations of the main features of these family types, in terms of a fourfold classification as well as in terms of the threefold classification adopted at recent censuses (single, common law and married), show that many tec…
The Negro Population of Chicago
Population Policy. Contemporary Issues
Introduction Law, Human Rights and Population Policy by Luke T. Lee The Ethics of Population Control by Donald P. Warwick The Population Establishment, Corruption and Reform by Julian L. Simon Immigration Policy in the United States: Future Prospects for the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 by Thomas J. Espenshade, Frank D. Bean, Tracy Ann Goodis, and Michael J. White Population Policy Issues in Selected Asian Countries by Godfrey Rober…
Summary Statistics on Indenture and Associated Migration Affecting the West Indies, 1834-1918
This paper presents summary statistics of immigration into the West Indies, under indenture or government sponsorship, during the period 1834-1918. The sources reveal a few discrepancies, but are sufficiently consistent to permit the construction of a series for each of the ethnic groups introduced. Most of the problems involved in constructing these series centre around the fact that a variety of sources have to be utilised. Immigration figures …
Some aspects of mating and fertility in the West Indies
This paper deals with certain problems in fertility analysis in the West Indies that have their origin in two characteristics of the populations involved: the diversity of family forms and the imbalance between the sexes. Considerations of the main features of these family types, in terms of a fourfold classification as well as in terms of the threefold classification adopted at recent censuses (single, common law and married), show that many tec…
Reproductive Performance and Reproductive Capacity in Less Industrialized Societies
The high-fertility regions of the world include Asia (without the Soviet Union), the Far East, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Together these regions support about 70 per cent of the world's population. Crude birth rates as high as 60 have been reported for some populations, while at the other end of the scale there are countries with rates in the 30's. Mainland China, India, and Pakistan all have very high birth rates. There is some va…
A life table for a West Indian slave population
This note comments briefly on the system of slave registration set up in the British colonies, and deals in particular with the data tabulated for the British Guiana slave population in the Parliamentary Papers, 1833. From the age distributions given there a life table has been constructed by a census differencing method. This life table shows the extremely high mortality then being experienced by slave populations in the West Indies
A note on mortality in Jamaica
This article analyses briefly various aspects of mortality in Jamaica. After an appraisal of available vital statistics, the mortality trend, as revealed in several measures, is traced and brief comparison with other West Indian colonies made. A discussion of the marked differential between legitimate and illegitimate infant mortality leads to the conclusion that the higher rate of the latter is associated with lower socio-economic status of the …
Knowledge and Use of Birth Control in Barbados
Este trabajo se basa en el material recolectado en Barbados en 1964. Se examinó ampliamente y conocimiento y la utilización del control de natalidad en términos de tres tipos de uniones familiares: casados, convivientes y visitantes. El análisis sobre el conocimiento del control de natalidad ha sido tratado, para toda la muestra, de acuerdo al nivel educacional y al número promedio de méiodos que conocía cada mujer. También se ha tratado la impor…
Commonwealth Immigrants
A gross mating table for a West Indian population
At a sample survey carried out in Trinidad in 1958 data were collected on the participation of women in three union types: “visiting”, “common law” and “married”. It is assumed that the maximum number of changes of union type in which a woman is involved is three. From the survey material the chances of non-East Indian women moving from one type of union to another as they pass through the childbearing span (taken here as 14 to 45) are calculated…
The Caribbean Islands
With high population densities, large proportions dependent on ag riculture, and rates of natural increase generally in excess of 2 per cent per year, the Caribbean exemplifies all the modern demographic problems of the under developed areas of the world. Fertility remains high, though there is some suggestion of a decline in Puerto Rico, and mortality has declined steeply in nearly all the islands. Recent emigration has reduced rates of growth i…
Immigration of Africans into the British Caribbean
This paper discusses the immigration of Africans into the British West Indies which began in 1841 and continued until 1867. The course of this movement was closely linked with the Atlantic slave trade. Most of the immigrants were African slaves liberated by the British navy. Moreover, the immigration was greatest during periods when slave importations into Brazil and Cuba were intensified. Early in the movement full government supervision was int…
Some observations on the population of British Guiana
In this paper the author discusses the demographic position of the colony of British Guiana. He outlines the racial composition of the population and shows the necessity for treating the two largest sections of the population, the East Indians and the Negroes, separately. After assessing the adequacy of the statistical material a detailed study of mortality and fertility shows that the colony had entered an era of population expansion by 1931. At…
A note on mortality in Jamaica
This article analyses briefly various aspects of mortality in Jamaica. After an appraisal of available vital statistics, the mortality trend, as revealed in several measures, is traced and brief comparison with other West Indian colonies made. A discussion of the marked differential between legitimate and illegitimate infant mortality leads to the conclusion that the higher rate of the latter is associated with lower socio-economic status of the …
A life table for a West Indian slave population
This note comments briefly on the system of slave registration set up in the British colonies, and deals in particular with the data tabulated for the British Guiana slave population in the Parliamentary Papers, 1833. From the age distributions given there a life table has been constructed by a census differencing method. This life table shows the extremely high mortality then being experienced by slave populations in the West Indies
Immigration of Africans into the British Caribbean
This paper discusses the immigration of Africans into the British West Indies which began in 1841 and continued until 1867. The course of this movement was closely linked with the Atlantic slave trade. Most of the immigrants were African slaves liberated by the British navy. Moreover, the immigration was greatest during periods when slave importations into Brazil and Cuba were intensified. Early in the movement full government supervision was int…
Some aspects of mating and fertility in the West Indies
This paper deals with certain problems in fertility analysis in the West Indies that have their origin in two characteristics of the populations involved: the diversity of family forms and the imbalance between the sexes. Considerations of the main features of these family types, in terms of a fourfold classification as well as in terms of the threefold classification adopted at recent censuses (single, common law and married), show that many tec…
A Demographic Survey of the British Colonial Empire. Vol. III--The West Indian and American Territories
The Population of Jamaica
Journal Article The Population of Jamaica Get access The Population of Jamaica. By G. W. Roberts. (London: Cambridge University Press for the Conservation Foundation, 1957. Pp. xxii + 356. 40s.) E. Grebenik E. Grebenik The University of Leeds Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 67, Issue 267, 1 September 1957, Pages 521–523, https://doi.org/10.2307/2227378 Published: 01 September 1…
The Negro Population of Chicago
The Caribbean Islands
With high population densities, large proportions dependent on ag riculture, and rates of natural increase generally in excess of 2 per cent per year, the Caribbean exemplifies all the modern demographic problems of the under developed areas of the world. Fertility remains high, though there is some suggestion of a decline in Puerto Rico, and mortality has declined steeply in nearly all the islands. Recent emigration has reduced rates of growth i…
A gross mating table for a West Indian population
At a sample survey carried out in Trinidad in 1958 data were collected on the participation of women in three union types: “visiting”, “common law” and “married”. It is assumed that the maximum number of changes of union type in which a woman is involved is three. From the survey material the chances of non-East Indian women moving from one type of union to another as they pass through the childbearing span (taken here as 14 to 45) are calculated…
The West Indies Population Problem, Dimensions for Action
Aspects of Labour Economics
Commonwealth Immigrants
Summary Statistics on Indenture and Associated Migration Affecting the West Indies, 1834-1918
This paper presents summary statistics of immigration into the West Indies, under indenture or government sponsorship, during the period 1834-1918. The sources reveal a few discrepancies, but are sufficiently consistent to permit the construction of a series for each of the ethnic groups introduced. Most of the problems involved in constructing these series centre around the fact that a variety of sources have to be utilised. Immigration figures …
Knowledge and Use of Birth Control in Barbados
Este trabajo se basa en el material recolectado en Barbados en 1964. Se examinó ampliamente y conocimiento y la utilización del control de natalidad en términos de tres tipos de uniones familiares: casados, convivientes y visitantes. El análisis sobre el conocimiento del control de natalidad ha sido tratado, para toda la muestra, de acuerdo al nivel educacional y al número promedio de méiodos que conocía cada mujer. También se ha tratado la impor…
Reproductive Performance and Reproductive Capacity in Less Industrialized Societies
The high-fertility regions of the world include Asia (without the Soviet Union), the Far East, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Together these regions support about 70 per cent of the world's population. Crude birth rates as high as 60 have been reported for some populations, while at the other end of the scale there are countries with rates in the 30's. Mainland China, India, and Pakistan all have very high birth rates. There is some va…
Migrants in Greater Bombay
The Growth and Control of World Population
Growth of the Black Population
The Development of Creole Society in Jamaica 1770-1820
Geographic Aspects of Population Dynamics in Jamaica
Fertility and Mating in Four West Indian Populations
Slave Population and Economy in Jamaica 1807-1834
Doctors and Slaves
Slave Populations of the British Caribbean, 1807-1834
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