State of the Art VII

The Demography of the Middle East

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11568340
AutoresGeorges Sabagh (University of California, Los Angeles, autor correspondente)
Ano1970
Volume4
Fascículo2
Páginas1-19
Data de publicação1970-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMiddle East Studies Association Bulletin (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0026-3184 • E-ISSN: 2329-3233
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0026318400052391
OpenAlexW2587419235
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas12

On May 22, 1966, the eve of the first Tunisian census since independence, President Habib Bourguiba expressed as follows the objectives and uses of this census: The methodical efforts we are making, within the framework of the Plan, to raise the standard of living of citizens are of necessity based on statistical data concerning the size and distribution of the population, its activities and its manner of life....The census does not consist solely in just counting our population. Its purpose is to collect all sorts of information likely to help us draw our plans for economic and social development judiciously. The need for population data has undoubtedly provided an impetus for the collection of such data as well as for demographic research not only in Tunisia but also in other Middle Eastern countries. In recent years, an added impetus for demographic research has been the realization that, in some of these countries, population growth may be threatening social and economic development

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