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New emphases in demographic research after Bucharest?


 This article assesses the extent to which demographic research has been affected by the World Population Conference at Bucharest. The broadening of the scope of the population concept brought about at Bucharest is discussed and 7 major points established there are listed. The 3 main sources of demographic data, censuses, vital statistics, and surveys, are examined to determine to what extent they are adaptable to the need for enlargement called for by the Conference. It is suggested that a "demographic observatory" be established to monitor not just fertility but all the population variables as set forth in the World Population Plan of Action. Needed research in fertility studies, morbidity and mortality, international migration, internal migration and rural development, population and development, projections, integration of population in economic planning, and other areas is indicated. In the future, attempts to explain population phenomena will need to go beyond demography itself, and this will call for true interdisciplinary cooperation in place of narrow specialization. Reorganization of research is needed, and a determined effort is necessary to establish new directions while protecting the freedom, scientific neutrality, and structures of the disciplines.
