Sociodemographic vulnerability in the Caribbean: an examination of the social and demographic impediments to equitable development with participatory citizenship in the Caribbean at the dawn of the twenty-first century

Abstract This study identifies and discusses sociodemographic structures, processes and trends that entail risks for individuals, households and communities in the small island developing States of the Caribbean, on the basis of the analysis of the environmental, geographical, economic and institutional vulnerability of these States conducted by ECLAC in the document Equity, development and citizenship, which was presented at the twenty-eighth session of the Commission. The analysis focuses on three sociodemographic issues. First, fertility, which continues to occur early and at high rates am…

Trends in adolescent motherhood and fertility and related inequalities in the Caribbean 1990-2010

The study is a purely descriptive analysis of the trends in adolescent fertility and an assessment of reproductive inequalities in a defined area of the Caribbean region, over the twenty year period 1990-2010 The main data sources used are the decennial censuses of population and housing, the system of vital registration and relevant specialised surveys. The core data for the analysis are stored in the MATERNILAC database maintained by CELADE, the Population Division of ECLAC. The analysis shows that the area has experienced declines in the adolescent birth rate, to varying degrees over the pe…

Appraisal and conclusions from the 1994-2009 review of the implementation of the Cairo Programme of Action in the Caribbean

The countries of English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean have made significant progress in its economic and human development. Most governments have implemented programs and policies of social protection for vulnerable groups of the population, but its sustainability could be jeopardized because of the global financial crisis. In this cyclical factor is compounded by large external debts of these countries, high exposure to natural disasters, limited natural resources, limited economic diversification and some challenges to their institutional capacities. Although short-term policies are needed …

Quality of life: a compendium of social statistics of five Caribbean countries (1995-2001)

Abstract Quality of Life: A compendium of selected social statistics of five Caribbean countries (1995-2001), is the second in a series on social statistics to be published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean/Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (ECLAC/CDCC) secretariat. The first was published in December 1995, entitled Selected demographic and social statistics, 1960- 1994, and was based on the population census data. This compendium of selected social statistics of five Caribbean countries is the first output of the fully searchable subregional…

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 Good health and well-being

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.…

Fertility and female labour supply in Latin America: new causal evidence

Abstract We study the effect of fertility on maternal labour supply in Argentina and Mexico exploiting a source of exogenous variability in family size first introduced by Angrist and Evans (1998) for the United States. We find that the estimates for the US can be generalized both qualitatively and quantitatively to the populations of two developing countries where, compared to the US, fertility is known to be higher, female education levels are much lower and there are fewer formal facilities for childcare.…

Observatorio Demográfico de América Latina y el Caribe 2008: Fecundidad = Demographic Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean 2008: Fertility

This edition of the Demographic Observatory presents a series of fertility indicators estimated and projected by fiveyear periods. The indicators were formulated as input for the national population estimates and projections for the 20 countries of Latin America for the period 1950-2050.The figures in this publication constitute a revision of those presented in No. 68 of the Demographic Bulletin of July 2001.The methodological notes of this edition include a summary of the methodology used in the fertility estimates and projections, as well as a description of the data sources used for each co…

ECLAC Launches Social Panorama of Latin America 2011

(23 November 2011) In the latest edition of its flagship publication Social Panorama of Latin America 2011, ECLAC analyses progress and setbacks relating to poverty and the distribution of income which the countries of the region have experienced in a situation of growing economic uncertainty. The poverty and indigence figures for each country relate to 2010 and the regional projection for 2011 will be presented by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, at a press conference next Tuesday 29 November at 12 noon at the head…

Base de datos MATERNILAC: Nuevos cuadros del Caribe por estado conyugal y parentesco (relación con el jefe de hogar)

Adicional a las cuatro tablas desplegadas desde hace algún tiempo, ahora los usuarios y visitantes de MATERNILAC encontrarán 12 nuevas tablas con información censal estandarizada sobre estado conyugal y relación de parentesco con el jefe de hogar, de las mujeres de 10 años y más que han tenido hijos (madres) y que no han tenido hijo (no madres).…

Base de datos MATERNILAC-Caribe: por primera vez se incluyen tablas de maternidad según nivel educativo

Adicional a las 12 nuevas tablas incluidas hace unas pocas semanas, ahora los usuarios y visitantes de MATERNILAC-Caribe encontrarán 2 nuevas tablas con información censal estandarizada sobre nivel educativo y maternidad, siempre desagregando por edades simples y grupos de edad.…

El estudio de la fecundidad a partir de una encuesta demográfica de visitas repetidas: el caso de Honduras