title: Comparative vital statistics along the pastoral nomadism-sedentarism continuum.
abstract: "This paper attempts to gather and present as much information as possible on crude birth and death rates and natural increase rates for various pastoral nomadic societies in different African and Middle Eastern countries.  The information is arranged by a subdivision into nomads, seminomads, and sedentarized nomads.  A summarization of this information suggests a possible pattern by which birth rates rise, death rates fall (but may rise in certain circumstances), and natural increase rates rise along the nomadism-sedentarism continuum.  Such a possible pattern has several policy implications for governments assessing the needs of a nomadic society undergoing a process of change in its socio-ecological relationships."
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meir
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D001723:Birth Rate; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004777:Environment; D005298:Fertility; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research; D012922:Social Change; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014798:Vital Statistics
keywords: Africa; Asia; Birth Rate; Death Rate; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Environment; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Migrants; Migration; Mortality; Natural Increase; Nomads; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Population Statistics; Research Methodology; Settlement And Resettlement; Social Change; Vital Statistics; Western Asia