Since 1972 there has been a close contact through their publications
between the Netherlands Interuniversity Demographic Institute at The
Hague and the Population and Family Study Centre at Brussels. This
co-operation has resulted in the joint publication of the journal
Bevolking en Gezin (Population and Family) in the Dutch language.
However, there has been a need for wider circulation of the Dutch
language studies and research in the field of population and the family.
In particular it was thought necessary to make possible an exchange of
ideas and findings with popUlation and family scientists abroad. The
volume Population and Family in the Low Countries intends to facilitate
this international discussion by at least partially lifting the language
barrier curtain. Some of the articles and documents included were
originally published in the Dutch language, others were written
especially for this volume. Population and family covers a very wide
field and so do the chapters presented. In addition to demographic
studies, articles are presented on population and family sociology and
social biology. The editors hope that this second volume of Population
and Family in the Low Countries reader, the sixth in their yearly
publication series, will serve its purpose. The editors v Contents
PREFACE V CONTRIBUTORS IX 1. J. GODEFROY A graphic representation of the
process of population renewal - a demographic teaching aid . . . . . . .
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