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Committee on Population
Pages 55-55

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... These include studies of the size, territorial distribution, and composition of population, changes therein, and the components of such changes, which include fertility, mortality, migration, and social mobility, and, also, of the social, economic, psychological, and biological determinants and consequences of those states and changes. Committee activities include research syntheses, agenda setting, convening, and communication.
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  • agenda setting
  • include fertility
  • social mobility
  • changes therein
  • biological determinants

  • territorial distribution
  • committee activities
  • include studies
  • policy makers
  • activities include

  • multiple disciplines
  • fosters communication
  • research syntheses


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