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Population and Environment

Description: This journal publishes scientific articles and reviews related to the bi-directional links between population, natural resources, and the natural environment. Its purpose in doing so is to deepen scientific and policy dialogue in this area, which is often complex. As the area is of interest to many disciplines, contributions from a range of social, policy, life, and natural sciences are encouraged. Work at all scales, local to global, is welcome as are both theoretical and empirical contributions. Papers involving mathematics are appropriate so long as the symbolic argument is clearly described in the narrative text. Submissions devoted largely to expressing a political view will be considered so long as they are clearly labeled "Commentary". The editor reserves the right to solicit and oppose to any such piece a contrary view.

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Coverage: 1980-2014 (Vol. 3, No. 1 - Vol. 36, No. 2)

Moving Wall: 3 years (What is the moving wall?)

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Note: In calculating the moving wall, the current year is not counted.
For example, if the current year is 2008 and a journal has a 5 year moving wall, articles from the year 2002 are available.

Terms Related to the Moving Wall: Fixed walls: Journals with no new volumes being added to the archive.; Absorbed: Journals that are combined with another title.; Complete: Journals that are no longer published or that have been combined with another title.

ISSN: 01990039

EISSN: 15737810

Subjects: Population Studies, Social Sciences

Collections: Arts & Sciences VI Collection, Sustainability

Abstract

Differences between blacks and whites in sexual behavior posited in Rushton's theory of r-K race differences were examined in the United States in an analysis of the annual surveys of the National Opinion Research Center for 1990-1996. This data set was analysed for black-white differences in numbers of sexual partners during the last 5 years and for frequency of sexual intercourse. The general pattern of the results was for blacks to report more sexual partners than whites and for black males to report greater frequency of sexual intercourse, consistent with Rushton's theory. This result has implications for the control of the AIDS epidemic and for the demographic transition among blacks.

Race Differences in Sexual Behavior and Their Demographic Implications

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