"Collection of 14 articles from second Simposio Población y Sociedad (1992) includes topics ranging from demographic studies on mortality, fertility, migration, urbanization, and labor force to broad issues such as midwives' training, women's participation in agricultural labor, access to education, and vocational training. All contributions refer to Mexico, with the exception of one chapter on mortality trends in Cuba"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.