Reflections on Demographic Studies of Two Communities


 

Publication Date: December 1983

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Michael A. Papo

Research Area: Population and demographics; Social conditions

Keywords: Demography; Jewish Organizations; Jewish Continuity

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Demographic studies, by their very nature, give us a "snap shot" of a single period in time. The value of such "snap shots" grows significantly when one can lay several of them side by side and see the trends that exist over time. Cross comparison of communities gives us a sense of both the common themes and the distinct differences that exist between and among them.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, 60: 2.