Recent Developments in Swedish Population Policy. Part 2.

This concludes the study, the first part of which appeared in vol. II, no. I of Population Studies. The present section deals with such collective schemes as free confinement services for all mothers, maternity and infant homes, free admittance to maternity and infant welfare clinics, non-residential child welfare. institutions, free school meals and free travel for mothers and children. The chief measure in Swedish population policy is the child allowance granted to all children in all families. Children of invalids, widows, unmarried mothers, etc., receive supplementary grants. Provisions aiming to overcome man-power difficulties in industry and in the home are discussed including immigration, the rationalization of house-hold work, home helps service, etc. The proposal for a Population Institute is considered and the cost of the various measures of Swedish population policy is estimated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]