2006 Meeting Program Summary

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THURSDAY, MARCH 30
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

P-1

Fertility, Family Planning, Reproductive Health

THURSDAY, MARCH 30
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

1		Demography in the Wake of Katrina
2		The Obesity Epidemic: Evidence and Hypotheses
3		Adult Health and Mortality in Developing Countries
4		Sexual Behavior, Sexual Networks, and STDs
5		Aging in Developing Countries
6		Immigrant Adaptation
7		Demography and Life Course Studies
8		Race, Ethnicity, and Health
9		Demographic Consequences of Shocks and Natural Disasters
10		Family Instability and Child Well-Being
11		Migration, Immigration, and Population Shifts within the U.S.
12		Generational Exchanges and Relationships
13		Gender Inequality in the Labor Market
14		Mathematical Demography
15		Historical Perspectives on Inequality
16		Integrating Family Planning, Reproductive Health, and HIV/AIDS Preventions

THURSDAY, MARCH 30
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM

17		Census 2010: A New Census for the 21st Century
18		Author Meets Critics: "Reading History Sideways: The Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life" by Arland Thornton (University of Chicago Press)
19		Timing of Childbearing: Life Course and Relationship Contexts
20		Death: Trends, Distributions, Inequality
21		Youth Educational Inequality
22		Social and Environmental Consequences of Migration
23		Union Formation
24		New Methods and Analysis of Spatial Data
25		Religion and Families
26		Developmental Trajectories of Children of Immigrant Families
27		The Demography of Mental Health
28		Socioeconomic Differentials in Health and Mortality
29		The Demography of Disability
30		Migration in Developing Countries
31		Demography of Crime
32		The Effect of Social Structure on Fertility-Related Behavior

THURSDAY, MARCH 30
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

P-2

Family, Households, Unions; Data, Methods, Study Design

THURSDAY, MARCH 30
1:30 PM - 3:20 PM

33		Child Well-Being in Developing Countries
34		Panel on Longitudinal Surveys of Immigrants in Canada and the United States
35		Statistical/Computational Techniques in Demography
36		The Social and Economic Consequences of HIV/AIDS
37		Racial Differentials in Schooling and Occupations
38		The Macroeconomics of Population Aging: International Comparisons
39		Advances in Methodology
40		Work, Child Care and Fertility
41		Cohabitation in International Perspective
42		Influences of Health on Socioeconomic Status
43		Domestic Violence, Sexual Behaviors, and Reproductive Health
44		The Future of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic
45		Comparative Perspectives on Gender Inequality
46		Social Insurance and Health
47		The Demography of California
48		Residential Segregation

THURSDAY, MARCH 30
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

P-3

Children and Youth, Adolescence, Parenting, Transition to Adulthood, Life Course

THURSDAY, MARCH 30
3:30 PM - 5:20 PM

49		The Impact of Childhood on Adult Health
50		The Global Commission on International Migration: Findings and Implications
51		Understanding Mortality Change: Variance, Nonlinearities, Interactions
52		Health Disparities among Youth
53		Biology and Demography
54		Spatial Demography: How and Why Space Matters
55		Induced Abortion
56		Methodological Innovations in Fertility Research
57		Implications of Gender Interactions and Ideologies for Reproductive Behavior
58		Applied Demography as a Tool for Policy Design and Program Implementation
59		Family Patterns in Historical Perspective
60		Measurement of Race and Ethnicity
61		Poverty and Health: Implications for Mortality and Disability
62		Union Dissolution
63		Key Demographic Changes among the U.S. Latino Population
64		Determinants of Educational Attainment

FRIDAY, MARCH 31
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

P-4

Inequality, Labor Force, Education, Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Religion, Policy

FRIDAY, MARCH 31
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

65		Population and the Nutritional Transition
66		Contraception
67		Disability and Work
68		Race and Ethnic Inequality
69		Issues Related to Study Design, Data Collection and Analysis in Developing Countries
70		History of the Life Course and Family Transitions
71		Family and Health Over the Life Course
72		Relationships & Sexual Behavior in Youth
73		Comparative Trends in Adolescent Fertility
74		Race Differentials in Aging
75		Children’s Impacts on Parents’ Lives
76		Legacies of the Past: Early Childhood Conditions and Adult Outcomes
77		Intergenerational Exchanges in Transitional Societies
78		New Directions in Small-Area Population Estimation and Forecasting
79		Life Course Perspectives on Migration
80		Macroeconomic Consequences of Migration

FRIDAY, MARCH 31
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM

81		Desire, Intention and Behavior in Fertility and Reproductive Health
82		Social and Demographic Effects of Welfare Reform (TANF) Ten Years After Enactment of PRWORA
83		Household Time Allocation
84		Historical Demography
85		Lowest-low Fertility in Comparative Perspective
86		Migration and Social Networks
87		Cohabitation
88		Socioeconomic Determinants of Obesity
89		Special Measurement Issues
90		Demography of Poverty
91		On the Nature of Intergenerational Transfers
92		Issues in the Measurement and Modeling of Migration Processes
93		Racial/Ethnic Formations and Immigration
94		Racial/Ethnic Residential Segregation
95		Family and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
96		The Role of Community in Children's Well-Being

FRIDAY, MARCH 31
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

P-5

Health, Mortality, Aging, Biology

FRIDAY, MARCH 31
12:30 PM - 2:20 PM

97		Authors Meet Critics: "Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia's Male Surplus Population" by Valerie M. Hudson and Andrea M. Den-Boer (MIT Press)
98		Public Policy and Child Well-Being
99		Immigrant Incorporation in the U.S.
100		Causal Effects of Schooling
101		Religion, Ethnicity and Reproductive Health
102		New Ways of Looking at Fertility Measurement Challenges
103		Population and Environment: Water and Land Resources
104		Immigrant Health
105		Community Effects on Health Behaviors and Outcomes
106		Using Biomarkers to Validate Alternative Measures of Health in Developing Countries
107		Child Support
108		Intergenerational Wealth Transmission
109		Socioeconomic Status and Health in Dynamic Perspective
110		Using Policy Variation to Identify Demographic Change
111		Getting Results: Case Studies in Applied Demography
112		Child Well-Being, Health and Mortality

FRIDAY, MARCH 31
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

P-6

Migration, Urbanization, Neighborhood and Residential Context

FRIDAY, MARCH 31
2:30 PM - 4:20 PM

113		Religion, Religiosity and Family Behavior
114		Comparative Perspectives on Migration
115		Demography of Frontier Areas
116		Panel on Census Research Data Centers
117		Policy and the Family
118		International Perspectives on Inequality
119		Alternative Measurement of Race and Ethnicity
120		The Marriage Revolution in Asia
121		Understanding the Dynamics of Health and Mortality
122		Business Demography
123		Religion and Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
124		Collection and Methods for Analysis of Biomarker Data for Demographic Studies
125		Living Arrangements and Work
126		International Demography of Disability
127		Internal Migration and Geographic Dispersion of U.S. Immigrants
128		Variations in the Lowest-Low Fertility

SATURDAY, APRIL 1
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

129		Does Community Matter for Health?
130		Temporary Migration
131		Non-Standard Work Schedules and Family Time
132		Approaches for Reaching Youth with RH/FP and HIV/AIDS Information and Services
133		Determinants and Consequences of Union Stability
134		Demography of Poverty: Mapping Poverty in Rural and Urban Areas
135		Early Life Experiences and Mortality
136		Demographic, Health and Economic Consequences of Weather Risk
137		Race, Ethnicity, Human Capital, and the Labor Market
138		Timing of Childbearing: Economic and Cultural Contexts
139		New Methods for Understanding the Distribution of Health and Family Planning Services in Africa
140		Social Context and Mental Health
141		Consequences of Racial/Ethnic Residential Segregation
142		Immigration and Intergenerational Mobility
143		Recent Developments in the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
144		Recent Patterns of Internal Migration in the U.S.

SATURDAY, APRIL 1
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM

145		Demographic Impacts on Parental Time with Children
146		Demographic Implications of Religion and Politics in South Asia
147		Causal Effects of Schooling on Demographic and Health Outcomes
148		Children's Impacts on Fathering Behaviors
149		Applications of Special Computational Methods
150		Community Effects on Health in the Developing World
151		Fertility Differentials and Trends
152		Cross-national Dimensions of Racial/Ethnic Issues
153		Health and Mortality in the U.S.
154		Gender, Sexual Behavior and STDs
155		The Spatial Scale of Residential Segregation
156		Population Growth and Emerging and Re-Emerging Diseases
157		HIV and Fertility
158		Consequences of Marriage
159		Chinese Inequality
160		Understanding the Impact of Population Aging on Future Health Care Cost

SATURDAY, APRIL 1
12:30 PM - 2:20 PM

161		Racial Disparities in Health and Health Insurance
162		Analysis of Genetic Data for Demographic Purposes
163		Demography and Education Policy
164		Achievement and Attainment among Multiracials
165		Families and the Dynamics of Child Care
166		Neighborhoods, Social Connectedness, and Immigrant Group Incorporation
167		The Effects of Poverty on Health and Disability
168		Gender Differentials in Schooling and Occupations
169		Migrant Networks: Operation and Effects
170		Inequality in Post-Secondary Education
171		Heterogeneity in Contraceptive Behavior
172		Shifts in Gendered Power and Fertility Consequences
173		Reproductive Health and Mortality in the Developing World
174		Familial Influences on Children's Educational Outcomes
175		Attitudes toward Union Formation
176		Multi-partnered Fertility