Poster Session 4: Inequality, Labor Force, Education, Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Religion, Policy

Friday, March 31 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pasadena Room Below Lobby

1.	The Labor Market for Direct Care Workers: An Analysis of Employment Spells  •  Reagan Baughman, University of New Hampshire; Kristin Smith, University of Maryland

2.	Gender Inequality, Foeticides and Missing Girls in India: Regional Comparative Analysis  •  Pradeep Kumar Bhargava, Population Research Centre, Dharwad, India; G.M. Hiremath, Population Research Centre, Dharwad, India

3.	Social Class and Motherhood Wage Penalty  •  Seulki Choi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

4.	Contingent Work and Nonstandard Employment: Prevalence and Outcomes  •  Alisha J. Coleman, Pennsylvania State University; Diane K. McLaughlin, Pennsylvania State University

5.	Poverty, Academic Risk, and the Transition to Elementary School: Targeting Processes at Home and at School  •  Robert Crosnoe, University of Texas at Austin; Carey Cooper, University of Texas at Austin; Jennifer A March, University of Texas at Austin

6.	Gender and Happiness in Italy  •  Mariachiara Di Cesare, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"; Alessia Amori, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"

7.	New Methods and Sources of Estimating and Analyzing Student Attainment  •  Sherman Dorn, University of South Florida

8.	Girls Versus Boys: Parents' Attitudes toward Children’s Educational Attainment in India  •  Sabrina M Fernandes, University of California, Los Angeles

9.	Maternal Education or Household Wealth: Which is the Best Predictor of Child Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa?  •  Jean-Christophe Fotso, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

10.	Prospects for Change: Adolescent Male Perspectives on Marital Gender Relations in Ghana  •  Ashley E Frost, Pennsylvania State University; F. Nii-Amoo Dodoo, Pennsylvania State University

11.	The Impact of Sexual Orientation Anti-Discrimination Policies on the Wages of Lesbians and Gay Men  •  Gary J. Gates, University of California, Los Angeles; Christopher Carpenter, University of California, Irvine; Marieka Klawitter, University of Washington

12.	Return on Investment: Educational Choices and Demographic Change in California's Future  •  Shannon Gleeson, University of California, Berkeley; Iris Hui, University of California, Berkeley; Michael Hout, University of California, Berkeley; Jon Stiles, University of California, Berkeley

13.	Domestic Violence and Suicide among Women in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh  •  Jennet Arcara, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; AKM Fazlur Rahman, Center for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB); Roger W. Rochat, Rollins School of Public Health

14.	Unmet Needs for Primary Care in a Context of Universal Healthcare System: The Case of Québec  •  Hani A. Guend, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (CIED)

15.	The Changing Composition of California's Prison Population  •  Joseph M. Hayes, Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC); Amanda G. Bailey, Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)

16.	State Estimates of Child Care Establishments: 2002  •  Carolyn A. Hronis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Martin T. O'Connell, U.S. Census Bureau

17.	What Jobs Are New Immigrants Taking? Occupations of Employment-Based Legal Permanent Residents Admitted between 2000 and 2004  •  Kelly J Jefferys, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS); John F Simanski, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

18.	Age, Gender, Immigration Status, Visible Minority Status and Religion as Predictors of Economic Position in Canada and the USA at 1901 and 2001  •  Charles Jones, University of Toronto; Stella Park, University of Toronto

19.	Food Choices Fuel Female Labor Force: The Effects of Purchased Foods on Female Labor Force Participation in Thailand  •  Aphichoke Kotikula, Johns Hopkins University and World Bank Group

20.	Women's Health and the Role of Internal Environment: Evidence from India's National Family Health Survey-II (1998-99)  •  Ashok Kumar, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

21.	Economic Returns of Childrearing and Fertility Transition  •  Mun Sim Lai, University of Hawaii at Manoa

22.	A Decomposition of Long-Term Trends in Mathematics and Reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress [NAEP]  •  Vicki L. Lamb, Duke University; Ashley Taylor, Duke University

23.	School Choice and Integration among Students in Los Angeles County  •  Valerie Ledwith, University of California, Los Angeles

24.	Exploring Occupational Gender Segregation among Adolescents in Cebu, Philippines  •  Nanette Lee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Linda Adair, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Delia Carba, University of San Carlos

25.	The Intersection of Race, Socioeconomic Resources, and Parental Investment on Children’s Well-Being for Public Policy Research: Implication for a New Direction?  •  Rosanna Shuk Yin Lee, University of Washington

26.	Accumulated Suicides in Korea since Economic Crisis in 1997: An Ecological Study  •  Sang Lim Lee, Utah State University; Youngtae Cho, Seoul National University; Nao Xiong, Utah State University

27.	The Poverty of Widows: How Do They Become Poor?  •  Youngae Lee, Ohio State University; Jinkook Lee, Ohio State University

28.	Human Capital, Social Capital, Ethnic Capital and Employment Outcomes  •  Yu-Chieh Lo, University of Southern California

29.	Intersecting Inequality: The Effects of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation on Wages  •  Danielle MacCartney, University of California, Irvine; Makiko Fuwa, University of California, Irvine

30.	Is Racial Classification Consistent? Analyzing Self- and Third Person Declaration among 15-59 Year Old Females in Two Brazilian Cities  •  Paula Miranda-Ribeiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Andre J. Caetano, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR)

31.	Religion at America's Most Selective Colleges: Some Findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Freshmen (NLSF)  •  Margarita A. Mooney, Princeton University

32.	Is Better Population Health Good for Economic Growth?  •  Ulrich Mueller, University of Marburg; Joerg W. Fromme, Independent Consultant; Roberto Lorbeer, University of Marburg; Afiafi Marie Renee Afanou, University of Marburg

33.	Population and Environment in India  •  Dewaram A. Nagdeve, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

34.	Estimating Effect of Population on Agricultural Land Use: A Macro Analysis from Major Indian States  •  Dipti Kishore Nayak, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

35.	Predicting Early and Later Reading Achievement of Children from Low-Income Families from Skills Measured at Kindergarten Entrance  •  Kevin H. O'Donnell, Westat, Inc.; Nicholas Zill, Westat, Inc.

36.	Men's and Women's Workforce Transitions following Childbearing in France  •  Ariane Pailhe, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Anne Solaz, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

37.	The Second Paycheck to Keep up with the Joneses: Relative Income Concerns and Labor Market Decisions of Married Women  •  Yongjin Park, Connecticut College

38.	Family and Gender in Schooling: A New Visit from the 2002 ENNVIH  •  Carla Pederzini, Universidad Iberoamericana

39.	Why is the Los Angeles Unified School District Building Schools if Enrollment is Declining?  •  Rena Perez, Los Angeles Unified School District; Grant Langan, Los Angeles Unified School District; Dave Manuwa, Los Angeles Unified School District; Vincent Maffei, Los Angeles Unified School District

40.	How Many Students Really Graduate from High School? The Effects of Early Failure on Dropping Out  •  Nikolas D. Pharris-Ciurej, University of Washington; Charles Hirschman, University of Washington

41.	Immigration, Gender, and Labor Force Participation in Israel: An Evaluation of the "Double Disadvantage" Thesis  •  Uzi Rebhun, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

42.	Understanding Exurban Growth in California  •  Michael Reilly, Columbia University

43.	Health and Labor Supply of the Elderly in the City of Sao Paulo, Brazil  •  Elisenda Rentería, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Simone Wajnman, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

44.	Changes in the School to Work Transition and Its Effect on Educational and Income Inequality  •  Arodys Robles, Universidad de Costa Rica

45.	Baseball Career Length in the Twentieth-Century: The Effects of Age, Performance, and Era  •  Richard G. Rogers, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jarron M. Saint Onge, University of Colorado at Boulder; William Witnauer, University of Colorado at Boulder

46.	Social Security and Labor Market in Chile  •  Viviana Salinas, University of Texas at Austin

47.	The Consequence of Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED) on Children's Nutritional Status: Recent Evidence from India (Tamilnadu)  •  Ravi Sankar, Annamalai University

48.	Gender, Occupations, and the Social-Structural Sources of Work-Home Conflict in the United States  •  Scott Schieman, University of Toronto

49.	Educational Expectations and College Attendance among Ethnic Minorities  •  Littisha Scott, Arizona State University; Mary H. Benin, Arizona State University

50.	Life Course Trajectories of Inter-Spouse Income Inequality  •  Kimberlee A. Shauman, University of California, Davis

51.	The Effect of Armed Conflict on Investment in Schooling: Results from Tajikistan  •  Olga N Shemyakina, University of Southern California

52.

Race and First Sexual Intercourse: A Case Study of Two Cohorts of Females in Belo Horizonte, Brazil  •  Andrea B. Simão, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Paula Miranda-Ribeiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Andre J. Caetano, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR); Cibele C. Cesar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

53.	Impact of Urbanization on Tribal Development: A Case Study from India  •  Amit Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University

54.	Crime in Mexico and Its Persistence over Time  •  Graciela M. Teruel, University of California, Los Angeles and Universidad Iberoamericana; Luis Rubalcava, University of California, Los Angeles and Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)

55.	How Hard is It to Get Another Job? Occupational Employment Risk and Its Consequences for Unemployment Duration and Wages  •  Ignez M Tristao, University of Maryland

56.	When Child Care Fails: Young Mothers’ Experiences with Missed Work and Child Care Problems  •  Margaret L. Usdansky, Syracuse University; Douglas A. Wolf, Syracuse University

57.	A Reconfiguration of Census Tabulations: Maintaining Historical Consistency of Aggregate Industrial Categories at the County-Level  •  Kristine Witkowski, University of Michigan; Myron P. Gutmann, University of Michigan

58.	The One-Child Policy and Sex Ratio of Children in Transitional China: A Longitudinal Analysis  •  Juhua Yang, People's University of China

59.	Gender Differentials in Labor Adaptation among Migrant Groups: A Case Study of Forced Migrants in Colombia  •  Maria Aysa, Florida International University

60.	Childcare in the Context of One-Child Policy in China: Effects of the Number and Gender of Children in the Household  •  Fuhua Zhai, Columbia University; Qin Gao, Fordham University

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