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2008 Meeting Program Summary

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THURSDAY, APRIL 17
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

P-1  Poster Session 1

THURSDAY, APRIL 17
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

1  Panel Discussion: “Re-engineering the Survey of Income and Program Participation”
2  Panel Discussion: "Order in the Court: Demographers as Expert Witnesses in Legal Proceedings"
3  Low Fertility in Comparative Perspective
4  Cohabitation
5  Gender, Labor Force, and Earnings
6  Race/Ethnic Differences in Adult Health and Mortality
7  Migration, Race-Ethnicity and Community Change
8  Child Health and Wellbeing in Developed Countries
9  Mother’s Work and Child Outcomes
10  Demographic Implications of HIV/AIDS
11  Explanations for SES Gradients in Adult Health/Mortality
12  Population, Development, and Natural Resources
13  Statistical Demography
14  Gender Dynamics and Reproduction
15  Historical Demography
16  Sex Ratios in Asia

THURSDAY, APRIL 17
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM

17  Panel Discussion: The American Community Survey: Promise, Products and Perspectives
18  Demography with a Gender Lens
19  Factors Affecting Fertility Timing
20  International Migration
21  Fertility, Politics and Public Policy
22  Health and Environment
23  International Perspectives on Health and Mortality
24  Union Formation
25  Transition to Adulthood
26  Race/Ethnic Inequalities
27  Fathers in Families and Child Well-Being
28  Formal Demography
29  Characteristics of Populations Affected by Forced Displacement
30  Religion, Changing Ideologies and Fertility
31  Genes, Sexual Behavior and Fertility
32  Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse

THURSDAY, APRIL 17
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

P-2  Poster Session 2

THURSDAY, APRIL 17
1:30 PM - 3:20 PM

33  Panel Discussion: “What Next for the Demography of Aging?”
34  Impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Populations of the Affected Areas
35  Migration, Transnationality and Fertility
36  Public Policy and Child Wellbeing
37  Social Mobility: Across and Within Generations
38  Obesity, Health, and Mortality
39  International Perspectives on Cohabitation
40  Union Dissolution
41  Innovative Applications of Administrative Records in Demographic Research
42  Economic Growth, Gender, and Intergenerational Relations
43  School and Teacher Quality: Levels and Distribution
44  School Demography
45  Demography of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
46  Contextual Influences on Employment and Motherhood Outcomes
47  Family Change in Historical Perspective
48  Genetic Influences on Health and Mortality

THURSDAY, APRIL 17
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

P-3  Poster Session 3

THURSDAY, APRIL 17
3:30 PM - 5:20 PM

49  Panel Discussion: "From Mollie Orshansky to Hurricane Katrina: Population Perspectives on 40 Years of Poverty and Anti-Poverty Policy for Families and Children"
50  Socio-Cultural and Gender Dimensions of Sexual Behavior and STDs
51  The Demography of HIV/AIDS
52  Comparative Perspectives on Undocumented Workers
53  Work and Family
54  Child Care, Schooling and Development
55  Methodological Issues in Health and Mortality
56  Migration and Education
57  Factors Influencing the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Adult Health
58  The Impact of Life-Changing Events on Retirement Well-Being
59  Late life Disability: Trends, Measurement and Policy Implications
60  New Approaches in Demographic Data Collection and Measurements
61  Economic Perspectives on Intrafamily Resource Flows
62  Sibling Effects Across the Life Course
63  Socioeconomic Attainment and Assimilation of Asian Americans
64  Housing and Population

FRIDAY, APRIL 18
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

P-4  Poster Session 4

FRIDAY, APRIL 18
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

65  Author meets critics Matthew Connelly’s book "Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population."
66  Timing of Childbearing
67  Social Inequality and Disasters
68  Social and Economic Consequences of Migration
69  Socio-Economic Status and Adult Health/Mortality
70  Immigration and Child Development
71  Adult Mortality Differences by Race/Ethnicity
72  Retirement and Labor Force Behavior of the Elderly: U.S. and International Comparative Analyses
73  Adolescent Health and Wellbeing in Developed Countries
74  Gender Issues: Cross-National Comparisons
75  Gender, Marriage and Mortality
76  Family Economic Relations
77  Cross-national Perspectives on Family and Fertility
78  Fathers and Children
79  Sources of Racial and Ethnic Differentiation in Residential Space
80  Religion and Human Capital

FRIDAY, APRIL 18
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM

81  Panel Discussion: “Who’s back; who’s coming; who’s going; who’s gone? Demographic data needs of the press and government in the wake of Katrina.”
82  Neighborhood Effects in the Moving to Opportunity Experiment: An Exchange
83  Fertility, Reproductive Health And Economic Change
84  Gender Differences in Adult Health and Mortality
85  Family Structure and Child Well-Being
86  Urbanization Processes
87  Population and Environment: Making Use of Secondary Data Sources
88  Beyond Cohabitation: Living Together and Living Apart
89  Race and Gender Gaps in Educational Attainment
90  Case Studies in Applied Demography
91  Family Dynamics, Race/Ethnicity, and Early Child Wellbeing
92  Family Context and Health Outcomes for Parents and Children
93  Generational Exchanges and Relationships: Grandparents and Grandchildren
94  Contemporary Topics in Mexican Demography
95  Biodemographic Perspectives on Early Life Influences on Later Life Health
96  New Approaches in Demographic Estimation and Modeling

FRIDAY, APRIL 18
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

P-5  Poster Session 5

FRIDAY, APRIL 18
12:30 PM - 2:20 PM

97  Panel Discussion: “Best Practices in Research Translation and Dissemination”
98  Neighborhood Processes
99  Race, Ethnicity, Ancestry, and Caste in Demographic Measurement
100  Fertility Regulation Through The Life Course
101  Advances in Fertility Metrics and Models
102  Public Policy and Family Forms
103  Race, Ethnicity, and Education
104  Redistribution, Poverty and Inequality Across and Within Populations
105  Understanding Health and Mortality Using Biomarkers
106  Sub-National Population Estimates and Projections 
107  Family Background and Inequality in Higher Education
108  Spatial Segregation and Locational Choice
109  The Demography of Crime and Punishment
110  Family Structure Transitions and Child Well-Being
111  Modeling Demographic Processes
112  Voluntary and Involuntary Childlessness: Gender Issues

FRIDAY, APRIL 18
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

P-6  Poster Session 6

FRIDAY, APRIL 18
2:30 PM - 4:20 PM

113  Panel Discussion: PAA: How did we get here and where are we going?
114  Mental Health Consequences of Hurricane Katrina on Affected Populations
115  The Relationship between Fertility and Family Planning
116  Poverty, Hardship and Mobility Amongst Women and Children in the USA
117  Health over the Life Course and across Generations
118  Transatlantic comparisons of children of immigrants in schools
119  Migration and Gender
120  Child Health and Well-Being in Developing Countries
121  Family and Health over the Life Course
122  Neighborhoods and Health
123  Education: Causes and Effects
124  Family Background, Cohabitation, and Marriage
125  International Insights about Health and Mortality
126  Progression of Fertility Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa
127  Fertility at the Extremes
128  Spatial Dimensions of Local Processes

SATURDAY, APRIL 19
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

129  Infant and Child Mortality
130  Tracking the Displaced: Methods and Results
131  Household Configurations and Reproductive Life
132  Spatial Demography
133  Neighborhood/Community Influences on Adult Health and Mortality
134  Behavioral Risk Factors and Health/Mortality
135  Age-Cohort Methodological Innovations and Findings: Mortality
136  The Biodemography of Aging
137  Policy Studies
138  Abortion as a Recourse for Fertility Control
139  Multiple Partnerships
140  Inequalities in Early Education
141  Life Course Connections
142  The Transition to Adulthood Across the Globe
143  Child Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Determinants and Program Evaluations
144  Childbearing in Latin America and Asia

SATURDAY, APRIL 19
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

P-7  Poster Session 7

SATURDAY, APRIL 19
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM

145  The Elderly and their Kin: The Family, the Market and the State
146  Immigration, the Labor Force, and Inequality
147  Residential Choice and Segregation
148  Immigrant Migration and Dispersion
149  International Migration II
150  Methods for Locating Hard to Find Populations
151  Population Perspectives on Cognitive Function and Mental Health
152  Demography of Islamic Societies and Populations
153  Sex: He Says , She Says
154  Infant and Child Mortality II
155  Social Status and Reproduction: Interrelationships between Poverty, Wealth and Fertility
156  Generational Exchanges and Relationships: Adult-Children and Elderly Parents
157  Children's Outcomes and Parental Nonstandard Work Schedules
158  Current Mortality Research Issues
159  Improving child health in developed and developing countries
160  Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage: Gender Issues

SATURDAY, APRIL 19
12:30 PM - 2:20 PM

161  Migration and Health in Developing Countries
162  Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa
163  Racial Differences in Education
164  Immigrants in Old and New Destinations
165  Gender Issues: Cross-National Comparisons (2)
166  Insights on Family Transfers to Elderly Parents: A Cross-National Perspective
167  Gender and Labor Force Participation in Different National Contexts
168  Religion, Contraception, and Fertility
169  Gender and Health Risks over the Life Course
170  The Immigration Process and Children's Outcomes in Origins and Destinations
171  Assortative Mating
172  Gender, Neigbors, Family and School
173  Disability and Active Life Expectancy in Asian Populations
174  Variability in Race/Ethnic Classification Schemas and its Effects on Demographic Patterns
175  Circumcision, Sexual Relationships and HIV Risk: Africa and the U.S

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