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Session P-1:
Poster Session 1

Thursday, April 17
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Napoleon Ballroom CD
3rd floor
The poster numbers are preliminary and subject to change. At the meeting, posters will be grouped into topic areas within each poster session. A sheet with the board number for each poster will be handed out to all participants at the time of registration.

1. Wanted and Unwanted Births in the United States: Trends, Measurement, and Implications  •  Joyce C. Abma, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC; William D. Mosher, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC; Jo Jones, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC

2. Educational Inequality in Institutionalized Social Stratification Systems: The Case of Caste-Based Educational Inequality in India  •  Cecily D. Adams, University of Maryland

3. Environmental and Socio-Demographic Risk Factors of Childhood Mortality in Rural Western Kenya  •  Kubaje Adazu, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Maurice Ombok, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI); Frank Odhiambo, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI); Rose Kiriinya, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI); Kayla Laserson, Centers for Disease control and Prevention; Allen Hightower, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; John M Vulule, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI); Daniel Feiken, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

4. Social Identity and Inequality: The Impact of China’s Hukou System  •  Farzana Afridi, Syracuse University; Sherry Xin Li, University of Texas at Dallas

5. Do Community Factors have Differential Impact on the Nutrition of Boys and Girls in Rural India?  •  Kiran Agrahari, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Abhishek Singh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

6. The Role of the Family Environment in Adolescent Sexual Activity in Four African Countries  •  Kofi Awusabo-Asare, University of Cape Coast

7. Socioeconomic Status and Body Mass Index among Hispanic Children of Immigrants and Children of Natives  •  Kelly Balistreri, Bowling Green State University; Jennifer Van Hook, Pennsylvania State University

8. Do Employment Subsidies Work? Evidence from Regionally Targeted Subsidies in Turkey  •  Gordon Betcherman, World Bank Group; Meltem Daysal, University of Maryland; Carmen Pages, Inter-American Development Bank

9. Biomarkers of Inflammation for Population Research: Stability of C-Reactive Protein And Alpha1-Acid Glycoprotein in Dried Blood Spots  •  Eleanor Brindle, University of Washington; Masako Fujita, University of Washington; Bettina Shell-Duncan, University of Washington

10. Gender Differences in Approval of Gay Marriage among Covenant and Standard Married Couples in Louisiana  •  Stacey Brumbaugh, Bowling Green State University; Laura A. Sanchez, Bowling Green State University

11. Discrimination, Marital Bargaining Power and Intrahousehold Allocation in Guatemala  •  Maria C. Calderon, University of Pennsylvania

12. Projecting the Presence: Estimating Incomplete Parity- and Age-specific Fertility Rates  •  Carlo G. Camarda, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Harald Wilkoszewski, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

13. Money and Marriage: A Fresh Look at Marriage Transaction in Rural India  •  Afra R. Chowdhury, Brown University

14. Inclusiveness in University Education in Egypt  •  Emily Cupito, Duke University; Ray Langsten, American University in Cairo

15. Gender and Regional Fertility Variation in India  •  Premchand Dommaraju, Arizona State University

16. Long Term Effects of Reproductive History on Female and Male Mortality in a Rural Area of Senegal  •  Géraldine Duthé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Gilles Pison, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Raphael Laurent, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

17. Young Women’s Job Stability, Union Formation, and Contextual Conditions  •  Angela Estacion, Johns Hopkins University

18. Union Formation Implications of Race and Gender Gaps in Educational Attainment: The Case of Latin America  •  Albert Esteve, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Luís Ángel López, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Anna Cabré, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

19. Empowerment of Women and Links to the Child's Health in Egypt  •  Ibrahim Ms Ghada, Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), the Egyptian Cabinet

20. Testing the Cycle of Violence Hypothesis: Child Abuse and Adolescent Partner Abuse as Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood  •  Anu Manchikanti Gómez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

21. Recurrent Ear Infections among American Indians and Alaska Native Children: Evidence from a National Sample  •  Ginger L. Gossman, Texas Department of State Health Services; Parker Frisbie, University of Texas at Austin

22. Relationships between Contraceptive Method and Sexual Pleasure and Satisfaction  •  Jenny Higgins, Princeton University; Susie Hoffman, Columbia University; Cynthia Graham, Oxford University; Stephanie Sanders, Indiana University, Bloomington

23. The Ideal Marriage vs. The Reality of a Bad Marriage: The Experiences of Mexican-American Women  •  Kristine Hopkins, University of Texas at Austin

24. Mobility Effects Redux: Does Intergenerational Mobility Shape Individual Psychology?  •  Jason Houle, Pennsylvania State University

25. Taxation without Representation?: Exploring the Gendered Context of Abortion  •  Stephanie Jaros, University of Washington

26. Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Relationship between Self-Evaluations and the Likelihood of Adolescent Pregnancy  •  Sarah M. Kendig, University of Maryland

27. Barriers to and Opportunities for Cross-Temporal Analysis with U.S. Health Survey Data: The Integrated Health Interview Series (IHIS) as a Case Study  •  Miriam King, University of Minnesota; Pamela Johnson, University of Minnesota; William Block, University of Minnesota

28. Adolescents with Two Nonresident Biological Parents: Living Arrangements, Parental Involvement, and Well-being  •  Valarie King, Pennsylvania State University; Katherine Stamps, Pennsylvania State University; Daniel N Hawkins, University of Nebraska, Omaha

29. Language Needs of School-Age Children  •  Robert Kominski, U.S. Census Bureau; Hyon B. Shin, U.S. Census Bureau; Karen Marotz, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY)

30. Taking a Covenant to Pick Up His Socks: Gender Traditional Marriage and Depression Among Newlywed Wives And Husbands  •  Kristy Krivickas, Bowling Green State University; Laura A. Sanchez, Bowling Green State University

31. Predictors of Premarital Sex among Bangladesh Male Adolescents  •  Nan Li, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Marc Boulay, Johns Hopkins University

32. Insensitivity of Underemployment to Business Cycles in the United States, 1994-2004  •  Nelson Lim, RAND; Sara Hajiamiri, RAND

33. Comparative Analysis of the Public-Use And Restricted-Use National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Linked Mortality Files  •  Kimberly A. Lochner, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC; Robert A. Hummer, University of Texas at Austin; Christine S. Cox, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC

34. Wanted and Unwanted Fertility: Does Ethnicity Matter?  •  Catherine McNamee, University of Texas at Austin

35. Factors Associated to Hypertension Prevalence, Unawareness and Treatment among Costa Rican Elderly  •  Ericka Mendez, Universidad de Costa Rica; Carolina Santamaria, University of Wisconsin at Madison

36. Effects of Family Environment on Timing of Adolescents’ First Sexual Intercourse in Burkina Faso  •  Yode Miangotar, Université de Montréal

37. The Role of Health in Understanding the Black-White Test Score Gap  •  Carolina Milesi, University of Chicago; Aly Turner, University of Wisconsin at Madison

38. Female Height and Union Formation in the Developing World  •  Christiaan Monden, Tilburg University; Jeroen Smits, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

39. Minority Women’s Access to Health Insurance: The Intersecting Roles of Work, Marriage and Motherhood  •  Jennifer K. Montez, University of Texas at Austin; Jacqueline L. Angel, University of Texas at Austin; Ronald Angel, University of Texas at Austin

40. Voluntary Counseling and Testing [VCT] and Behavioral Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa: Multi-Country Evidence - Consistent or Contradictory?  •  Clifford O Odimegwu, University of the Witwatersrand

41. Occupational Sex Segregation in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Marginalized by Race and/or Place  •  Sangeeta Parashar, University of Maryland

42. Sibling Influences on Migrant Remittances in a Developing Country Context  •  Martin Piotrowski, University of Oklahoma

43. Economic Growth in Ghana and the Effects of Mother's Sector of Employment on Trends in Childhood Malnutrition  •  Roland Pongou, Brown University; Jemima A. Frimpong, University of Pennsylvania; Orly Clerge, Brown University

44. Factors Influencing Age at First Sexual Intercourse, Number of Partners and Condom Use among Male Slum Youth in Pune India  •  Rukmini Potdar, University of Maryland; Michael Koenig, Johns Hopkins University; Kristin Mmari, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

45. Telling Pregnant Women about their Postpartum Contraceptive Options is not Enough: Evidence from Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua  •  Estela Rivero-Fuentes, Population Council; Ricardo Vernon, Population Council; Ana del Carmen Rojas, Consultorías y Asesorías ALVA, S.A.; Adilia Gadea, Consultorías y Asesorías ALVA, S.A.; Freddy Solis, Consultorías y Asesorías ALVA, S.A.; Maritza Molina, Centro de Estudios Sociales y Demográficos (CESDEM); Gisela Quiterio, Centro de Estudios Sociales y Demográficos (CESDEM); Michaelle Boulos, Centre d’Evaluation et de Recherche Apliquée (CERA); Louis-Marie Boulos, Centre d’Evaluation et de Recherche Apliquée (CERA); Flor de Maria Cardoza, Ministerio de Salud, Nicaragua; Hector Eusebio, Dirección General Materno-Infantil y Adolescentes (DIGEMIA)

46. The Diversity of Pathways to Adulthood: A Life Course Typologies Approach  •  Nicolas Robette, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

47. A Demographic Evaluation of the Consistency of the ACS Multi-Year Estimates for the ACS Test Sites  •  Gregory Robinson, U.S. Census Bureau

48. Opting-Out Occupationally? US Women’s Post-Birth Occupational Behavior  •  Rachel S. Robinson, American University

49. HIV/AIDS in Manipur: Need Focus on Injecting Drug Users (IDU)  •  Utpal Saikia, Regional Medical Research Centre

50. Social Networks across the Lifecourse and the Development of the Niakhar Social Networks Survey Instrument  •  John Sandberg, McGill University; Steven Rytina, McGill University; Richard Lalou, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD); Valerie Delaunay, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

51. Assortative Mating in Remarriage: Homogamy and Tradeoffs in Second Marriages by Age and Education  •  Kevin Shafer, Ohio State University

52. Linkages of Socio-cultural and Socio-economic Factors to Ideal Number of Children in the Context of Social Change: Generational Differences Explored  •  Yetty Shobo, Pennsylvania State University

53. Families, Neighborhoods, and Educational Attainment  •  Kia Sorensen, University of Wisconsin at Madison; Brian P. An, University of Wisconsin at Madison

54. Sub-Replacement Fertility: Why Pure Postponement Models are Inadequate  •  Elizabeth Sowers, University of California, Irvine; Ron J. Lesthaeghe, University of Michigan and University of California, Irvine

55. Self-reported Retrospective Housing Biographies: A Modified Life History Calendar Approach  •  Sara Ström, Stockholm University; Maria Brandén, Stockholm University; Elizabeth Thomson, University of Wisconsin at Madison

56. From Pilot to Scale-up: Implementing a Community-Based STD/AIDS Education Program among Young Adults through Existing Family Planning Service Network in Kunshan County, Eastern China  •  Xiaoming Sun, Nanjing College for Population Program Management (NCPPM)

57. Gender Differentials in Transition to Household Headship: Evidence from the Kanchanaburi Demographic Surveillance System, Thailand  •  Malee Sunpuwan, Mahidol University; Chai Podhisita, Mahidol University

58. Hidden Costs Of Child Care? The Relationship between Child Care Problems and Mothers’ Stress, Labor Force Participation and Earnings  •  Margaret L. Usdansky, Syracuse University

59. Fertility in Brazil between 1946 and 1960: An Application of the Own-Children Method  •  Ana P. Verona, University of Texas at Austin

60. HIV-Related Misconceptions and Stigma in Vietnam: Levels and Determinants  •  Lung Vu, Tulane University

61. Are there Gender Effects of 'Gender-neutral' Compulsory Schooling Laws in Turkey?  •  Jennifer Ward-Batts, Claremont McKenna College

62. Take Me Home: Determinants of Return Migration among Later Life Immigrants in Germany  •  Jenjira Yahirun, University of California, Los Angeles

63. The Role of Field Choice on Racial Differences in College Completion Rates  •  Anita H. Yuan, University of California, Los Angeles

64. Is the Glass Ceiling Cracking?: A Simple Test  •  Myeong-Su Yun, Tulane University; Ting Hu, Tulane University

65. Quality of Reproductive Health Care in War-Affected Northern Uganda  •  Linnea Zimmerman, Emory University; Lacey N Haussamen, Emory University; Rob Stephenson, Emory University

66. Maternal Mortality in Kenya: What is the Situation in the Nairobi Informal Settlements?  •  Abdhalah K. Ziraba, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC); Nyovani Madise, University of Southampton; Samuel L. Mills, Johns Hopkins University; Catherine Kyobutungi, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

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