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Selected Presentations by Population Council Staff and Colleagues
Names of Council researchers and colleagues appear in boldface type.
    

Thursday, 31 March

8:00–10:00 am

Poster Session 1: Aging, Life Course, Health, Mortality, and Health Care

Toshiko Kaneda and James B. Kirby: "Neighborhood context and access to healthcare: Does residential instability matter?"

8:30–10:20 amSession 2: The AIDS Pandemic

Susan Watkins, Chair
John Bongaarts
, Discussant
 Session 10: Gender and Education in Developing Countries

Kelly Hallman: "Sexual violence and girls' education in South Africa"

10:30 am–12:20 pm

Session 19: Demography and Life Course Studies

Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Linda Waite, Louise Hawkley, and John T. Cacioppo: "The life course, biology, and health"

Session 28: Marriage Patterns in Developing Countries

Luciana Suran: "Program efforts to delay marriage through improved opportunities: Some evidence from rural Bangladesh"

Session 32: Abortion

Zeba A. Sathar, Susheela D. Singh, and Fariyal F. Fikree: "Abortions in Pakistan: Estimates from a national study"

11:30 am–1:30 pm

Poster Session 2: Education, Gender, Religion, Language and Culture

Henry V. Doctor, Evelyn Sakeah, and James F. Phillips: "Trends in religious affiliation among the Kassena-Nankana of northern Ghana: Are switching patterns identical by gender?"

Kelly Hallman: "Adolescent schooling and pregnancy in South Africa: Exploring the causal linkages"

1:30–3:20 pm Session 33: Author Meets Critics: Growing Up Global: Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries, by Cynthia Lloyd, editor

Frank Furstenberg, Chair
Anne H. Gauthier, Discussant
Luis Rubalcava, Discussant
Francesco C. Billari, Discussant
Cynthia B. Lloyd, Author
 

 Session 34: Slow and Stalled Fertility Transitions

John Bongaarts: "Stalling fertility transitions in the developing world"
 

 Session 35: Family and Health Over the Life Course

Zachary Zimmer, Linda G. Martin, and Yi-Li Chuang: "The effect of education of adult children on the mortality of their elderly parents"
 

3:00–5:00 pmPoster Session 3: Fertility, Family Planning, Unions, and Sexual Behavior

Winfred A. Avogo and Cornelius Y. Debpuur: "Men's networks and women's contraceptive use in northern Ghana"
 

3:30–5:20 pm

Session 50: Interactions Between Fertility and Reproductive Health

Elizabeth F. Jackson, Philip B. Adongo, Ayaga A. Bawah, and Ellie Feinglass: "The relationship between female genital cutting and fertility: A case study in northern Ghana"
 

 Session 58: Educational Patterns in Developing Countries

Cynthia B. Lloyd, Cem Mete, and Monica Grant: "The implications of changing educational opportunities in rural Pakistan 1997–2004: School access, choice, and quality"
 

 Session 64: Migration in Developing Countries

Philip Guest, Chair
Aphichat Chamratrithirong, Discussant
 

 

 

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