Population Council Research that makes a difference

Poster Session 1
8:00–10:00 am

"When there is 'no respect' at work: Job quality issues for women in Egypt’s private sector" (Board 5) (abstract)

"Cognitive skills, social acceptability, and consistency of adolescents' self-reports of sexual behavior: Evidence from a longitudinal study in rural Malawi" (Board 62) (abstract)

"Exploring abortion knowledge and opinion among an important yet overlooked stakeholder group in the Mexican abortion debate: Lawyers" (Board 72) (abstract)

"Building for the future: Enhancing health, social, and economic capabilities of highly vulnerable adolescents" (abstract)

Session 40: Sexual Behavior, Condom Use, and STIs (Reunion C, Lobby Level)

3:30–5:20 pm

"Impact of international migration and remittances on child schooling and child work: The case of Egypt" (abstract)

Session 72: Migrant Workers and Children's Wellbeing in Developing Countries
(Cumberland L, Exhibition Level)

Asmaa Elbadawy and Ragui Assaad

Session 74: The Emergence of Very Low Fertility in China and India (Reunion B, Lobby Level)

Session 83: Schooling and the Transition to Adulthood (Cumberland B, Exhibition Level)

"Education returns in the marriage market: Does female education investment improve the quality of future husbands in Egypt?"
(abstract)

Session 89: Parental Investments in Education: Social, Economic, and Policy Influences (Cumberland E, Exhibition Level)

Session 92: Family Planning, Reproductive Health, and Fertility in Asia (Reunion B, Lobby Level)

"Changes in abortion legislation in eight states of Mexico: A Mexico City backlash?" (abstract)

Session 98: Determinants, Associations, and Consequences of Abortion (Cumberland D, Exhibition Level)

Poster Session 5
11:00 am–1:00 pm

"'We don’t talk about these things': Reproductive health and sexuality of young people in Egypt" (Board 3) (abstract)

Session 111: Author Meets Critics. The Depopulation of Hispanic America After the Conquest: Old and New Interpretations. Two Books by Massimo Livi Bacci, University of Florence (Reunion A, Lobby Level)

"Health and early marriage in rural Malawi" (abstract)

Session 115: Marriage and Union Formation in Developing Countries (Cumberland K, Exhibition Level)

Session 124: Demography of Health and Mortality in Bangladesh and India
(Cumberland J, Exhibition Level)

Session 126: Gender and the Division of Labor in Developing Countries (Cumberland L, Exhibition Level)

"Sexual and reproductive health needs and experiences of (recently) pregnant women living with HIV in Mexico" (Board 67) (abstract)

"Global trends in AIDS mortality" (abstract)

Session 130: The Health and Mortality Impact of HIV/AIDS (Reunion C, Lobby Level)

Session 133: Globalization and Family Changes (Cumberland K, Exhibition Level)

"Improving quality of family planning services for an urban slum population: Experiences from Bangladesh" (abstract)

Session 143: Fertility, Maternal Health and Family Planning in Asia (Cumberland E, Exhibition Level)

Md. Noorunnabi Talukder and Ubaidur Rob

Saumya RamaRao, Discussant

Oral Sessions
8:30–10:20 am

"Conceptualizing and measuring urban locations: Comparing a satellite view with the Demographic and Health Surveys" (abstract)

Session 157: Innovations in Data and Measurement in Spatial and Network Analysis (Cumberland H, Exhibition Level)

Audrey Dorelien, Deborah L. Balk, Megan Todd, and Mark R. Montgomery

"Poverty, microcredit program membership, and domestic violence in Bangladesh: A study using propensity score matching" (abstract)

Session 160: Women's Empowerment and Disempowerment in Developing Countries (Cumberland E, Exhibition Level)

Ashish Bajracharya*

"Gender, absenteeism, and menstruation: Evidence from rural Malawi" (abstract)

Session 160: Women's Empowerment and Disempowerment in Developing Countries (Cumberland E, Exhibition Level)

10:30–12:20 pm

"Women’s perceptions of the quality of public-sector abortion services in Mexico City" (abstract)

Session 172: Abortion in Societies with Different Abortion Laws (Cumberland B, Exhibition Level)