2004 Meeting Program Summary

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THURSDAY, APRIL 1
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

P-1

Fertility Determinants, Family Planning, and Sexual Behavior

THURSDAY, APRIL 1
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

1		Internal Migration in Developing Countries I
2		Migration and HIV
3		Couples and Reproductive Health
4		Adolescent Sexual Behavior
5		Immigrant Adjustment and Adaptation: Comparative Experiences for Canada and the United States (Sponsored Jointly by the Canadian Population Society)
6		Greater Boston: Demographic Microcosm of the Nation?
7		Statistical Demography
8		Parental Employment and Child Outcomes
9		Community and Contextual Effects on Health and Mortality I
10		Intermarriage: Trends and Consequences I
11		Racial Definitions, Racial Identity, and Racial Reporting
12		Parental Leave and Child Outcomes: A Comparative Perspective
13		Racial and Ethnic Differences in Schooling
14		Child Work and Schooling I
15		Land Use, Land Cover Change, and Demographic Processes
16		Contraception

THURSDAY, APRIL 1
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM

17		Comparing the ACS with Census 2000:  Do the Results Match?
18		Authors Meet Critics: "Creating a Life" and "The Price of Motherhood"
20		Families and Households in Developing Countries
21		Risk and Protective Factors for Children and Youth
22		Family Investments
23		Determinants and Consequences of Income Inequality
24		Attitudes and Expectations about Childbearing and Childrearing
25		Violence and Its Effects on Populations
26		Measurement of Health and Mortality in Developing Countries
27		Racial Identification among Mixed Heritage Americans
28		Gender Preferences for Children
29		Non-Economic Consequences of Migration for Origin Communities
30		Changing Characteristics of Immigrants in the 1990's
31		Fertility Transitions in Africa
32		Modeling Issues in Statistical Demography
161		Reproductive Health in Developing Countries III

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

P-2

Union Formation and Dissolution and Parents' Living Arrangements

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

33		The PRB/Russell Sage Census Reports
34		Couples and Family Planning
35		Cohabitation
36		Transitions from Adolescence to Adulthood
37		Race, Health, and Mortality I
38		Expectations and Social Relationships
39		Adolescent Reproductive Health in Developing Countries
40		Welfare, Maternal Employment, and Adolescents
41		Fertility and Social Inequality in Developing Countries
42		Social Environment and Adult Health in Developing Countries
43		Race, Assimilation, and Housing
44		Understanding the Forced Migration of Trafficked Persons and Refugees
45		New Patterns of Immigration and Settlement in the United States
46		North American Labor Markets
47		Demography of Welfare and Economic Wellbeing
48		Race, Gender, Aging, and Health

THURSDAY, APRIL 1
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

P-3

Families, Parenting, Adolescents, and Children

THURSDAY, APRIL 1
3:30 PM - 5:20 PM

49		Prospects for Higher Education Post-Grutter/Gratz
50		HIV and Reproductive Health Behavior
51		Very Low Fertility I
52		Gender and Family Roles
53		Health and Mortality in Developing Countries
54		Population Forecasting
55		Child Health and Education in Developing Countries
56		Public Policy and the Family
57		Intermarriage: Trends and Consequences II
58		Population, Environment, and Health
59		Latinos and Race
60		Comparative Analyses of International Migration
61		Internal Migration in Developing Countries II
62		Intergenerational Exchanges
63		Methodological Issues in Fertility Measurement
64		Population Projections in the 21st Century

FRIDAY, APRIL 2
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

P-4

Aging

FRIDAY, APRIL 2
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

65		The New Race and Ethnic Origin Questions: How Have They Worked?
66		Union Dissolution
67		Migration, Urbanization, and Health: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives
68		Determinants and Consequences of Educational Attainment
69		Maternal Health and Mortality I
70		Macroeconomic Impact of Aging
71		Asian and Asian-American Families in Historical Perspective
72		Transitions to Adulthood in International Context
73		Obesity and Inactivity: Trends and Consequences
74		Suicide and Gender-Based Violence
75		Balancing Work and Family
76		Economic Consequences of Migration for Origin Communities
77		Networks and Social Capital
78		Family Structure and Child Outcomes
79		Fertility Transitions in Ghana
80		Spatial Models

FRIDAY, APRIL 2
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM

81		Census Coverage Errors: Lessons Learned and Plans for the Future
82		Fertility Policies
83		Non-Marital Fertility
84		Social Determinants of HIV Dynamics
85		Wealth Inequality
86		Race and Ethnic Inequalities in Health Outcomes
87		International/Comparative Research on Mortality
88		Public Policy and the Wellbeing of Children and Youth
89		Child Health in Developed Countries: New Methods and Findings
90		Fathers and Families
91		Race, Ethnicity, and the Family
92		Educational Differences among Immigrants in the United States
93		Very Low Fertility II
94		Population, Development, and the Urban Environment
95		Community and Neighborhood Influences on Children and Youth
96		Applied Demography with a Neighborhood Perspective

FRIDAY, APRIL 2
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

P-5

Health and Mortality

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

97		What Have We Learned Since the 1986 NRC Study of Population and Development?
98		Union Formation
99		Mutual Dynamics of International and Internal Migration
100		Maternal and Infant Health in Developing Countries
101		Family Exchanges
102		Household Structure and Child Wellbeing in Developing Countries
103		Contextual Effects on Health and Mortality in India
104		Health and the Life Course
105		International Responses to Low Fertility
106		Immigrant Children in the U.S.
107		Gender and HIV/AIDS
108		Men's Reproductive Lives: A Developed Country Perspective
109		Child Work and Schooling II
110		Racial and Ethnic Differences in Schooling: International Contexts
111		Demography of Disability
112		Innovations in State and Local Population Estimation

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

P-6

Applied Demography, Methods, Migration, Labor and Education, Gender, and Race and Ethnicity

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

113		Authors Meet Critics: "One-Quarter of Humanity: Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Reality 1700-2000"
114		Values, Attitudes, and the Family
115		The Economic Adaptation of Immigrants
116		Demography of the Labor Force
117		Transition to Motherhood
118		Family Background Effects
119		Adolescent Reproductive Health in Asia and the Near East
120		Youth Behaviors and Risk for Pregnancy and HIV/AIDS
121		Demography of Asian Americans and Asian Canadians
122		SES and Child Mortality
123		Gender, Sexuality, and Health
124		Parents and Adolescent Sexual Behavior
125		Maternal Health and Mortality II
126		Impact of Early Life Events on Health in Later Life
127		Mathematical Demography
128		Consumer Demographics and Market Research

FRIDAY, APRIL 2
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony

SATURDAY, APRIL 3
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

129		SES and Health across the Life Course
130		Methodological Issues in Fertility Research
131		Fertility Preferences
132		Sexually Transmitted Infections
133		Understanding Domestic Violence in Developing Countries
134		Adolescent Health and Obesity in the U.S.
135		Abortion I
136		International Perspectives on the Effects of Family Structure
137		Health Behaviors
138		The Attractiveness of Marriage among Straight and Gay Couples in Europe and the U.S.
139		Race, Health, and Mortality II
140		Internal Migration in Developed Countries
141		Demography, Crime, and Incarceration
142		Educational Attainment: Social and Economic Issues
143		Disability Measurement Issues
144		Microsimulation and Intensive Computational Methods in Demography

SATURDAY, APRIL 3
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM

145		Men's Reproductive Behavior
146		Reproductive Health in Developing Countries II
147		Migration, Urbanization, and Health
148		International Perspectives on Cohabitation
149		Gender and Patriarchy in India and Bangladesh
150		Family Time Allocation: Parents and Children, Costs and Benefits
151		Community and Contextual Effects on Health and Mortality II
152		Health Care Policy and Access
153		Contraceptive Practices: Insights from the DHS
154		Gender and Fertility Decision-Making
155		Comparative Perspectives on Couples' Paid and Unpaid Work
156		Urbanization and Socio-Economic Consequences
157		Demography of Retirement
158		Economic Inequality
159		Comparative Mortality Analyses
160		New Strategies in Demographic Measurement

SATURDAY, APRIL 3
12:30 PM - 2:20 PM

19		Reproductive Health in Developing Countries I
162		New Findings on Segregation
163		Consequences of HIV/AIDS
164		Abortion II
165		Child Health in Developing Countries
166		Gender and Demographic Processes
167		The Family in Historical Perspective
168		Population, Water Resources, Health, and Development
169		Fertility and Social Inequality in Developed Countries