Population Program

October 12, 2008

Date: April 4-5, 2005
Place: University of Colorado at Boulder

Abstracts and presentations are in Adobe® PDF format.

SESSION 1: Impact of HIV/AIDS in Rural South Africa

Changes in Social Organization in Rural South Africa: The Role of HIV/AIDS
Sangeetha Madhavan, Enid Schatz  Abstract | Presentation

Mortality as a Factor Shaping Household Use of Natural Resources in Rural South Africa
Lori M. Hunter, Wayne Twine, Aaron Johnson  Abstract | Presentation

Preliminary Findings of Gogo Project: Older Women's Contributions to Their Households in Rural South Africa
Enid Schatz, Catherine Ogunmefun, Courtney McDonald  Abstract | Presentation

Returning Home to Die: Urban-to-Rural Migration and Mortality in Rural Northeast South Africa
Samuel J. Clark, Mark Collinson, Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman  Abstract | Presentation

SESSION 2: Changing Marriage and Fertility Patterns

Tradition and Change: The Transition to Adulthood Among Ethiopian Women
David Lindstrom  Abstract

Socio-economic and Biological Tradeoffs of Consanguinity in Arranged Marriages: Evidence from Bangladesh
Ahmed Mushfiq Moborak, Murat Iyigun, Nizam Khan, Alan Bittles  Abstract | Presentation

Investigating China's "Stalled Revolution": Husband and Wife Involvement in Housework in the PRC
Juhua Yang, Susan Short  Abstract | Presentation

SESSION 3: Research Innovations

Stimulating Research on HIV/AIDS, Migration and Urbanisation, and Poverty and Inequality: Experiences from Three Small Grant Programmes in the SADC Region
David G. Ndegwa, Dudley Horner, Stephen Tollman, Eleanor Preston-Whyte, and Millicent Atujuna  Abstract | Presentation

Some Thoughts on Migration and HIV/AIDS
Gayatri Singh  Presentation

The INDEPTH Network: A Demographic Resource on Migration and Urbanization in Africa and Asia
Mark Collinson and Kubaje Adazu  Abstract | Presentation

SESSION 4: Migration in Rapidly Changing Societies

The Demographic Dynamics of Migration in Coastal Ghana
Holly Reed, Catherine Stiff, Michael White  Abstract | Presentation

Home and Away: The Divided Lives of Mozambican Refugees in South Africa's Lowveld Region
Frederick Golooba-Mutebi  Abstract

The Impact of Migration on Measuring Urban-Rural Differentials in Infant and Child Mortality in Africa
Eliya Zulu, Philippe Bocquier and Nyovani J. Madise  Abstract

Crossover Effects or Substitution Effects? Relating Male and Female Out-Migration from Matlab, Bangladesh
Randall Kuhn and Ali Protik  Abstract | Presentation

SESSION 5: Child Health and Parental Roles

Measuring Child Nutrition: Problems with BMI as a Proxy for Child Health in Malnourished Populations
Erin Trapp, Jane Menken  Abstract | Presentation

Survival of Orphans: Examples from Southern Zambia and South Africa
Samuel J. Clark, Stephen Tollman, Mark Collinson, Kathleen Kahn  Abstract | Presentation

Urban-Rural Differentials in Child Malnutrition: Trends and Socioeconomic Correlates in Sub-Saharan Africa
Jean-Christophe Fotso  Abstract | Presentation

Whose Baby is it Anyway? Perceptions of Parental Responsibility and their Effects on Fertility among Unmarried Luo Adolescents in Nairobi
Salome Wawire  Abstract | Presentation

SESSION 6: Adult Health

Measurement of Economic Contribution in a Rural Developing Country
Nizam Khan  Abstract | Presentation

The Prevalence of Vascular Risk Factors in Agincourt, South Africa
M Thorogood, M D Connor, S M Tollman, G Lewando-Hundt, J Marsh  Abstract | Presentation

Health and Modern Care Use in Rural Bangladesh
Ted Young, Jane Menken, Nizam Khan, Randall Kuhn  Abstract | Presentation

Biocultural Correlates of Overweight among Recently Resettled Refugees
Craig Hadley, Dan Sellen  Abstract | Presentation

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For more information contact Jill Williams: Jill.Williams@Colorado.edu

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