Why is Dropping Out of High School Bad? Dropouts and Sexual Behavior • D. Mark Anderson, University of Washington ; Claus C. Pörtner, University of Washington

Consequences of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on Health of Migrant and Second Generation Women: Results from a National Survey in France (ExH) • Armelle Andro, Université Paris I, Panthéon Sorbonne and Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Emmanuelle Cambois, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Marie Lesclingand, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis and Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

The Effect of Inter-Spousal Communication on Contraceptive Use among Married Couples in Alimosho Local Government Area of Ipaja, Lagos State, Nigeria • Moses Akanbi Ayokunle, Covenant University, Nigeria

Socio-Economic Determinants of Utilization of Programme Interventions to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Nigeria • Dominic O. Azuh, Covenant University, Nigeria ; Emmanuel Amoo, Covenant University, Nigeria

High Level of Sex Ratio at Birth in the Caucasus. A Persistent Phenomenon? • Irina Badurashvili, Georgian Centre of Population Research ; Géraldine Duthé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Karine Kuyumjyan, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia ; France Meslé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Jacques Vallin, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Is Education a Social Vaccine against HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa? The Effect of Schooling across Age Cohorts • David Baker, Pennsylvania State University ; Juan Leon, Pennsylvania State University ; Daniel Salinas, Pennsylvania State University

Occupational Demography and Health Status: Is Job Segregation Bad for Your Health? • Terceira A. Berdahl, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), DHHS

Red Belt Fertility: The Role of Regional Variation in Benefits Received, Gender Attitudes, Inflation and Political Ideology in Russia • Sunnee Billingsley, Stockholm University ; Theodore P. Gerber, University of Wisconsin at Madison ; Oxana Sinyavskaya, Independent Institute for Social Policy, Russia and Universiteit Maastricht

Fitting in or Setting the Standards? Nativity and Adherence to Idealized Social Norms in the Russian Federation • Cynthia Buckley, Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and University of Texas at Austin ; Mary Elizabeth Malinkin, Kennan Institute

Capturing the Elusive Working-Age Population with Disabilities: Who the Six Question Sequence in CPS-BMS and ACS Captures and Who It Misses • Richard V. Burkhauser, Cornell University ; Andrew J. Houtenville, Cornell University ; Jennifer Tennant, Cornell University

Establishing Causal Order of Spousal Caregiving and Depressive Symptoms • Benjamin D. Capistrant, Harvard School of Public Health ; J. Robin Moon, Harvard School of Public Health ; Maria Glymour, Harvard School of Public Health

Comparison of Data Quality between Conventional and Continuous Demographic and Health Surveys in Peru • Yoonjoung Choi, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) ; Lucas Rachel, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) ; Madeleine Short, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) ; Nisha Sarpal, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) ; Jacob A. Adetunji, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

A Novel Bayesian Method for Modeling Cause of Death by Type and Sub-Type • Alan A. Cohen, Université de Sherbrooke

Protection or Contraception: Dealing with the Twofold Function of Condom Use • Julia Cordero, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

Future Husbands: Predictors of Male Adolescents’ Exposure to Family Planning Messages in Ghana • Eugene K. M. Darteh, University of Cape Coast ; Joshua Amo-Adjei, University of Cape Coast

The Role of Social Contacts on Children's Health: Statistical Inference on Infectious Disease Data • Elisabetta De Cao, Tor Vergata University and Bocconi University ; Piero Manfredi, Università di Pisa ; Alessia Melegaro, Università Bocconi

Unintended Pregnancy from His Point of View • Julie Fennell, Gallaudet University ; Stan Becker, Johns Hopkins University

Sexual Behavior and HIV Infection over the Life Course in Rural Malawi • Emily Freeman, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ; Philip A. Anglewicz, Tulane University

Was Fertility Decline Determined by Child Mortality Levels? Factors behind Divergent Regional Transitional Patterns in Early 20th Century Spain • Fernando Gil-Alonso, Universitat de Barcelona

Can DHS Household Files Be Used to Provide an Accurate Estimate of the Market Share and Age Structure of Large Religious Groups? • Andrew Gully, Pew Research Center ; Noble Kuriakose, Pew Research Center

Haitian Migration and the Changing Context of the Transition to Adulthood • Jessica Heckert, Pennsylvania State University

Health-Related Financial Transfers to Young Adults • Colleen M. Heflin, University of Missouri at Columbia ; Ngina Chiteji, Skidmore College ; Laura Sloan, University of Missouri at Columbia

Landmark Reporting in the 2010 Survey of Income and Program Participation Event History Calendar • Brianne Hillmer, U.S. Census Bureau ; Lindsay M. Monte, U.S. Census Bureau

Acculturation Measures in HHS Questionnaires/Data Collection Instruments • Graciela Jaschek, University of Maryland ; Olivia D. Carter-Pokras, University of Maryland

County Health Rankings: Mobilizing Action toward Community Health (MATCH) • Nathan R. Jones, University of Wisconsin at Madison ; Bridget Booske, University of Wisconsin at Madison ; Patrick Remington, University of Wisconsin at Madison

The Role of Maternal Employment in the Economic Integration of New Immigrants: Implications for Ethnic Gaps in Poverty Exit • Lisa Kaida, University of Toronto

Impact of Modern Fuels 0n Education in India • Shruti Kapoor, World Bank Group ; Douglas Barnes, World Bank Group ; Veena S. Kulkarni, Arkansas State University

Residential Tenure, Social Support and the Contingent Effects of Neighborhood Context • Danya Keene, University of Michigan ; Michael D. M. Bader, University of Pennsylvania ; Jennifer A. Ailshire, University of Southern California

International Migration from India and Inflow of Remittances • Kunal Keshri, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Ram B. Bhagat, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Intergenerational Continuities in Fertility – Connecting Three Generations Using Contemporary Swedish Register Data • Martin Kolk, Stockholm University

Community and Child Energy Balance: The Relationship between Neighborhood Environments and the Risk of Obesity and Physical Activity • Lori Kowaleski-Jones, University of Utah

Marriage Trends in South Africa: 1995-2006 • Grace Kumchulesi, University of Malawi

In Search of India's Missing Calories: Energy Requirements and Calorie Consumption • Nicholas Li, University of California, Berkeley ; Shari Eli, University of California, Berkeley

Additional Human Capital Investment of Immigrants in U.S.: Evidence from the National Household Education Survey • Youngok Lim, Drew University

Associations of Son Preference and Socio-Demographic Factors with Sex Selection of Children: Results from the Taiwan Women Health and Fertility Survey • Yu-Hsuan Lin, Bureau of Health Promotion, Taiwan ; Wan-Hsun Chen, Bureau of Health Promotion, Taiwan ; Hui-Chi Chu, Bureau of Health Promotion, Taiwan ; Baai-Shyun Hurng, Bureau of Health Promotion, Taiwan

Intergenerational Mobility in the United States, 1880-1900 • John R. Logan, Brown University ; Hyoungjin Shin, Brown University

Factors Associated with the Transition to Multiple Partner Fertility among Young Unmarried Parents • Jennifer Manlove, Child Trends ; Mindy E. Scott, Child Trends ; Erum N. Ikramullah, Child Trends

The Relationship between Adult Mortality Rates and Education Attainment in Argentina • Hernan M. Manzelli, University of Texas at Austin

Estimation and Short-Term Projections of Contraceptive Prevalence • Clare Menozzi, United Nations ; Ann E. Biddlecom, United Nations Population Division ; Vladimira Kantorova, United Nations Population Division

Fertility Delay and Childlessness among College Graduates: What Can We Learn from Variation by Field of Study? • Katherine Michelmore, Cornell University

Does Maternal Education Affect the Sex-Differential in Infant and Child Mortality? Evidence from 55 Low and Middle Income Countries • Christiaan W. S. Monden, University of Oxford ; Jeroen Smits, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

Fertility Trend and Use of Contraception in Zimbabwe • Akim Mturi, North-West University, Mafikeng Campus ; Joshua Kembo, University of South Africa

Marriage Dissolution in India and Its Associate Factors • Grace Bahalen Mundu, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Sayeed Unisa, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Intercensal Life Tables Consistent with Population Projections • Jeronimo O. Muniz, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Orphans and Vulnerable Children: To What Extent Are They Deprived of Their Social and Economic Benefits • Viola Nampeera, Traditional and Modern Health Practitioners Together Against AIDS and Other Diseases (THETA) ; Flavia Nakayima Miiro, Makerere University ; Florence Nakaggwa, International Health Sciences University ; Gift Pauline Akol

The Realization of Marriage Plans among Cohabiting Couples in Scandinavia • Turid Noack, Statistics Norway ; Eva Bernhardt, Stockholm University ; Kenneth Aarskaug Wiik, Statistics Norway ; Torkild Hovde Lyngstad, University of Oslo

The Impact of Household Living Arrangements and Social Care on the Health and Wellbeing of Older People in a Rural South African Population with High HIV Prevalence • Makandwe Nyirenda, University of Kwazulu-Natal ; Jane C. Falkingham, University of Southampton ; Maria Evandrou, University of Southampton ; Victoria Hosegood, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) ; Marie-Louise Newell, University of Kwazulu-Natal and African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

Caught in the Housing Bubble: Immigrants' Housing Outcomes in Traditional Gateways and Newly Emerging Destinations • Gary Painter, University of Southern California ; Zhou Yu, University of Utah

The Impact of Worker Displacement on Health: The Role of Economic Conditions, Education, and Age at Displacement • Jessica Pearlman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Construction of Abridged Life Tables for Districts in India: Using UNCOMBIN of MORTPAK-LITE • Krishna Murthy Ponnapalli, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Factors Associated with Choice of Post-Abortion Contraceptive in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia • Ndola Prata, University of California, Berkeley ; Caitlin Gerdts, University of California, Berkeley ; Martine Holston, Venture Strategies ; Yilma Melkamu, Addis Ababa University

Forecasting Longevity Improvements at Older Ages in India • Preeti Preeti, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Warren C. Sanderson, Stony Brook University, State University of New York (SUNY) ; Laishram Ladusingh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Neighborhood Violent Crime during a New Era of Immigration • David Ramey, Ohio State University

Racial-Ethnic Identity and Academic Performance for Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africans in the U.S. • Natasha Rivers, University of Minnesota

The Causal Impact of Motherhood on Female Employment • Whitney Schott, University of Pennsylvania

Family Planning Needs during the Extended Postpartum Period in North Indian States • Vishal Shastri, Family Health International (FHI)

A Matter of Time Coordination? Adult Children and Spouses’ Paid-Work and Time Transfers to Parents • Ching-Yi A. Shieh, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Nuanced Effects of Status Transitions on Crime in Young Adulthood • Sonja Siennick, Florida State University ; Jeremy Staff, Pennsylvania State University ; D. Wayne Osgood, Pennsylvania State University ; John Schulenberg, University of Michigan

The Financial Burden of Paying for Medical Services for Uninsured Children • Jessica C. Smith, U.S. Census Bureau ; Brett O'Hara, U.S. Census Bureau

Sex-Specific Trends in ADL Disability in the U.S. Elderly Population 1984–2004: New Estimates from the National Long Term Care Survey • Eric Stallard, Duke University

Mortality Differences in Widowhood • Allison Sullivan, University of Pennsylvania

Ethnicity & Income Inequality in China • Christopher B. Sullivan, University of California, Berkeley

Abortion Seeking Behavior among Ghanaian Women: An Analysis of the 2007 Ghana Maternal Health Survey • Aparna Sundaram, Guttmacher Institute ; Fatima Juarez, El Colegio de México

MAPE-R: A Rescaled Measure of Accuracy for Cross-Sectional Forecasts • David A. Swanson, University of California, Riverside ; Jeff Tayman, San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) ; T. Bryan, T Bryan and Associates

Decomposing the Effects of Household Characteristics on Child Poverty in Ten Countries • Tsui-o Tai, University of California, Irvine

Sex Education and the Timing of Sexual Initiation among Jamaican Young Women • Terri Ann Thompson, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Exposure to Neighborhood Violence • Jeffrey M. Timberlake, University of Cincinnati ; David S. Kirk, University of Texas at Austin

Should Mothers of Preschoolers Work for Pay? Changing Attitudes in Seven Countries, 1988-2002 • Judith Treas, University of California, Irvine ; Tsui-o Tai, University of California, Irvine

Marital Transitions and Short-Term Weight Changes • Dmitry Tumin, Ohio State University ; Zhenchao Qian, Ohio State University

Characteristics of the U.S. Foreign-Born Population by Year of Entry: American Community Survey, 2009 • Nathan P. Walters, U.S. Census Bureau ; Yesenia D. Acosta, U.S. Census Bureau

Effects of Parental Cohabitation on Romantic Relationships of Adult Children • Christina M. Wolfe, Pennsylvania State University

Does Mortality Selection Undermine Itself? • Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Exploring the Unequal Distribution of Social Capital across Social Groups: Implications for Transfer Students • Kristina L. Zeiser, Pennsylvania State University