Integration of Demographic, Climate and Epidemiological Factors in the Modeling of Meningococcal Meningitis Epidemic Occurrence in Niger • Susana Beatriz Adamo, Columbia University ; Sylwia Trzaska, Columbia University ; Laurence Cibrelus, Columbia University ; Carlos Perez, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies ; Madeleine Thomson, Columbia University ; Gregory Yetman, Columbia University ; John del Corral, Columbia University ; Pietro Ceccato, Columbia University ; Jan Perlwitz, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies ; Ron Miller, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies ; Olga Kalashnikova, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Household Structure and Children’s Obesity Risks • Solveig Argeseanu Cunningham, Emory University

Child Poverty and Disparity Trends in Egypt during 2000-2008 • Dina Armanious, Cairo University ; Heba Laithy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo

Women’s Decision-Making Autonomy and Their Nutritional Status in Ethiopia • Yibeltal T. Bayou, International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Ethiopia

Examining the Effect of the Supplemental Poverty Measurement Unit: Using the American Community Survey • Alemayehu Bishaw, U.S. Census Bureau

Long-Term Cohabitation: The Determinants and Consequences for Children • Ryan Bogle, Bowling Green State University

On the Impact of Separate Fertility and Mortality Assumptions for Native and Migrant Subpopulations in Population Projections • Christina Bohk, University of Rostock

Measurement of Educational Progress and Intergenerational Effect of Women’s Schooling • Kakoli Borkotoky, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Individual Religious Affiliation, Religious Community Context, and Reproductive Health Care in Mozambique • Boaventura Cau, Arizona State University

States with Legalized Medical Marijuana Have Higher Marijuana Use and Dependence: Using the Legalization of Medical Marijuana as a Proxy Measure of Community Norms • Magdalena Cerda, Columbia University ; Melanie Wall, Columbia University ; Katherine Keyes, Columbia University ; Deborah Hasin, Columbia University

Adolescents' Work and Schooling in Malawi • Satvika Chalasani, Population Council

Phased Retirement for Older Workers in Taiwan • Jennjou Chen, National Chengchi University (NCCU) ; Ching-Hsiang Chuang, National Chengchi University (NCCU)

Marriage Transitions and Integration: Determinants and Preferences in the First Marriage among Immigrants in Spain • Luis Alberto Del Rey Poveda, Universidad de Salamanca ; Daniela Vono, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

The Effect of HIV/AIDS on Fertility via Children’s School Enrollments • Laurie DeRose, University of Maryland

Contraceptive Use and Desire for More Children in Rural Districts of Two States in India - a Community Based Cross Sectional Study (an ICMR Task Force Study) • Balwan Dhillon, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) ; Nomita Chandhiok, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Does SES Explain More of the Black/White Health Gap than We Thought? Revisiting Our Approach towards Understanding Racial Disparities in Health • D. Phuong Do, University of South Carolina ; Reanne Frank, Ohio State University ; Brian K. Finch, San Diego State University

Profiling the Elderly: Understanding Recent Trends in Acceleration of African Population Ageing • Henry V. Doctor, Columbia University

Who Should versus Who Does: Couple Disagreement in Decision-Making and Domestic Violence in Ghana • Naa Dodua Dodoo, University of Ghana

Educational Assortative Matching and Income Development: Results from Longitudinal Register Data in Sweden 1990-2005 • Martin Dribe, Lund University ; Paul Nystedt, Linkoping University

An Empirical Assessment of Parametric Survival Functions for Modeling Longevity • Dennis Feehan, Princeton University

Educational Quality of the Population in U.S. Metro Areas: 2009 • Thomas File, U.S. Census Bureau

Stigma and Status: Adolescent Life Satisfaction and Obesity • Renata Forste, Brigham Young University ; Erin Moore, Brigham Young University

Missing at Random? An Analysis of the Impact of Sample Selection on Integenerational Earnings Elasticities • Liana Fox, Columbia University

Urban Environment and the Independence of Senior Citizens • Amy L. Fuhrman, University of Washington

Conflict or Divorce? Does Parental Conflict and/or Divorce Increase Adult Children’s Rates of Cohabiting and Marital Dissolution? • Constance T. Gager, Montclair State University ; Miriam R. Linver, Montclair State University

Africa’s Progress in the Education MDGs: Accounting for the Role of Demographic and Economic Change • Sarah Giroux, Cornell University

Understanding the Gap between Females and Males in Life Expectancy in Cuba • Madelín Gómez León, Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED) ; Esther María León Díaz, Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas, Cuba

Gendered Barriers at Exits of Unemployment. The Gender Gap in Unemployment Duration in Spain • Pilar Gonalons Pons, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Comparing Two Age-Period-Cohort Methodologies to Model Grade Progression Probabilities • Raquel Guimarães, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR), UFMG ; Eduardo L. G. Rios-Neto, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR), UFMG

Increasing Family Planning Utilization among Latinas: Opportunities and Challenges Young Adult Hispanic Women • Lina Guzman, Child Trends ; Selma Caal, Child Trends ; Manica Ramos, Child Trends

Error in the Measurement of Mortality: An Application to the Analysis of Racial Mortality Disparity • Yu-Chieh Hsu, Carnegie Mellon University ; Lowell Taylor, Carnegie Mellon University

The Dynamics of Income, Earnings, and Poverty of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2006 to 2009 • Eric B. Jensen, U.S. Census Bureau ; Nathan P. Walters, U.S. Census Bureau

“Gender Transition” and Demographic Development: Some Issues of Population Policy • Irina E. Kalabikhina, Moscow State University

Change in Young Adult Union Formation and Dissolution over Twenty Years: A Cohort Comparison Using the National Longitudinal Surveys • Claire M. Kamp Dush, Ohio State University

Diverging Destinies: Inequality Trends among Children in Sub-Saharan Africa (1971-2007) • Vongai Kandiwa, Cornell University

Alcohol, Sexual Violence and HIV/AIDS in India: Exploring the Possible Relationship • Abdul G. Khan, Gulbarga University ; Sateesh Gouda, Karnataka Health Promotion Trust

Effect of Past Hormonal Contraceptive Use on Blood, Salivary, and Urinary Progesterone Levels in Young Women • Shoko Konishi, The University of Tokyo ; Eleanor Brindle, University of Washington ; Kathleen A. O'Connor, University of Washington

Race/Ethnic Differences in the Wellbeing of Co-Resident Grandchildren in the U.S., 1978-2009 • Patrick M. Krueger, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center

Adverse Effects of Nucleotide Excision Repair and Transcription Gene Abnormalities on Human Fetal and Placental Development • Anil Kumar, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY) ; Amiran Dzutsev, National Cancer Institute, NIH ; Roxana Moslehi, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY)

Health Reporting and Social Experience: Maternal Reports of Child Sickness in the Developing World • Valerie Lewis, Harvard University

The Case of the Missing Ethnicity: Tribal Non-Response among Multiracial American Indians • Carolyn A. Liebler, University of Minnesota ; Meghan Zacher, University of Minnesota

Cohabitation and U.S. Adult Mortality: A Gender and Race-Ethnicity Perspective • Hui Liu, Michigan State University ; Corinne Reczek, University of Texas at Austin

Rapid Decline of Female Genital Circumcision in Egypt: An Exploration of Pathways • Jenny Liu, RAND Corporation ; Sepideh Modrek, Stanford University ; Yevgeniy Goryakin, University of California, Berkeley

Factors Associated with Varying Old-Age Dependency Ratios in Sub-Saharan Africa • Sara Lopus, University of California, Berkeley

Moving to Move up? • Anna Manzoni, Yale University

Children with Unemployed Parents: Trends during the U.S. Recession • Nadwa Mossaad, Population Reference Bureau (PRB) ; Mark S. Mather, Population Reference Bureau (PRB) ; William O'Hare, Annie E. Casey Foundation

Intergenerational Gains in Educational Attainment: How Do Rural Brazilians Fare after Education Reform? • Erica J. Mullen, Brown University

Exploring the Use of Gender Scales in Predicting Contraceptive Use in Tanzania • Geeta Nanda, Academy for Educational Development (AED) ; Sidney Ruth Schuler, Academy for Educational Development (AED) ; Jane Alaii, Academy for Educational Development (AED) ; James Foreit, Population Council ; Elisabeth Rottach, Academy for Educational Development (AED)

Contraceptive Use among Slum and Non-Slum Dwellers: An Analysis of Selected Cities in India • Raj Narayan, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Family Life Education and Menstrual Practices among Unmarried Adolescent Women of Urban India • Rajiva Prasad, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Puspita Datta, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Ramifications of Divorce on the Economic Activity of Men and Women - a Multilevel Analysis • Liat Raz-Yurovich, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Food Deserts: Are We Looking in the Right Places? • Andrea Richardson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Janne Boone-Heinonen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Barry M. Popkin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Penny Gordon-Larsen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Civic Engagement of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles: Findings from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey, Wave I • William E. Rosales, University of California, Los Angeles

Birth-Spacing, Infant Mortality, and the Use of Contraceptives: Evidence from Longitudinal Data • Unnati Rani Saha, ICDDR,B and Tilburg University ; Arthur van Soest, Tilburg University

Changes in Provincial Poverty and Inequality in Post-ĐổI mớI Vietnam • Scott R. Sanders, Cornell University

The Spatial Dynamics of Neighborhood Inequality in the 21st Century Metropolis • Gregory K. Sharp, Pennsylvania State University

Out of Pocket Expenditure of Major Morbidity and Gender Inequality in India • Akansha Singh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Himanshu Katyan, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Amarjit Singh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Influence of Women's Empowerment on Maternal Health and Maternal Health Service Utilization: A Regional Look at Africa • Kavita Singh, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Shelah S. Bloom, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Exploring the Socioeconomic, Demographic and Behavioral Correlates of Gender Disparities in HIV Testing in India • Mayank Kumar Singh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Shrikant Singh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Ravi Prakash, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Farther on down the Road: Transport Costs, Trade and Urban Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa • Adam Storeygard, Brown University

Race Disparities in Disability Trajectories among Older Americans: Cohort Effects and Disease Profiles • Miles G. Taylor, Florida State University

Trajectories of Social Engagement and Mortality • Patricia A. Thomas, University of Texas at Austin

Educational Assortative Mating and Fertility in Brazil • Maria C. Tomas, University of California, Berkeley

The Promise of Affordable Implants; Evidence from Kenya • Katherine Tumlinson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Markus Steiner, Family Health International (FHI) ; Kate Rademacher, Family Health International (FHI) ; Alice Olawo, Family Health International (FHI) ; Marsden Solomon, Family Health International (FHI) ; John Bratt, Family Health International (FHI)

Racial/Ethnic and Gender Trajectories of Functional Impairment: Exploring Between- and Within-Group Heterogeneity • David F. Warner, Case Western Reserve University ; Jielu Lin, Case Western Reserve University ; Tyson Brown, Vanderbilt University

Beyond a Variable-Centered Approach to Place: Identifying and Assessing Neighborhood Typologies • Tara D. Warner, Bowling Green State University ; Raymond R. Swisher, Bowling Green State University ; Jorge Chavez, Bowling Green State University ; Danielle C. Kuhl, Bowling Green State University

A Multilevel Model: Effects of Adolescent Family Structure, Parent-Child, and Sibling Relationship Quality on Young Adults' Mental Health • Bethany K. Wexler Rainisch, University of California, Los Angeles

Nepali Migrants to the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Values, Behaviors, and Plans • Nathalie Williams, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Arland Thornton, University of Michigan ; Dirgha J. Ghimire, University of Michigan ; Linda Young-DeMarco, University of Michigan ; Mansoor Moaddel, Eastern Michigan University

Change in Age-Cause Structure of Educational Differences in Life Expectancy at Old Ages in Sweden and Finland • Virginia Zarulli, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" ; Domantas Jasilionis, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Dmitri A. Jdanov, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Family Structure and Intergenerational Support in Urban China • Haiyan Zhu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Reproductive Health in Post-Emergency Refugee Camps • Linnea Zimmerman, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ; Catherine Packer, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ; Courtland Robinson, Johns Hopkins University