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2008 Meeting Program Summary 2008 Meeting Program Summary WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM THURSDAY, APRIL 17 PAA Board of Directors' Meeting 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM 17 Panel Discussion: The American Community Survey: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 Promise, Products and Perspectives 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM 18 Demography with a Gender Lens Welcome Mixer 19 Factors Affecting Fertility Timing 20 International Migration 21 Fertility, Politics and Public Policy THURSDAY, APRIL 17 22 Health and Environment 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM 23 International Perspectives on Health and Mortality 24 Union Formation P-1 Poster Session 1 25 Transition to Adulthood 26 Race/Ethnic Inequalities THURSDAY, APRIL 17 27 Fathers in Families and Child Well-Being 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM 28 Formal Demography 29 Characteristics of Populations Affected by Forced Displacement 1 Panel Discussion: “Re-engineering the Survey of Income and Program Participation” 30 Religion, Changing Ideologies and Fertility 2 Panel Discussion: "Order in the Court: Demographers as 31 Genes, Sexual Behavior and Fertility Expert Witnesses in Legal Proceedings" 32 Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse 3 Low Fertility in Comparative Perspective 4 Cohabitation THURSDAY, APRIL 17 5 Gender, Labor Force, and Earnings 6 Race/Ethnic Differences in Adult Health and Mortality 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM 7 Migration, Race-ethnicity and Community Change P-2 Poster Session 2 8 Child Health and Wellbeing in Developed Countries 9 Mother’s Work and Child Outcomes 10 Demographic Implications of HIV/AIDS THURSDAY, APRIL 17 11 Explanations for SES Gradients in Adult 1:30 PM - 3:20 PM Health/Mortality 12 Population, Development, and Natural Resources 33 Panel Discussion: “What Next for the Demography of 13 Statistical Demography Aging?” 14 Gender Dynamics and Reproduction 34 Impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the 15 Historical Demography Populations of the Affected Areas 16 Sex Ratios in Asia 35 Migration, Transnationality and Fertility 36 Public Policy and Child Wellbeing 37 Social Mobility: Across and Within Generations 38 Obesity, Health, and Mortality 39 International Perspectives on Cohabitation 40 Union Dissolution 1 41 Innovative Applications of Administrative Records in THURSDAY, APRIL 17 Demographic Research 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 42 Economic Growth, Gender, and Intergenerational Relations PAA Annual Membership Meeting 43 School and Teacher Quality: Levels and Distribution 44 School Demography THURSDAY, APRIL 17 45 Demography of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM 46 Contextual Influences on Employment and Motherhood Outcomes PAA Memorial Service 47 Family Change in Historical Perspective 48 Genetic Influences on Health and Mortality FRIDAY, APRIL 18 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM THURSDAY, APRIL 17 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM P-4 Poster Session 4 P-3 Poster Session 3 FRIDAY, APRIL 18 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM THURSDAY, APRIL 17 3:30 PM - 5:20 PM 65 Author meets critics Matthew Connelly’s book “Seeing Beyond the State: The Population Control Movement and the Problem of Sovereignty” 49 Panel Discussion: "From Mollie Orshansky to Hurricane Katrina: Population Perspectives on 40 Years of Poverty 66 Timing of Childbearing and Anti-Poverty Policy for Families and Children" 67 Social Inequality and Disasters 50 Socio-Cultural and Gender Dimensions of Sexual 68 Social and Economic Consequences of Migration Behavior and STDs 69 Socio-Economic Status and Adult Health/Mortality 51 The Demography of HIV/AIDS 70 Immigration and Child Development 52 Comparative Perspectives on Undocumented Workers 71 Adult Mortality Differences by Race/Ethnicity 53 Work and Family 72 Retirement and Labor Force Behavior of the Elderly: 54 Child Care, Schooling and Development U.S. and International Comparative Analyses 55 Methodological Issues in Health and Mortality 73 Adolescent Health and Wellbeing in Developed 56 Migration and Education Countries 57 Factors Influencing the Relationship between 74 Gender Issues: Cross-National Comparisons Socioeconomic Status and Adult Health 75 Gender, Marriage and Mortality 58 The Impact of Life-Changing Events on Retirement 76 Family Economic Relations Well-Being 77 Cross-national Perspectives on Family and Fertility 59 Late life Disability: Trends, Measurement and Policy 78 Fathers and Children Implications 79 Sources of Racial and Ethnic Differentiation in 60 New Approaches in Demographic Data Collection and Residential Space Measurements 80 Religion and Human Capital 61 Economic Perspectives on Intrafamily Resource Flows 62 Sibling Effects Across the Life Course 63 Socioeconomic Attainment and Assimilation of Asian FRIDAY, APRIL 18 Americans 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM 64 Housing and Population 81 Panel Discussion: “Who’s back; who’s coming; who’s 2 going; who’s gone? Demographic data needs of the press 106 Sub-National Population Estimates and Projections and government in the wake of Katrina.” 107 Family Background and Inequality in Higher Education 82 Neighborhood Effects in the Moving to Opportunity 108 Spatial Segregation and Locational Choice Experiment: An Exchange 109 The Demography of Crime and Punishment 83 Fertility, Reproductive Health And Economic Change 110 Family Structure Transitions and Child Well-Being 84 Gender Differences in Adult Health and Mortality 111 Modeling Demographic Processes 85 Family Structure and Child Well-Being 112 Voluntary and Involuntary Childlessness: Gender Issues 86 Urbanization Processes 87 Population and Environment: Making Use of Secondary Data Sources FRIDAY, APRIL 18 88 Beyond Cohabitation: Living Together and Living Apart 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 89 Race and Gender Gaps in Educational Attainment 90 Case Studies in Applied Demography P-6 Poster Session 6 91 Family Dynamics, Race/Ethnicity, and Early Child Wellbeing 92 Family Context and Health Outcomes for Parents and FRIDAY, APRIL 18 Children 2:30 PM - 4:20 PM 93 Generational Exchanges and Relationships: Grandparents and Grandchildren 113 Panel Discussion: PAA: How did we get here and 94 Contemporary Topics in Mexican Demography where are we going? 95 Biodemographic Perspectives on Early Life Influences 114 Mental Health Consequences of Hurricane Katrina on on Later Life Health Affected Populations 96 New Approaches in Demographic Estimation and 115 The Relationship between Fertility and Family Planning Modeling 116 Poverty, Hardship and Mobility Amongst Women and Children in the USA FRIDAY, APRIL 18 117 Health over the Life Course and across Generations 118 Transatlantic comparisons of children of immigrants in 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM schools 119 Migration and Gender P-5 Poster Session 5 120 Child Health and Well-Being in Developing Countries 121 Family and Health over the Life Course FRIDAY, APRIL 18 122 Neighborhoods and Health 12:30 PM - 2:20 PM 123 Education: Causes and Effects 124 Family Background, Cohabitation, and Marriage 97 Panel Discussion: “Best Practices in Research 125 International Insights about Health and Mortality Translation and Dissemination” 126 Progression of Fertility Transitions in Sub-Saharan 98 Neighborhood Processes Africa 99 Race, Ethnicity, Ancestry, and Caste in Demographic 127 Fertility at the Extremes Measurement 128 Spatial Dimensions of Local Processes 100 Fertility Regulation Through The Life Course 101 Advances in Fertility Metrics and Models FRIDAY, APRIL 18 102 Public Policy and Family Forms 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM 103 Race, Ethnicity, and Education 104 Redistribution, Poverty and Inequality Across and Presentation of Awards Within Populations Presidential Address 105 Understanding Health and Mortality Using Biomarkers 3 FRIDAY, APRIL 18 147 Residential Choice and Segregation 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM 148 Immigrant Migration and Dispersion 149 International Migration II Presidential Cocktail Party 150 Methods for Locating Hard to Find Populations 151 Population Perspectives on Cognitive Function and FRIDAY, APRIL 18 Mental Health 9:00 PM - 12:00 MIDNIGHT 152 Demography of Islamic Societies and Populations 153 Sex: He Says , She Says Alumni Night Party 154 Infant and Child Mortality II 155 Social Status and Reproduction: Interrelationships SATURDAY, APRIL 19 between Poverty, Wealth and Fertility 156 Generational Exchanges and Relationships: Adult- 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM Children and ElderlyParents 157 Children's Outcomes and Parental Nonstandard Work 129 Infant and Child Mortality Schedules 130 Tracking the Displaced: Methods and Results 158 Current Mortality Research Issues 131 Household Configurations and Reproductive Life 159 Improving child health in developed and developing 132 Spatial Demography countries 133 Neighborhood/Community Influences on Adult Health 160 Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage: Gender Issues and Mortality 134 Behavioral Risk Factors and Health/Mortality 135 Age-Cohort Methodological Innovations and Findings: SATURDAY, APRIL 19 Mortality 12:30 PM - 2:20 PM 136 The Biodemography of Aging 137 Policy Studies 161 Migration and Health in Developing Countries 138 Abortion as a Recourse for Fertility Control 162 Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa 139 Multiple Partnerships 163 Racial Differences in Education 140 Inequalities in Early Education 164 Immigrants in Old and New Destinations 141 Life Course Connections 165 Gender Issues: Cross-National Comparisons (2) 142 The Transition to Adulthood Across the Globe 166 Insights on Family Transfers to Elderly Parents: A 143 Child Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Cross-National Perspective Determinants and Program Evaluations 167 Gender and Labor Force Participation in Different 144 Childbearing in Latin America and Asia National Contexts 168 Religion, Contraception, and Fertility 169 Gender
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