Projections of living arrangements of the elderly by sex, age, and household position in Poland • Anita Abramowska, Institute of Statistics and Demography, Warsaw School of Economics

Economic consequences of immigration from Turkey • Bulent Acma, Anadolu University, Turkey

Determinants of unintended pregnancy among currently married women in Nepal • Ramesh Adhikari, Center for Research on Environment, Health and Population Activities (CREHPA) ; Kusol Soonthorndhada, IPSR, Thailand ; Pramote Prasartkul, Mahidol University

Disability in India: an overview • Praween Kumar Agrawal, Johns Hopkins University and Collaborative Centre, Lucknow, India

Women’s autonomy and its impact on fertility decision making: a study in rural Haryana, India in the perspective of low child sex ratio • Sutapa Agrawal, Independent Consultant

Practicing preachers: reproductive behavior of rural health workers in Iran • Shirin Ahmadnia, Ministry of Science, Research & Technology, Iran ; Amir-Houshang Mehryar, Ministry of Science, Research & Technology of Iran ; Nahid Salehi, Center for Population Reseach & Studies in Asia and the Pacific

Reproductive health knowledge and attitudes among Iranian adolescents • Shirin Ahmad-Nia, Ministry of Science, Iran

Reasons of postponement of births: comparison of Estonia and Finland • Mare Ainsaar, Tartu University ; Pirjo Paajanen, The Population Research Institute, Helsinki

Administrative sources and population statistics • Fiona Aitchison, Office for National Statistics, UK

Fatherhood in Russia - Evaluation of biological and fanthropological assumptions with demographic data • David Alich, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Trends on diabetes and obesity prevalence in Latin America and the Caribbean: a review of the literature and new estimates • Flavia Andrade, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Factors affecting attitude toward safe sex and reproductive health among Shiraz City youth • Farah Asna-Ashari, Ministry of Education, Iran ; Habib Ahmadi, Shiraz University, Iran

Population environment and development: some issues in sustainability of Indian mega-cities of New Delhi and Kolkata(Calcutta) • Anuradha Banerjee, Jawaharlal Nehru University ; Sharmistha Das, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Residential mobility of foreign population in Barcelona, 2000-2004 • Jordi Bayona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Antonio López, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Kinship relationships and reproductive biographies in Italy • Laura Bernardi, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Paola Di Giulio, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Knowledge and use of developmental thinking about societies and families among teenagers in Argentina • Georgina Binstock, Centro de Estudios de Población ; Arland Thornton, University of Michigan

A different understanding of probability in a probabilistic population projection model and its outcomes • Christina Bohk, University of Rostock ; Thomas Salzmann, University of Rostock

Marital union dissolution in East and West Germany - The impact of women's labour force participation on marital stability • Karin Böttcher, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Pathway to a third child in France. impact of family policy and sociodemographic factors • Didier Breton, Université Marc Bloch Strasbourg 2 and Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; France Prioux, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Projecting the immigrant population of Norway by age, sex and country background • Helge Brunborg, Statistics Norway ; Inger Texmon, Statistics Norway

Health attitudes and behaviour as predictors of self-rated health in relation to mortality patterns (17 year follow-up in Polish elderly - Cracow study) • Piotr Brzyski ; Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk

Age at menopause and menopausal transition: perspectives of Indian rural women • Hussain Khan C. G., Karnatak University, Dharwad ; Jyoti S Hallad, JSS Institute of Economic Research, Dharwad, India

The heirs of sexual revolution • Marcantonio Caltabiano, Università di Padova ; Francesco C. Billari, Università Bocconi ; Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna, University of Padua

The economics of population ageing in Turkey: a country at the onset of population ageing • Sebnem Canpolat, Hacettepe University

Concentration of mortality increase among manual workers in soviet Latvia and Russia • Elwood Carlson, Florida State University ; Evgeni Andreev, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Rasmus Hoffmann, University of Rostock ; Tatiana Kharkova, Russian Academy of Science ; Vladimir Shkolnikov, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

The decline of fertility in Scotland compared with England • Patrick Carroll

Induced abortion and contraception in central Asian states and Turkey • Alanur Cavlin Bozbeyoglu, Hacettepe University

Data quality assessment of birth history data in Turkey demographic and health surveys • Yadigar Coskun, Hacettepe University

Men and women after a union dissolution. Gender differences in economic and living condition • Alessandra De Rose, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" ; Daniele Spagnoli

Mortality and life expectancy of elderly people after World War II in Hungary • Erzsébet Debreceni, Center for Social Studies at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Factors affecting the population fertility level: an evaluation of the factor “difficulties reconciling work and family” in Navarra (Spain)” • Nuria Del Olmo, University of Navarra ; Carolina Montoro, University of Navarra ; Dolores Lopez, University of Navarra

The evolution of fertility in Europe: a parity analysis • Daniel Devolder, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Breast-feeding pattern and its impact on post-partum non-susceptible period of currently married women(15-49) in an Indian state using multivariate hazard model and life table techniques • Shankar Dihidar, Indian Statistical Institute

Method of nested linear convolutions for estimating the population's health quality • Marina Djakovich, Institute of industrial medicine and human Ecology, Russia ; Ivan Finogenko, Institute of Industrial Medicine and Human Ecology, Russia

Adult mortality in a rural area of Senegal: trends and causes of death • Géraldine Duthé, Institut national d'études démographiques (INED) ; Gilles Pison, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Modernization and fertility inhibiting strategies of socieconomic and cultural groups in Turkey • Mehmet Ali Eryurt, Hacettepe University

Transitioning motherhood: entering adulthood with a baby • Ann Evans, Australian National University

The demography of the Austrian Academy of Sciences • Gustav Feichtinger, Vienna University of Technology ; Maria E. Winkler-Dworak, Vienna Institute of Demography ; Alexia Fuernkranz-Prskawetz, Vienna Institute of Demography ; Inga Freund, Vienna Institute of Demography ; Vladimir Veliov, Vienna University of Technology

Exploring demographic differences in health status and health services use by older adults. A comparative study between Canada and Spain • Gloria Fernandez-Mayoralas, Institute of Economics and Geography. Spanish Council for Scientific Research ; Mark W Rosenberg, Queen's University, Australia ; Fermina Rojo-Perez, Institute of Economics and Geography. Spanish Council for Scientific Research ; Maria-Eugenia Prieto-Flores, Institute of Economics and Geography. Spanish Council for Scientific Research ; Jennifer Goy, Queen's University, Australia ; Cecilia Esparza-Catalan, Institute of Economics and Geography. Spanish Council for Scientific Research

Economics, multiculturalism, and gender:competing factors influencing women’s economic behaviour in multicultural setting • Yaghoob Foroutan, Australian National University

Sociological roots and epistemological evaluations of populaton theories • Yuri Frantsuz, University of Minnesota

Changes in the selected life course events of the Polish Females and Males. Evidence from two Polish Retrospective Surveys: 1991 and 2001 • Ewa Fratczak, Warsaw School of Economics ; Janina Jozwiak, Warsaw School of Economics ; Aneta Ptak-Chmielewska, Warsaw School of Economics ; Kamil Sienkiewicz, Warsaw School of Economics ; Urszula Gach-Ciepiela, Warsaw School of Economics

Understanding low fertility in Athens and London: a comparative ethnographic study • Katerina Georgiadis, University College London

Levels, differentials and determinants of morbidity in West Bengal, India • Soumitra Ghosh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Disparity in injury morbidity and mortality among one-four year children- findings from bangladesh health and injury survey: implication for developing countries • M Sheikh Giashudddin, Center for Injury Prevention and Research Bangladesh ; A Rahman, Institute of Child and Mother Health ; AKM Fazlur Rahman, Center for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB)

Social networks and social capital in the immigration process into Hungary • Irén Gödri, Demographic Research Institute, Budapest

Gender and family attitudes in early adulthood in Sweden. What is happening to the adult children of Iimmigrants? • Calvin Goldscheider, Brown University ; Fran Goldscheider, Brown University ; Eva Bernhardt, Stockholm University

Does space/time dynamics influence the decision to cohabit? Regional patterns of cohabitation in Spain, 1990-2005 • María José González, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain ; Pau Baizán, Universitat Pompeu Fabra ; Amy Hsin, University of California, Los Angeles

Russian married women and men in ageing: demographic and social characteristics • Irina Gorchkova, Moscow Lomonosov State University

Alternative measurements of the ageing of the labour force. Demo-economic dependency ratios in the case of Italy (2000-2050) • Francesca Greguoldo, Univeristy of Rome, La Sapienza

Integration and second generation of immigrants in Italy: an empirical analysis according to the social network perspective • Antonella Guarneri, Università La Sapienza-Roma ; Luisa Natale, Università di Cassino ; Giulia Rivellini, Università Cattolica, Milan ; Maura Simone, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"

Application of remote sensing and GIS for population explosion and land transformation studies in Jaipur region-India • Rupesh Gupta, University of Delhi,Delhi,India

Spatial homogamy in the Netherlands: mapping distances between partners • Karen Haandrikman, University of Groningen ; Leo van Wissen, University of Groningen and Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) ; Carel Harmsen, Statistics Netherlands ; Inge Hutter, University of Groningen

Disability in Bulgaria – Does it increase or decrease during the period 1992-2004? • Kaloyan Haralampiev, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

Fertility change and its proximate determinants in Bangladesh • Abu Hasanat Mohammad kishowar Hossain, University of Dhaka

Educational differences in the timing of childbearing in Hungary • Ildikó Husz, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

An analysis of determinants of internal migration in Russia • Vladimir Iontsev, Moscow State University ; Ivan Aleshkovski, Moscow State University

Effective factors on different attitudes of two successive generations towards marriage and fertility. case study: women in Shiraz Iran • Jalil Iranmahboob, Centre for Population Studies & Research, Iran ; Sahel Taherianfard, Centre for Population Studies & Research, Iran

Sexual and health behaviour of female floating sex workers in Bangladesh: an emerging health issue • M. Mazharul Islam, University of Dhaka

Contraceptive discontinuation, failure and switching behavior in Bangladesh: levels, trends, determinants and policy implications • M. Mazharul Islam, University of Dhaka ; Nitai Chakroborty

Men’s awareness of pregnancy care in Bangladesh: a multilevel data analysis • Mohammad Amirul Islam, University of Southampton ; Sabu S. Padmadas, University of Southampton ; Peter W.F. Smith, University of Southampton

Overcoming hegemonic norms and binaries in demography: gender, ‘race’ and sexuality within academic demographic discourse • Nadja Jacubowski, University of Groningen ; Ajay Bailey, University of Groningen ; Inge Hutter, University of Groningen

Suicidal mortality in Russia and Ukraine • Diana L Jdanova, Independent Consultant ; Nataliya M Levchuk, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine

Measures of widowhood in contemporary China • Quanbao Jiang, Institute for Population and Development Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong University ; Shuzhuo Li, Xi'an Jiaotong University

International migration and Russia • Andrey Kamenskiy

Sterilization in Iran: wide use of a radical method in a fundamentalist Islamic society • Shahla Kazemi-pour Sabet, Faculty of Social Sciences,Tehran University ; Amir-Houshang Mehryar, Ministry of Science, Research & Technology of Iran ; Bahram Delavar, Ministry of Science, Iran. ; Hassan Eini Zinab, Regional Center for Population Reseach & Studies in Asia and the Pacific ; Sahel Taherianfard, Centre for Population Studies & Research, Iran

Demographic transition and marital status of women in Iran • Shahla Kazemi-pour Sabet, Faculty of Social Sciences,Tehran University ; Mohammad Mirzaie, University of Tehran ; Abtin Rahimian, Population Studies and Research Center, Iran

The fertility pattern among non-Estonians in Estonia follows the trends in St. Petersburg • Katja Kesseli, University of Helsinki ; Mika Gissler, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES)

Does fertility decrease the welfare of households? An analysis of poverty dynamics and fertility in Indonesia • Jungho Kim, Vienna Institute of Demography ; Henriette Engelhardt, Austrian Academy of Sciences ; Alexia Fuernkranz-Prskawetz, Vienna Institute of Demography ; Arnstein Aassve, University of Essex

Demographic differentials and demographic integration of Turkish and Kurdish populations in Turkey • Ismet Koc, Hacettepe University ; Alanur Cavlin Bozbeyoglu, Hacettepe University

Comparative determination of factors that affect fertility for Turkish and Kurdish populations according to the usage of contraceptive methods • Güler Kocberber ; Sebnem Canpolat, Hacettepe University

Living arrangements of the elderly in Poland • Jolanta Kurkiewicz, Cracow University of Economics

Some immigrants are more transnational than others: transnationalism as differential factor of integration • Carmen Lamela, Universidade da Coruña

Cohort fertility patterns and education in the Nordic countries • Trude Lappegård, Statistics Norway ; Gunnar Andersson, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Lisbeth B. Knudsen, Aalborg University ; Marit Rønsen, Statistics Norway

Where is education in a transition economy heading? The case of Latvia • Zane Leduskrasta, University of Latvia

Living Arrangements of Elderly Persons from Migrant Populations in Belgium • Edith Lodewijckx, Population and Family Study Centre, Brussels

Mortality and causes of death among persons over 85 in the European Union • Laura Lorenzo, Spanish Council for Scientific Research ; Elisa Suárez, Spanish Council for Scientific Research

Modern pattern of migration from Uzbekistan to the European countries • Lyudmila Maksakova, Center for Effective Economic Policy, Uzbekistan

The multiresidential system of the inhabitants of the Barcelona metropolitan area. The migratory trajectories as explanatory factor • Ajenjo Marc ; Joan Alberich, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Nonconsensual marital sex and reproductive health among Filipino youth • Maria Paz N. Marquez, University of the Philippines

Attitudes toward gender emancipation and family formation patterns in EEC region • Ausra Maslauskaite, Demographic Research Center, Lithuania ; Vlada Stankuniene, Demographic Research Center, Lithuania

Who follows whom? Female part-time employment in West Germany, East Germany and Poland • Anna Matysiak, Warsaw School of Economics ; Stephanie Steinmetz, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) and Mannheim University

Living arrangements after marital dissolution: findings from the European Community Household Panel • Stefano Mazzuco, Università di Padova ; Silvia Meggiolaro, Università di Padova ; Fausta Ongaro, Università di Padova

Human development, reproductive behavior and fertility: an analysis of provincial differences in Iran • Amir-Houshang Mehryar, Ministry of Science, Research & Technology of Iran ; Hassan Eini Zinab, Regional Center for Population Reseach & Studies in Asia and the Pacific ; Nader Motie -Haghshenas, Ministry of Science, Research & Technology of Iran ; Shirin Ahmadnia, Ministry of Science, Research & Technology, Iran

Childless at age 30 • Anneli Miettinen, The Population Research Institute, Helsinki ; Pirjo Paajanen, The Population Research Institute, Helsinki

Present trends of birth rate in Siberia: an attempt at analysis at macro and micro levels • Anna Mikheeva, Novosibirsk State University, Russia

The instrumental character of demographic transition in Republic Of Macedonia • Goran Miladinov, Independant Consultant

Female-headed households in a male-dominatedsSociety, Iran • Elahe Mirzaee, Regional Center for Population Reseach & Studies in Asia and the Pacific ; Amir-Houshang Mehryar, Ministry of Science, Research & Technology of Iran ; Gholam Ali Farjadi, Regional Center for Population Reseach & Studies in Asia and the Pacific

Dimensions of population ageing in Iran and its socioeconomic and health implications: new prospects • Nader Motie -Haghshenas, Ministry of Science, Research & Technology of Iran

School-to-work transition: gender differences in the choices of the Italian secondary school graduates • Paola Muccitelli, Instituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) ; Rottino Fabio Massimo, Instituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) ; Azzurra Tivoli, Instituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)

Cancer mortality is higher among taller men in two cohorts of US Army officers • Ulrich Mueller, University of Marburg ; Allan Mazur, Syracuse University ; Afiafi Marie Renee Afanou, University of Marburg

Is investing in population health indeed good for economic growth? • Ulrich Mueller, University of Marburg ; Joerg W. Fromme, Independent Consultant ; Ursula F Trummer, Ludwig Boltzmann-Institute for the Sociology of Health and Medicine, Vienna University ; Roberto Lorbeer, University of Marburg

Life span and career outcome in several cohorts of US navy and US army officers - directions of causality • Ulrich Mueller, University of Marburg ; Tobias Biegel, University of Marburg ; Kerstin Walter, University of Marburg

Does the “maternal altruism hypothesis” hold true among poor populations in southern India? • Sivakami Muthusamy, Institute for Social and Economic Change

Economic and non-economic aspects of individual fertility choices – an example from Poland • Monika Mynarska, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Health transition in Iran: results of the 18 Province study of mortality by cause of death • Mohsen Naghavi, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Iran ; Abolghasm Pour Reza, Regional Center for Population Reseach & Studies in Asia and the Pacific ; Amir-Houshang Mehryar, Ministry of Science, Research & Technology of Iran

Does reproductive health care srvices reduce the risk of neonatal death among religious minority In Matlab, Bangladesh • Lutfun Nahar, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research ; Abdur Razzaque, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research ; AHM Golam Mustafa, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research

Family structure outcomes of alternative family definitions • Charles B. Nam, Florida State University ; Kathryn H. Tillman, Florida State University

Health, maternal mortality and morbidity: mother to child survival at higher risk for young women and teenage mothers • Onyinye belinda Ndubuisi, Development Partnership International, Nigeria ; Comfort Ikechi Uzoho, Development Partnership International, Nigeria

Family policies and fertility in Europe. Fertility policies at the intersection of gender policies, employment policies and care policies • Gerda Neyer, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

The impact of population mobility on the availability and the adqeuacy of basic services in resettlement camps arround greater Khartoum • Osman Nour

Culture and feeding practices: major underlying causes of childhood malnutrition in developing countries • Olasupo P. Ogunjuyigbe, Obafemi Awolowo University ; Ebenezer Ojofeitimi, Obafemi Awolowo University

Economic consequences of marital dissolution in Italy: findings from European Community Household Panel • Fausta Ongaro, Università di Padova ; Silvia Meggiolaro, Università di Padova ; Stefano Mazzuco, Università di Padova

Highly educated women and reasons to become a mother at different phases of life • Pirjo Paajanen, The Population Research Institute, Helsinki ; Anneli Miettinen, The Population Research Institute, Helsinki

Political borders and demographic trends in Europe • Roberta Pace, University of Bari ; Lucrezia Andria, University of Bari

Mortality changes Among elderly in Kerala and India: 1970–2000 • Ramachandran Paida, Sri Venkateswara Univeristy ; Jareena Shaik, Sri Venkateswara University

Roma/Gypsy population in Bulgaria as a challenge for the policy relevance • Alexey Pamporov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

The disassociation between the onset of sexual and marital life of the urban women and men in Mexico • Adriana Pérez Amador, National Institute of Statistics Geography and Informatics (INEGI)

The division of household labour among dual-earner parents in Norway - The effect of employment schedules • Silje Vatne Pettersen, Statistics Norway

Portrait of ageing of population in Georgia • Nato Pitskhelauri, Tbilisi State University ; Nino Chikhladze, Tbilisi State University ; Tamar Shinjiashvili, Tbilisi State University

Unemployment and matrimony in the territorial aspect in Poland, 1998-2004 • Malgorzata Podogrodzka, Warsaw School of Economics

“Reproduction of the species is not compatible with industrial society" (Kingsley Davis, 1937): New Zealand(NZ), a case-study english-speaking country (ESCS) • Ian Pool, University of Waikato ; Janet Sceats, Portal Consulting and Associates Ltd. ; A Dharmalingam, Monash University

Sequencing norms in transition to motherhood in two generations of Slovak women • Michaela Potancokova, Charles University, Prague

Advance or delay of the onset of disability among Spanish elderly? 1994-2004 • Maria Dolores Puga, CSIC, Spain ; Antonio Abellán

Mortality orecasting by causes of death in the framework of multistate population projection • László G. Radnóti, Hungarian Central Statistical Office

Tourism and sexual behavior: experiences of youths in Goa, India • Usha Ram, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Migration and fishing in West Africa • Sara Randall, University College London

Child morbidity and breastfeeding status in India • Rajiv Ranjan, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Balram Paswan, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Reproductive tract infections among recently pregnant women in Rural India. An Evidence from Reproductive and Child Health survey • Rajiv Ranjan, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Laishram Ladusingh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

The Influences of economic conditions on fertility intentions of Russian men • Dorothea Rieck, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Analysis of waves of immigration to Israel, 1989-2001 • Ilan Riss, Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics

Aging, longevity and lonely households in the south of Europe: the Spanish case • Elena Robles, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia ; Rosa Gómez-Redondo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

Estimation of the life expectancy of persons with down’s syndrome through a longitudinal survival model • Aldo Rosano, Italian Institute of Social Medicine

Social contagion of the "delay syndrome" in Italy • Alessandro Rosina, Università Cattolica, Milan ; Paola Di Giulio, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Contraceptive frailty: an analysis of prospective contraceptive histories, France, 2000-2004 • Clementine Rossier, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Jean-Marie Le Goff, Université de Lausanne

Polish households savings for future life on pension • Malgorzata Roszkiewicz, Warsaw School of Economics ; Jolanta Perek-Bialas, Jagiellonian University

Are Czech children a matter of concern? • Jitka Rychtarikova, Charles University, Prague ; Jaroslav Kraus, Charles University, Prague

Trends and differentials in life expectancies in India: an analysis based on NFHS data • Sulaja S, Futures Group, India ; Jayachandran V, Futures Group, India

Atlas of reproductive and child health (RCH) in India • Mocherla S.R. Murthy, Sri Venkateswara University ; Putcha Venkata, Kings College, London

Participation of males in decision making as an index of their perceived involvement in reproductive and child health in Tamil Nadu, India • Ravi Sankar, Annamalai University

Reaching the unreached: older women and the RCH programme in India, the challenges ahead • Syamala T. Sankaranarayanan, Institute for Social and Economic Change

Population pressure on development and environment in India • Dayanand G Satihal, Indian Institute of Health Management (IIHMR) ; LD Vaikunthe, Indian Institute of Health Management (IIHMR)

A survey on social effective factors on women's job security: a case study of private hospitals of Shiraz City (Iran) • Arezou Sayadi, Shiraz University, Iran ; saaid Zahed.Zahedani, Shiraz University, Iran ; Jalil Iranmahboob, Centre for Population Studies & Research, Iran

Population projections in Belgium and in France since the 1930s. Confrontation to reality and identification of errors • Bruno D. Schoumaker, Université Catholique de Louvain ; Amel Bahri, Université Catholique de Louvain ; François Peltier, Université catholique de Louvain

The changing meaning of cohabitation: evidence from Bologna, Italy • Christin Schroeder, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Using routine databases of statutory sickness funds for population wide analysis of depressive morbidity in Germany • Friedrich W. Schwartz, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover ; Thomas G Grobe, ISEG ; Anke Brahmesfeld, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Fertility: the dynamic of birth interval in Bangladesh • Abdul Hannan Shaikh

Value of children, fertility behavious and contraception use in an Agricultural society in Uttar Pradesh, India • Ravendra K. Sharma, Indian Council of Medical Research

Spread of western marital behavior in Georgia • Tamar Shinjiashvili, Tbilisi State University ; Nino Chikhladze, Tbilisi State University ; Ketevan Asatashvili, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg

Italian people abroad: problems and methods • Angela Silvestrini, Instituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) ; Giovanni Cariani, Instituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) ; Pier Paolo Pace, Instituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)

Village size and Development in India • Abhishek Singh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Tarun K. Roy, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Sandip Chakraborty, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Couples reproductive goals in two culturally contrasting states of North Eastern India • Abhishek Singh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Faujdar Ram, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Fetters in advancement of education and employment: a case study of SC/ST population in India • Vini Sivanandan, Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics, India ; Sajikumar S, University of Kerala, India

The demography of lone parenthood in the UK • Alexandra J Skew, University of Southampton

Depopulation, disappearance and resurgence: the population history of the Aboriginal people of Victoria • Len Smith, Australian National University ; Janet McCalman, University of Melbourne ; Ian Anderson, University of Melbourne

Reproductive health problems among urban women :a study of four metro cities in India • Ruchi Sogarwal, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

The procreative behaviours of the generations born in 1942 - 1966 in Poland in the context of their plans and aspirations • Ewa Soja, Cracow University of Economics

Be clear before gettitng involved in sex: the impact of sex before marriage amongst young people in Cambodia • Tong Soprach, University of Cambodia

Internet and multimedia demography: what's new? • Eugeny Soroko, Russian Academy of Sciences

The situation of the aged people in Benin • Fortuné Sossa, National Institute of the Statistical and the Economic Analysis, Bénin

Regional cause-of-death mortality in Spain in 1960 and 1970: A multivariate analysis and tentative explanations • Jeroen JA Spijker, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Amand Blanes

People mobility and its model • Oleg V Staroverov, CEMI RAS, Russia

Human capital on the ageing labour market - methods of measurement on example of Poland • Marcin Stonawski, Cracow University of Economics

Why on average is not enough? - The microsimulation projection of the pension distribution in Poland • Pawel Strzelecki, Warsaw School of Economics

At the margins of the welfare state: living arrangements and housing conditions of immigrants in Spain • Elisa Suárez, Spanish Council for Scientific Research ; Laura Lorenzo, Spanish Council for Scientific Research ; Teresa Castro Martin, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

Old age with and without children: economic implications in Italy • Maria-Letizia Tanturri, University of Pavia ; Gustavo De Santis, Università di Messina ; Chiara Seghieri, University of Florence

An analysis of the most recent national workshops on Italian population studies accordingtTo a network perspective • Laura Terzera, Università Milano, Bicocca ; Giulia Rivellini, Università Cattolica, Milan

Family formation in France: between preferences and social constraints • Maria Rita Testa, Vienna Institute of Demography ; Laurent Toulemon, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Psychosocial work conditions as a predictors of quality of life at the beginning of older age • Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk ; Piotr Brzyski

Socio-demographic analysis of early age mortality in the southeastern part of Turkey • Kazım Tuğ, Hacettepe University

Peculiarities of migration processes in post-Soviet Georgia • Mirian Tukhashvili, Tbilisi State University ; Tamaz Zubiashvili, Tbilisi State University

Intergenerational transmission of fertility, review of up to date research and some new evidence from Bejsce parish register reconstitution study, 18th – 20th centuries, Poland • Krzysztof Tymicki, Warsaw School of Economics

Women's view on women's employment: the case of Afghan migrants in Mashad/Iran • Sajede Vaezzade, Jahad-e Daneshgahi

Family name and family structure : which perceptions ? • Marie-France Valetas, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Trends in fertility and population ageing in multiethnic Transylvania (Romania) • Valér Veres, Babes-Bolyai University

Physical accessibility to government health facilities and health outcomes: a study of selected states based on NFHS-2, 1998-99 • Kanwaljeet Virdi, Jawaharlal Nehru University

The impact of internal migration on italian fertility • Michael J. White, Brown University ; Anna Paterno, Università di Bari ; Giuseppe Gabrielli, Università di Bari

Children’s experiences of the work/life balance • Helena L Wilson, University of Liverpool

Fertility transition and the progression to third birth in Turkey • Sutay Yavuz, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Female sterilization in Turkey • Elif Yiğit, Hacettepe University

Male involvement in contraceptive use in Turkey • Elif Yiğit, Hacettepe University

Benefits of women's education within marriage: evidence from South Africa • Haochi Zheng, University of Minnesota

The phenomenon of patterns: gender gaps in mortality • Nadine Zielonke, Vienna Institute of Demography ; Marc Luy, University of Rostock

Is the allocation of kidney-transplants among MEDICARE patients in the US maximizing the total gain in health expectancy among all potential recipients ? • Monique Zimmermann-Stenzel, University of Marburg ; Ulrich Mueller, University of Marburg