Friday, March 30 / 2:30 PM - 4:15 PM   •   Cantor

Session 121:
Alternative Pathways to Parenthood: New Reproductive Technologies, Adoption, and Stepparenting

Chair: Sarah Walchuk Thayer, University of California, Berkeley
Discussant: Rosalind B. King, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), NIH

  1. When Do Health Insurance Mandates Matter? The Case of Infertility Treatment • Marianne Bitler, Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) ; Lucie Schmidt, Williams College

  2. Men’s and Women’s Reports of Nonbiological Children within the Household: Data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth • Jo Jones, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC ; Brittany McGill, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC ; Penelope Maza, Children's Bureau

  3. Child Adoption: A Path to Parenthood? • Clare Menozzi, United Nations ; Barry Mirkin, United Nations

  4. Will Fertility among Danish Women Remain Stable Due to Assisted Reproduction? Assessing the Role of In Vitro Fertilization in Sustaining Cohort Fertility Rates • Tomas Sobotka, Vienna Institute of Demography ; Martin Hansen, Rigshospitalet ; Tina Jensen, Syddansk Universitet ; Niels E. Skakkebæk, Rigshospitalet

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