Racial, Ethnic, and Nativity Differences in Cohabitation in the United States • Kate H. Choi, University of California, Los Angeles

Monitoring Poverty and Vulnerability in an Urban African Setting: Lessons from the Ouagadougou Demographic Surveillance System • Jean-François Kobiané, Université de Ouagadougou ; Abdramane Soura, Institut Superieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP) and Université de Ouagadougou ; Idrissa Ouili, Institut Superieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP) and Université de Ouagadougou

Poverty Concentration and Public Housing Programs • Bongoh Kye, University of California, Los Angeles

Finding Friends in the New Country: Social Interaction of Older Immigrants to Canada • Margaret Michalowski, Statistics Canada ; Helene Maheux, Statistics Canada

Do Healthier Mexicans Migrate to the United States? New Findings from the Mexican Family Life Survey • Luis Rubalcava, University of California, Los Angeles and Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) ; Graciela M. Teruel, University of California, Los Angeles and Universidad Iberoamericana ; Duncan Thomas, University of California, Los Angeles

Explaining the Hispanic Paradox: An Examination of the Out-Migration Effect on the Health Composition of the Mexican Immigration Population • Weiwei Zhang, Brown University

Undiagnosed Cases and the ‘Real’ Health Burden of Diabetes in Latin America and the Caribbean • Flavia Andrade, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Maternal and Infant Health Services Assessment in a Slum Resettlement Colony of Delhi • Vasudha Dhingra, Jawaharlal Nehru University ; Rini Joshi, Indian Institute of Health Management (IIHMR) ; Faraz Naqvi, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ; Brian Chin, Harvard University

Physical Markers at Young Age and Survival to 100: A Study of a New Historical Data Resource (The U.S. WWI Draft Cards) • Natalia S. Gavrilova, University of Chicago ; Leonid A. Gavrilov, University of Chicago

Family History of Chronic Disease and Participation in Healthy Behaviours • Godfrey A. Gibbison, Georgia Southern University ; Douglas Johnson, Georgia Southern University

Educational and Gender Differences in the Disability-Free Life Expectancy for the Elderly: Brazil, 1998 and 2003 • Gilvan R. Guedes, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional(CEDEPLAR) and Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais ; Mirela C.S. Camargos, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional(CEDEPLAR) and Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais ; Carla J. Machado, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional(CEDEPLAR) and Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

'Locusts Are Now Our Beef': Adult Mortality and Household Dietary Use of Local Natural Resources in Rural South Africa • Lori M. Hunter, University of Colorado at Boulder ; Wayne Twine, University of the Witwatersrand ; Laura Patterson, University of Colorado at Boulder

Reducing Bias in Diagnostic Tests of Health Measures with the Propensity Score Method • Xian Liu, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) ; Charles Engel, Jr., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) ; Kristie Gore, Walter Reed Army Medical Center ; Michael Freed, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

What Do We Know about Transitions into and out of Obesity? • Yuriy Pylypchuk, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS ; Barbara Schone, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS

Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality in Nepal: Revisiting the Role of the Mother-in-Law • Kiran Regmi, Bharatpur Hospital ; Prakash Adhikari, Bharatpur Hospital

HIV/AIDS Mortality and Household Composition in Rural South Africa • Enid Schatz, University of Missouri at Columbia ; Sangeetha Madhavan, Tulane University

Racial Differences in Health Care: Evidence from the Veterans Health Administration • Emilia Simeonova, Columbia University

Resources, Race, and Health: Spatial Patterning of General and Race-Specific Mortality in the United States • P. Johnelle Smith, University of Texas at San Antonio ; Corey S. Sparks, Pennsylvania State University

Differential Mortality between the Sexes: An Inevitable Pattern in the Middle Ages? • Svenja Weise, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

The Effect of Gender Norms on Adolescents’ Perception and Attitude to Sexual and Reproductive Health: The Case of the Kassena-Nankana District • Matilda Aberese Ako, Navrongo Health Research Centre ; Cornelius Y. Debpuur, Navrongo Health Research Centre ; Martin Adjuik, Navrongo Health Research Centre ; Ernest Kayomse, Navrongo Health Research Centre ; Fabian S. Achana, Navrongo Health Research Centre ; Ane Adondiwo, Navrongo Health Research Centre ; Gifty Apiung, Navrongo Health Research Centre

Childhood Stunting and Schooling Attainment of Filipino Young Adults • Isabelita Bas, University of San Carlos

Trends and Determinants of Maternal Health Indicators in Menya Governorate, Egypt • Noha El- Ghazaly, El- Zanaty & Associates ; Dominique Meekers, Tulane University

Body, Perception and Risk: Understanding Sexual Development among Out-of-School Rural Adolescents in India • R.S. Goyal, Indian Institute of Health Management (IIHMR) ; Suvakanta N. Swain, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

What Explains the Reductions in Infant and Child Mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh? • Lauren Hale, Stony Brook University, State University of New York (SUNY) ; Julie DaVanzo, RAND ; Mizanur Rahman, Pathfinder International ; Abdur Razzaque, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research

Unmarried Fathers across the Transition to Separation: Individual and Relational Influences on Involvement and Coparenting • Bryndl Hohmann-Marriott, Pennsylvania State University

Effects of Lunar Calendar Use on Marriage and Fertility Decisions of Youth in South Korea • Myungho Paik, University of Texas at Austin ; Heeju Shin, University of Texas at Austin

Good Parenting: Do Younger Parents Learn from Their Mothers? • Diane Patel, Ohio State University ; Jamie L. Lynch, Ohio State University ; Frank Mott, Ohio State University

Family Instability and Parent-Child Relationship Quality • Katherine C. Stamps, Pennsylvania State University

Changes in Risk Behavior Profiles from Adolescence to Young Adulthood • Punita Sunder, University of Texas Medical Branch ; Laura Rudkin, University of Texas Medical Branch

Beyond Parental Educational Attainment: How Parents' High School Experiences and Grandparents' Educational Attainment Affect Young Children’s Test Performance • Kristin E. Turney, University of Pennsylvania

The Interplay among Family and Community Factors in Predicting the Depression of Chinese Adolescents: The Significant Role of Social Capital • Qiaobing Wu, University of Southern California

Mothers, Wives and Workers: The Changing Roles of American Women, 1870 – 1930 • Tomas Cvrcek, Vanderbilt University

Household Relocation through Buyouts after Natural Disasters: An Eastern North Carolina Case Study after Hurricane Floyd (1999) • Danny de Vries, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; James Fraser, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Public Transfer Accounts by Age and Education Level, U.S., 1964-2004: A Look at Inequality and the Public Sector • Tim Miller, University of California, Berkeley ; Ryan D. Edwards, Queens College (CUNY)

Entrepreneurship and Survival Dynamics: A Comparison of U.S.-Born and Foreign-Born Households • Konstantinos Tatsiramos, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) ; Dimitris Georgarakos, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

The Contribution of Demographic Surveillance Systems: An Indepth Bibliometric Analysis of Demographic Surveillance System Publications from Developing Countries • Amanda Brosius, Swiss Tropical Institute ; Don deSavigny, Swiss Tropical Institute ; James F. Phillips, Population Council ; Osman Sankoh, INDEPTH Network ; Fred Binka, University of Ghana

Modeling Digit Preference by Penalized Composite Link Models • Carlo G. Camarda, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Paul H. Eilers, Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC) ; Jutta Gampe, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

An Evaluation of Texas Population Estimates and Projections Program’s Population Estimates and Projections for 2000 • Nazrul Hoque, University of Texas at San Antonio

The Parity and Factor Strata of Fertility Decline: Layer Decomposition Analysis of Reproductive Life Course Transition in Japan • Ryuichi Kaneko, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan

Non-Traditional Approach to Measuring Maternal Mortality: Using Handheld Technology in Sampling at Services Sites in Markets (SSS-M) • Ouedraogo Moctar, IMMPACT Project (Centre Muraz) ; Karen Witten, IMMPACT Project (University of Aberdeen) ; Jacqueline Bell, University of Aberdeen ; Wendy J. Graham, University of Aberdeen ; Nicolas Meda, Centre Muraz ; Sennen Hounton, IMMPACT Project (Centre Muraz) ; Issiaka Sombie, IMMPACT Project (Centre Muraz)

Stalled Fertility Decline in Egypt: A Multilevel Analysis • Elena Ambrosetti, Università La Sapienza

Skills, Schooling, and Fertility in Ghana: Do Adult Literacy Programs Matter? • Niels-Hugo Blunch, Washington and Lee University

Socio-Demographic Determinants of Reproductive Tract Infection and Treatment-Seeking Behaviour in Rural Indian Women • Ramesh Chellan, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Intercultural Marriage and Its Impact on Fertility in Taiwan • Yu-Hua Chen, National Taiwan University

Couples’ Employment Careers and Timing of Childbearing • Paola Di Giulio, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Local Variation in the One-Child Policy and Its Determinants: 1989-2000 • Shige Song, University of California, Los Angeles

Union Instability as an Engine of Fertility? A Micro-Simulation Model for France • Elizabeth Thomson, University of Wisconsin at Madison ; Martin Spielauer, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Maria E. Winkler-Dworak, Vienna Institute of Demography

Differences in Labor Market Behavior among Married and Cohabiting Individuals across Gender: An Analysis of European Union Countries • Alicia Adsera, Princeton University

The Context of Psychological Well-Being after Retirement: Do His, Her, and Their Perceptions of Marital Quality Matter? • Kathryn Coursolle, University of California, Los Angeles

Too Poor to Marry? A Cross-National Comparison of the SES Gradient in Marriage and Cohabitation • Joshua R. Goldstein, Princeton University ; Catherine T. Kenney, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Empowering Women or Involving Men? Couple and Provider Perceptions of Couple Services • Rebecka I. Lundgren, Georgetown University ; Suzanne Schweikert ; Katie Lavoie, Georgetown University

Race Differences in Union Transitions among Cohabitors: The Role of Relationship Quality • Lauren Rinelli, Bowling Green State University

Recent Trends in First Partnership in Russia: Marriage or Cohabitation? • Sergei Zakharov, Russian Academy of Sciences

Language of Interview and Self-Rated Health in a Sample of Mothers • Maren Andrea Jimenez, University of Texas at Austin ; Xiuhong You, University of Texas at Austin ; Yolanda C. Padilla, University of Texas at Austin

The New Emerging Black Middle Class: The Love Jones Cohort • Kris Marsh, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Philip N. Cohen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Lynne M. Casper, University of Southern California

Understanding Gender Differences in HIV-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sexual Behaviors in Zambia • Andrea Plautz, Tulane University ; Elizabeth Nauman, Tulane University

Pan Ethnic Latino Enclaves • Juan O. Sandoval, Northwestern University ; Bienvenido Ruiz, Northwestern University