1.

Impact of demographic and dietary behavior on prevalence of metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in Egyptian adolescents  •  Nebal Abdel-Rahman, National Nutrition Institute, Cairo; Dina I Shehab, National Nutrition Institute, Cairo; Awatif Abdel Maksoud, National Nutrition Institute, Cairo; Mervat Ismail, National Nutrition Institute, Cairo

2.	Economic consequences of ageing in Europe  •  Roberta R Adami, University of Westminster; Orla Gough, University of Westminster

3.	Economic liberalization and state sovereignty: implications for family welfare services in Nigeria  •  Adunola Adepoju, University of Lagos; Mercy Onwuama, University of Lagos

5.	Emerging obesity among married Indian women: role of changing lifestyle and diet  •  Praween Kumar Agrawal, India HIV/AIDS Alliance

6.	Health and health care of elderly living alone in India: an urgent need for public support system  •  Sutapa Agrawal, Epidemiologist, SANCD

7.	Limitations of spouse and children in supporting older people in Nigeria: implications and policy relevance  •  Akanni I. Akinyemi, Obafemi Awolowo University; Joshua Aransiola, Obafemi Awolowo University; Olusina Bamiwuye, Obafemi Awolowo University; Funmi Banjo, Obafemi Awolowo University

8.	Socioeconomic factors differentiating maternal and child health-seeking behavior in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional analysis  •  Ruhul Amin, Johns Hopkins University; Nirali M. Shah, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

9.	The impact of the 1997 financial crisis on intergenerational transfers in Korea using the national transfer accounts  •  Chong-Bum An, Sungkyunkwan University; Eul-Sik Gim, Gyeonggi Research Institute (GRI); Namhui Hwang, Sungkyunkwan University

10.	Anemia testing in men: indications from the silently vulnerable?  •  Avril Armstrong, Macro International Inc.

11.	Socio-demographic analyses of suicidal attitudes of young women in Kermanshah, an Iranian province  •  Ali Ayaseh, Shiraz University; Sajede Vaezzade, Jahad-e Daneshgahi University

12.	Validating the place of onchocerciasis in migration  •  Oyekanmi Babatimehin, Obafemi Awolowo University; N.O Adeoye, Obafemi Awolowo University; Sina Ayanlade, Dept. of Geography, King's College London

13.	School and disability: inclusion in the Italian regions  •  Giordana Baldassarre, Instituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT); Paola Muccitelli, Instituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)

14.	Magisterial district childhood mortality in South Africa: an application of geographically weighted regression approach  •  Martin Bangha, University of Pennsylvania

15.	Couples' demographic and economic differentials: pointers to childhood complete immunization uptake in Nigeria  •  Funmi Banjo, Obafemi Awolowo University; Soladoye S. Asa, Obafemi Awolowo University

16.	Elderly in rural India: a health concern  •  Dhananjay W Bansod, Institute for Social and Economic Change

17.	Does women's schooling translate to their positive health outcomes? A study of rural north India.  •  Sharmishtha Basu, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Shiv Narayan Sidh, Government Degree College

18.	Intrahousehold support for healthcare expenditures in Kerala  •  Manasi R. Bawdekar, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

19.	Impact of armed conflict on reproductive health of women in Kashmir, India  •  Bashir A Bhat, Kashmir University

20.	Transmission intergénérationnelle des ressources foncières dans un contexte de pression démographique : l’Ouest et le Sud-Ouest du Burkina Faso  •  Eric Bologo, Université Catholique de Louvain; Patiende Pascal Nana, Institut Superieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP)

21.	Sandwich generation and female occupation in an ageing society: the case of Italy  •  Valeria Bordone, University of Mannheim; Alessandro Rosina, Università Cattolica, Milan

22.

Life expectancy and its relationship to the severity of an incapacity or disadvantage: new estimations for Quebec and the Canadian regions in 2001  •  Robert R. Bourbeau, Université de Montréal; Karine Garneau, Institut national de santé publique du Québec; Robert Choinière, Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ)

23.	Public transfers by age: a comparison between 1994 and 2006 (Uruguay)  •  Marisa Bucheli, Universidad de la República, Uruguay; Cecilia González, Universidad de la República, Uruguay; Cecilia Olivieri, Universidad de la República, Uruguay

24.	Scenarios in a demographic counter ageing society  •  Raimondo Cagiano de Azevedo, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"; Cinzia Castagnaro, Instituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)

25.	Mortality differentials among Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States  •  Virginia S. Cain, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC

26.	Disability-free life expectancy in Costa Rica: gender differences  •  Mirela C.S. Camargos, Fundação João Pinheiro; Marcos Gonzaga, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR); Gilbert Brenes-Camacho, Universidad de Costa Rica

27.	A new conceptual framework for socioeconomic conditions during the life cycle as determinants of health of elderly  •  Nelson Otávio Beltrão Campos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Laura R. Wong, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR)

28.	Les facteurs de risque de la mortalité par mucoviscidose, en France  •  Marie-Hélène Cazes, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Gil Bellis, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

29.	Estimating household healthcare expenses for treatment of locally important diseases by sample size constrained network sampling  •  Arijit Chaudhuri, Indian Statistical Institute; Shankar Dihidar, Indian Statistical Institute

30.	Du marketing social à la communication social. Impact d’une campagne de prévention routière sur le conducteur tunisien  •  Sana Chebbi, Faculté de sciences économiques et de gestion de Tunis

31.	Social inequalities in life expectancy during the transition period of economic crisis (1995-2005) in Korea  •  Youngtae Cho, Seoul National University

32.	Increasing ageing population and challenges for the welfare of the aged: the case of Ghana  •  Eugene Darteh, University of Cape Coast

34.	Neonatal mortality in Indian regions: the hidden factor behind the slow progress of children’s well being  •  Partha De, Indian Statistical Institute

35.

La mobilité des personnes en situation de handicap dans les déplacements : impact des caractéristiques personnelles sur la déclaration d’une gêne.  •  Virginie Dejoux, Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Sécurité (INRETS); Aline Alauzet, Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Sécurité (INRETS); Jimmy Armoogum, Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Sécurité (INRETS)

36.	Living arrangements and the availability of intergenerational support: a comparison between Germany and France  •  Juergen Dorbritz, Federal Institute for Population Research, Germany; Robert Naderi, Federal Institute for Population Research, Germany

37.	How does the age of a child affect parental mortality?  •  Sven Drefahl, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

38.

Tempo effect of child mortality rate in the MENA region from the perspective of Millennium Development Goals: a policy debate  •  Ardeshir Entezari, Centre for Population Studies and Research, Tehran; Nader Motie Haghshenas, Population Studies and Research Center in Asia and the Pacific; Somayeh Karami Nia, Population Studies & Reaserch Center in Asia & the Pacific

39.	Disabled persons and health care prevention programmes: a case study of deaf and (or) leprosy persons in Nigeria  •  Ezinne Enwereji, Abia State University

40.	Conséquences d’une tétraplégie traumatique sur la mise en couple.  •  Maude Espagnacq, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Jean-Francois Ravaud, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Marlène Lamy, Université Paris I, Panthéon Sorbonne

41.

Etude de la mortalité de la cohorte Tétrafigap : Intensité et facteurs pronostiques du décès chez les blessés médullaires tétraplégiques traumatiques.  •  Maude Espagnacq, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Nicolas Brouard, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Jean-Francois Ravaud, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

42.

The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the study of health inequalities. Its application in North-Eastern Argentina  •  María Alejandra Fantin, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); Norma Cristina Meichtry, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)

43.	Demographic and socio-economic determinates of tempo effect of IMR in the ESCAP regions: policy-long view on regional balance  •  Mahsa Fattahi, Independent Researcher; Seyed Kabir Fattahi, Allameh Tabatabaee University

44.	Theoretical ideas about the gender gap in life-expectancy in Austria  •  Priska Flandorfer, Vienna Institute of Demography; Katrin Fliegenschnee, Vienna Institute of Demography

45.	Monitoring child growth: challenges and findings from the Nairobi urban health and demographic surveillance system  •  Jean-Christophe Fotso, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

46.	The influence of family support on experiences of ageing and HIV/AIDS in rural Malawi  •  Emily Freeman, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

47.	Intergenerational transmission of cancers  •  Joop Garssen, Statistics Netherlands; Anton Kunst, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam; Ingeborg Deerenberg, Statistics Netherlands; Johan P. Mackenbach, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam

48.	Pregnancy status, perinatal care and child health  •  Mahmoud Ghazi-Tabatabaee, University of Tehran; Tavakkol Aghayari Hir, University of Tehran; AbouAli Vedad Hir, Tabriz University

49.	Infant and child mortality estimates and its determining factors for social subgroups: a district level analysis  •  Shreeparna Ghosh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

50.	Injury surveillance system in Bangladesh: a new approach  •  Sheikh M. Giashuddin, Jagannath University; AKM Fazlur Rahman, Center for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB); Aminur Rahman, Center for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB)

51.	Elder abuse as a likely risk factor for adverse health related outcomes. Its incidence and recognition in Mexico city  •  Liliana Giraldo Rodríguez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

52.	Contextualiser la consommation de tabac : quelle est l’influence des caractéristiques du ménage sur les pratiques individuelles?  •  Céline Goffette, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

53.	Disability life table by cause for insured workers in Brazil, 1999-2002  •  Marilia Gomes, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR); Everton Lima, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR); Moema G.B. Figoli, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

54.	Aging of Cuban population as a consequence of low fertility conditions and international migration  •  Madelín Gómez León, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Esther María León Díaz, Centro de Estudios de Población y Desarrollo (CEPDE). ONE.

55.	Whether the poverty of women in childhood and adult ages affect quality of their health in later years?  •  R.S. Goyal, Indian Institute of Health Management (IIHMR)

56.	Determinants of health in Belarus: evidence from the “Income and Expenditures of Households” Survey  •  Pavel M. Grigoriev, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Olga G. Grigorieva, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

57.	Dynamics of family support for the elderly in rural India: the influence of co-residence with children  •  Papiya Guha Mazumdar, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Sumit Mazumdar, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

58.	Does lifestyle matter in prevalence of tuberculosis: evidence from India  •  Santosh Gupta, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

59.	Mortality and epidemiological transition in Bangladesh: the experiences in 20th century  •  Mohammad Mainul Islam, University of Dhaka

60.	Financial barriers to accessing primary health care in New Zealand  •  Santosh Jatrana, University of Otago; Peter Crampton, University of Otago

61.	Equal distribution of disease, unequal distribution of cure: using biological data to highlight health services inequities in sub-Saharan Africa  •  Kiersten Johnson, Macro International Inc.

62.	Life course socioeconomic disadvantage and cardiovascular health among urban older adults in Latin America  •  Antwan Jones, Bowling Green State University; Franklin Goza, Bowling Green State University

63.	Estimating maternal mortality from population censuses: the case of Zimbabwe  •  Nicholas Jonga, Central Statistical Office; Godfrey Matsinde, Central Statistical Office; Kenneth Hill, Harvard University

64.	Population ageing and older persons’ health in South Africa  •  Jané D. Joubert, Medical Research Council of South Africa

65.	The programmes of prevention of suicide in France and its consequence for longevity  •  Alain Jourdain, Ecole des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP); Martine Bellanger, Ecole Nationale de la Santé Publique (ENSP); Agnès Batt-Moillo, Université de Rennes I

66.	The effects of the social protection on the risk of disability in France  •  Alain Jourdain, Ecole des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP); Bernard Lucas, Ecole des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP)

67.	Risk of development of cancer of leading sites in India. A cohort approach  •  Atul Juneja, National Institute of Research in Medical Statistics (ICMR), India; Tulsi Adhikari, National Institute of Medical Statistics (ICMR)

68.

Unattended death causes amongst elderly population in developing countries: the case of Brazil  •  Paulo Jurza, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR); Daylin Javique, Centro de Estudios Demográficos (CEDEM); Rodrigo Arantes, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR)

69.	Child mortality and household characteristics: is child mortality a question of household type and size?  •  Allen Kabagenyi, Department of Population Studies, Institute of Statistics & Applied Economics, Makerere University

70.	Aid effectiveness in Bangladesh: case study of health and population sector  •  Mohammad Kabir, Jahangirnagar University; Tofayel Ahmed, Bangladesh Population Association

71.	Social determinants and cardiovascular disease: analysis from the English longitudinal study of ageing  •  Yumiko Kamiya, Trinity College Dublin

72.	Comparison of direct and indirect childhood mortality trends in high HIV settings  •  Chifundo Kanjala, University of Cape Town

73.	Différences ethniques de mortalité chez les enfants en zone rurale au Sénégal : le cas de Bandafassi.  •  Malick Kante, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Emmanuelle Guyavarch, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

74.	Comment améliorer la santé dans les pays en développement ?  •  Malick Kante, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Emmanuelle Guyavarch, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

75.	Defining disability and its consequences for projecting human resource needs to support older Canadians 2006-2031  •  Janice Keefe, Mount Saint Vincent University; Patrick Charbonneau, Université de Montréal; Yann Décarie, Université de Sherbrooke and Université de Montréal

76.	Health equity in Thai ageing  •  Bhumisuk Khananurak, Institue for Population and Social Research (IPSR)

77.	The extent of misclassification of causes of death: a case study of Emalahleni Municipality, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa  •  Christine CG Khoza, Statistics South Africa

78.	Life expectancy and life expectancy lost: (dis-)similarities across Germany's regions over time  •  Eva Kibele, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

79.	Determinants of age-sex mortality pattern in Korea, 1970-2005 : an analysis of causes-of-death by socio-economic characteristics  •  Tai-Hun Kim, Korea National University of Education

80.	Age and sex patterns of co-existing under- and overnutrition in children and adolescents in contemporary rural South Africa  •  Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage, University of the Witwatersrand

81.	Intergenerational transfers and population aging: the German case estimated with NTA  •  Fanny Kluge, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

82.	Disability trends in some African and Asian countries: policy implications and suggestions  •  Ramachandran Koduvayur V, Independent Consultant; Soumitra Ghosh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

83.	The onset of the fourth phase of epidemiological transition : cause-specific mortality trend in theory and in practice in Hungary  •  Katalin Kovács, Demographic Research Institute, Budapest; László Hablicsek, Demographic Research Institute, Budapest

85.

Changes of geographical mortality differences in the three Baltic countries during the period of socio-economic transformation  •  Juris Krumins, University of Latvia; Domantas Jasilionis, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Mall Leinsalu, Stockholm University; Vlada Stankuniene, Institute for Social Research (ISR), Vilnius

86.	Correlates of self-rated health status in the context of South Asia  •  Veena S. Kulkarni, Arkansas State University

87.	Ageing of population and changes in the standard of living. Comparative study of the processes in chosen Western and Eastern European Countries  •  Jolanta Kurkiewicz, Cracow University; Ewa Soja, Cracow University; Marcin Stonawski, Cracow University

88.

China's population health in a period of economic development and social transformation: risk factors and prevention of disability  •  Shan Lan, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Weiwen Zhou, Population Research Center of Hebei Province; Jianhua Hou, Instititude of Sociology, Hebei Academy of Social Sciences

89.	The health status among the over 50 in Europe. A comparison between native and foreign born population  •  Donatella Lanari, Università di Perugia; Odoardo Bussini, Università di Perugia

90.

Ageing of the population of the Czech Republic and its economic consequences in the sphere of pension security and the financing of health care  •  Jitka Langhamrova, University of Economics , Prague (VSE); Tomas Fiala, University of Economics , Prague (VSE); Jana Langhamrova, University of Economics, Prague

91.

Les futures personnes âgées en mauvaise santé et vivant seules : quel soutien potentiel des enfants ? Une comparaison du Canada avec quelques pays européens  •  Jacques Légaré, Université de Montréal; Yann Décarie, Université de Sherbrooke and Université de Montréal; Patrick Charbonneau, Université de Montréal; Janice Keefe, Mount Saint Vincent University; Joëlle Gaymu, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

92.	Differentials of healthy life expectancy in Havana City, Cuba: socioeconomic factors associated with disabilities and diseases in older adults by sex  •  Esther María León Díaz, Centro de Estudios de Población y Desarrollo (CEPDE). ONE.; Madelín Gómez León, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

93.	Longevity in small areas and their socio-economic, demographic and environmental characteristics: a hierarchical Bayesian approach  •  Rosa Maria Lipsi, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"

94.	Labor utilization in aging populations: a comparison of age-specific weekly working hours in seven European countries  •  Elke Loichinger, IIASA, POP

96.	Social networks and health of older people in Spain  •  Laura Lorenzo, University Hospital La Paz

97.	Disability as form of child vulnerability in Uganda  •  Yovani Moses A Lubaale, Makerere University; Gideon Rutaremwa, Makerere University

98.	Socio-economic inequalities in health care and nutritional status across the newly-formed states of India: Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh  •  Sandhya Mahapatro, Institute for Social and Economic Change

99.	Public health care system in Bangladesh: the role of public administration  •  Shakeel Mahmood, Member, Bangladesh Environmental Society

101.	Excess suicide mortality of unemployed women: selection or causation?  •  Netta Mäki, University of Helsinki

102.	Spatial analysis of longevity in a northern Italian region  •  Massimiliano Marino, Università di Bologna; Rossella Miglio, Università di Bologna; Alessandra Samoggia, Università di Bologna

103.	Fragmentation ethnique et mortalité en Afrique sub-saharienne  •  Bruno Masquelier, Université catholique de Louvain

104.	Mortality differentials in South Africa: ethnicity, economic development and HIV/AIDS  •  Robert McCaa, University of Minnesota

105.	Economic life cycle and intergenerational redistribution: Mexico, 2004  •  Iván Mejía-Guevara, Consejo Nacional de Población

106.	Analysis of the floating elderly population in Beijing  •  Xiangjing Meng, People's University of China

107.	Evolution du vieillissement en Algérie: urbanisation et disparités régionales  •  Rachida Miles, Université Saad Dahleb Blida

108.	Socio-economic differentials and determinants of infant and child mortality in Assam: a case study of Jorhat and Dhubri districts  •  Ritu Kumar Mishra, Population Foundation Of India

109.	L'étude quantitative sur la coordination du vieillissement démographique avec le développement économique en Chine de 1980 à 2050  •  Long Mo, Institut provincial de recherches démographiques du Guangxi (Chine) / Université de Montréal(Canada)

110.	Les facteurs démographiques pouvant agir sur l'adéquation financière à la retraite des baby-boomers au Québec  •  Long Mo, Institut provincial de recherches démographiques du Guangxi (Chine) / Université de Montréal(Canada)

111.	Why is the educational gradient in mortality steeper for men than women in the United States?  •  Jennifer Karas Montez, University of Texas at Austin; Mark D. Hayward, University of Texas at Austin; Dustin C. Brown, University of Texas at Austin

112.	Non-marital cohabitation among older Finns: a register-based study on socioeconomic characteristics and union dissolution  •  Heta Moustgaard, University of Helsinki

113.	Estimation of NTA for Kenya using 1994 data: selected results and discussion of their policy implications  •  Germano Mwabu, University of Nairobi; Moses Muriithi, University of Nairobi

114.	Weight change, initial weight status, and mortality among middle- and older-aged adults  •  Mikko Myrskylä, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Virginia W. Chang, University of Pennsylvania

115.

Mortality differentials in a multi-ethnic society, Iran: some new evidence.  •  Mohsen Naghavi, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Iran; Akbar Aghajanian, Fayetteville State University; Shirin Ahmad-Nia, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Iran; Amir-Houshang Mehryar, Regional Center for Population Research and Studies in Asia and the Pacific

116.

Does reproductive health care services reduce the risk of neonatal death among Hindus, a major religious minority of Bangladesh?  •  Lutfun Nahar, East West Center; Abdur Razzaque, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research; AHM Golam Mustafa, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research

117.	Age structural transition in South Asia: economic consequences  •  P. Sadasivan Nair, University of Botswana; Asha T Chacko, University of Kerala; Sajini B Nair, Population Research Center, University of Kerala

118.	Demographic transition in Pakistan: implications for old-age employment and security  •  Durre Nayab, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)

119.	La situation des personnes handicapées au Gabon (RGPH 2003)  •  Jean Martin Ndong Missang, Ministère de la Planification et du Développement, Gabon

120.	Household environment and infant morbidity: a situation analysis of slum areas of Lagos state  •  Olasupo P. Ogunjuyigbe, Obafemi Awolowo University; Gbemiga E. Adeyemi, Lagos State University; Ebenezer Ojofeitimi, Obafemi Awolowo University

121.	Changing women status and the phenomena of trafficking and international prostitution among the Benins of Southern Nigeria  •  Clementina Osezua, Obafemi Awolowo University

122.	Age structural transition and demographic opportunity in selected Asian countries  •  Neelanjana Pandey, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

123.	The analysis of mortality changes in Poland and selected European countries in the period 1960-2007  •  Monika A Papież, Cracow University; Sabina A Denkowska, Cracow University

124.	Les personnes âgées et les liens familiaux en Uruguay  •  Mariana Paredes, Universidad de la República, Uruguay

125.	Household structure and nutritional status of children and women in India: a comparison between Kerala and Uttar Pradesh  •  Anand Parihar, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

126.	Age at menopause and health at midlife: an urban Indian experience  •  Purabi Pathak, University Of Pune; Amrita Bagga, Prof. & Former Head of the Dept. of Anthropology, University of Pune, India

127.	The impact of social cash transfer to the Brazilian elderly on their household composition  •  Maira A Paulo, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR); Simone Wajnman, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

128.	How much can we read from the cause-specific mortality time series? Exploring nearly four decades of reconstructed cause-of-death series of three European countries  •  Marketa Pechholdova, Charles University

129.

Demographic transition and living arrangements of aged people in Latin America. A comparison of two countries at different stages of demographic transition: Dominican Republic and Argentina.  •  Enrique Peláez, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Jafmary Feliz, Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas. República Dominicana

131.	Origins of sex imbalance in early age mortality: is it biology, environment, or parental preferences?  •  Roland Pongou, Brown University

132.	Role of tribal culture in promoting modern health care system among the Santhal tribe of Orissa  •  Purujit Praharaj, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)

133.	Family, social networks and health among Spanish elderly  •  Maria Dolores Puga, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

134.

Application of the relationships of databases and of the regression discontinuity to evaluate the impact of the “Bolsa Familia” program on the education in Brazil  •  Julio Racchumi, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR); Diana Oya Sawyer, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR)

135.	How does having diabetes affect ADL disability in elders?  •  Carolina Rivera, Universidad de Costa Rica; Mirela C.S. Camargos, Fundação João Pinheiro

136.	Care work among the elderly and division of labor among the family when market and state are not available  •  Arodys Robles, Universidad de Costa Rica

137.	Problema de saúde pública: a prevalência da dor da coluna desde adulto jovem até idoso  •  Dalia Romero, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ); Alexandre Del Mayor, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ); Paulo Borges, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)

138.	Reflections about violent female deaths by race: the case of Sao Paulo city  •  Jackeline Romio, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

139.	A multi method assessment of anaemia and response to iron supplementation among women in West Bengal, India  •  Tarun K. Roy, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Sujata Ganguly, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

140.	The economic aspect of delivery care utilization  •  Chayan Roy Choudhury, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

141.	Les déterminants socio-culturels de mortalité dans les sociétés pluriethniques: cas du Maroc et du Sénégal  •  Salah-Eddine Sahraoui, Université Montesquieu - Bordeaux IV; Cheikh Tidiane NDIAYE, Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD), Sénégal

142.

Health transition in Estonia: emerging new trends from the perspective of native and immigrant populations  •  Luule Sakkeus, Estonian Interuniversity Population Research Centre; Kati Karelson, National Institute for Health Development/Estonian Interuniversity Population Research Centre; Aldo Mäsak, Tartu University

143.	Le vieillissement de la population en Tunisie : un défi pour le système de securité sociale  •  Chiheb Salhi, Hopital Régional de Bizerte

144.	Le soutien familial aux personnes âgées à la Réunion dans un contexte de vieillissement extrêmement rapide  •  Frédéric Sandron, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

145.	Early pregnancy and its association with pregnancy-related health problems among tribal young women in India  •  Ravi Sankar, Annamalai University; Ramachandran Sambasivam, Annamalai University; Suresh Sundaram, Annamalai University

146.	Female headship and status attainment in rural South Africa  •  Enid Schatz, University of Missouri at Columbia; Sangeetha Madhavan, University of Maryland

147.	Effets de période et de génération dans l'évolution de la mortalité aux âges élevés en France. Que s'est-il passé au cours des années 1970 ?  •  Claire Scodellaro, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

148.	Family support and care for the elderly: evidences from India  •  Daliya Sebastian, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Manoj Raut, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

149.	Intergenerational family relations and support of elderly in India: a field-based study in Kerala state  •  Daliya Sebastian, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); T.V. Sekher, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

150.	Household environment and individual risk factors associated with asthma and ARI in India: a regional study based on NFHS-III.  •  Angan Sengupta, Institute for Social and Economic Change; Hemkhothang Lhungdim, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

151.	Gender differentials in infant mortality by various socioeconomic groups in India  •  Bharath Kumar Kotta Shantharam, Sigma Research and Consulting Pvt Ltd

152.	Brazilian population ageing: household conditions and family support  •  Vania C. Silva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

154.	Human rights in Brazil: discussions and proposals for measurement of right to adequate food  •  Baiena Souto, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE); Débora Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ

155.	The DALY Translation Model (DTM): a model for evaluation and priority setting for international NGOs  •  Warren Stevens, MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS; David Jeffries, MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS; Nada Chaya, Population Services International (PSI)

156.	Demographic transition and ageing in the ECO countries: a strategic view on regional balance  •  Tayebeh (Sahel) Taherianfard, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)

157.

Démographie et santé en zone urbaine en Amazonie Brésilienne: étude comparative entre indiens et non indiens à Manaus, ville la plus peuplée de la région  •  Pery Teixeira, Universidade Federal do Amazonas; Evelyne Marie Therese Mainbourg, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ); Maria Ivanilde Araújo, Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM); Esron Soares Carvalho Rocha, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas (UEA)

158.	Socioeconomic inequality and mortality in Iran  •  Maryam Tirani, University of Isfahan; Mohsen Porasgari, University of Isfahan; Halimeh Enayat, Shiraz University

159.	Fertility history and intergenerational exchanges in later life  •  Cecilia Tomassini, University of Molise; Sanna L Read, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM); Pearl Dykstra, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)

160.	Vieillissement des effectifs de l’administration publique dans les secteurs chargés de la demande sociale au Sénégal 1984 à 2005: Enjeux et problèmes  •  Seydou Touré, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar; Abdoulaye Tall, Ministère du Plan et du Développement Durable

161.	Has maternal contact declined? Evidence for seven countries, 1986-2001  •  Judith Treas, University of California, Irvine; Zoya Gubernskaya, University of California, Irvine

162.	Intergenerational transfers in Taiwan: how are elderly supported in nuclear versus extended households?  •  An-Chi Tung, Academia Sinica; Mun Sim Lai, Monash University Sunway Campus

164.	Disability in India: measurement and some findings  •  Kunniseri E. Vaidyanathan, Independent Consultant

165.	Diabetes type 2 in Belgians of Turkish and Moroccan origin  •  Hadewijch Vandenheede, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

166.

CVDs risk factors and survival of the older persons in Thailand: three years follow-up from National Health Examination Survey III  •  Patama Vapattanawong, Mahidol University; Uthaithip Rakchanyaban, Mahidol University; Pramote Prasartkul, Mahidol University; Yawarat Porapakkham, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand; Wichai Aekplakorn, Mahidol University

167.

Suicide and suicide attempt in Mexican adolescents  •  Aremis L. Villalobos, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP); Carlos M. Guerrero-López, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública; María I. Hernández-Serrato, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica; Oswaldo Palma-Coca, Education Evaluation National Institute; Alain López-Condado, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica; Gustavo Olaiz-Fernández, Federal Commission for Protection Against Sanitary Risks -COFEPRIS- SSA.

168.	Elderly livelihood strategies in rural West Java, Indonesia  •  Ekawati Wahyuni, Bogor Agricultural University

169.	Convergence or divergence of health trends in Germany: analysing the risk profile of young people with the German microcensus  •  Christina Westphal, University of Rostock; Gabriele Doblhammer-Reiter, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

170.	Sex-specific variability in adult life span over time: have male ages at death always been more dispersed?  •  Sarah Zureick, University of California, Berkeley

171.	Understanding the work status and educational characteristics of disabled population in India  •  Archana Kujur, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

172.	Le rôle des politiques de la fécondité dans l'intervention du vieillissement démographique : exemple de la Chine  •  Yuhong Wei, Institut provincial de recherches démographiques du Guangxi

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