Survival analysis of the effect of birthspacing on infant mortality among Ekitis, southwestern Nigeria • Ayo S. Adebowale, University of Ibadan ; Babatunde J. Abe, Yaba College of Technology ; Joshua O. Akinyemi, University of Ibadan

Infant and child mortality in Nigeria: how far from the millennium development goals? • Sulaimon Adedokun, Obafemi Awolowo University ; Luqman Bisiriyu, Obafemi Awolowo University ; Olasupo P. Ogunjuyigbe, Obafemi Awolowo University ; Ayotunde Titilayo, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria

Determinants of sexual violence against married women • Ramesh Adhikari, Mahendra Ratna Campus, Tribhuvan University ; Jyotsna Tamang, Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities, Kathmandu

Infant mortality in Iran: a district level analysis of the 2006 census • Shirin Ahmad-Nia, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Iran ; Amir-Houshang Mehryar, Ministry of Science, Research & Technology, Iran ; Tavakkol Aghayari Hir, University of Tabriz ; Aliyar Ahmadi, Shiraz University ; Nahid Salehi

The variety of childcare trajectories of French youths having experienced placement • Nicolas Robette, Università Bocconi ; Isabelle Fréchon, CNRS

Dramatic health improvement in Moscow: illusion or reality? • Evgueni Andreev, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Pavel Grigoriev, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Domantas Jasilionis, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; France Meslé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Vladimir Shkolnikov, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Jacques Vallin, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Community/organization formation in an emerging Philippines-Ireland migration system • Florio O. Arguillas, Cornell University

Socio-economic characteristics of couples and childhood immunization status in a Nigerian urban setting • Funmi Banjo, Obafemi Awolowo University ; Soladoye S. Asa, Obafemi Awolowo University ; Oluwagbenga Orimoogunje, Obafemi Awolowo University

Departure of Europeans from Africa: what impacts on the cityscapes? • Aliyu Barau, Federal College of Education, Kano

Psychological distress and race/ethnic group differences among the elderly: the role of behavioral risk factors and health history • Catherine N. Barry, University of California, Berkeley ; Savet Hong, University of California, Berkeley

Foreign immigration and suburbanisation in the Spanish main urban areas (1999-2009) • Jordi Bayona i Carrasco, Universitat de Barcelona ; Fernando Gil-Alonso, Universitat de Barcelona ; Isabel Pujadas, Universitat de Barcelona

The health of children in Ouagadougou: environmental risks and their implications on diarrhoeal morbidity • Franklin Bouba Djourdebbé, Université de Montréal

The loss of prenatal care in Chad • Franklin Bouba Djourdebbé, Université de Montréal

(Withdrawn) New and old waves of migrants: Romanian and Moroccan immigrants on the Spanish labour market • Cristina Bradatan, Texas Tech University ; Dumitru Sandu, University of Bucharest

Immigrant entrepreneurship in Italy • Benedetta Cassani, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" ; Cristina Giudici, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"

The susceptibility of fertility measures to random fluctuations • Yen-hsin Alice Cheng, Academia Sinica ; Kathryn Grace, University of California, Santa Barbara ; Joshua R. Goldstein, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Explaining both reported and 'true' condom use within marriage in rural Malawi. A couple-level analysis • Julia Cordero, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) ; Richard Breen, Yale University

A roadmap to EU comparable data on mortality differentials by educational attainment • Veronica Corsini, European Commission

Gender power relations in contraceptive use decision-making: the case of migrant weavers of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia • Tefera Darge, Hawassa University

Clustering of Bangladeshi female immigrants in West Bengal • Pranati Datta, Indian Statistical Institute

Intercensal drift in population estimates for England and Wales • Sofie De Broe, Office for National Statistics, UK ; Nicola Tromans, Office for National Statistics, UK ; Steve Smallwood, Office for National Statistics, UK ; Joanne Clements, Office for National Statistics, UK ; Julie Jefferies, U.K. Office for National Statistics

How does climate contribute to intra-annual variability and abnormal peaks of acute respiratory infections among children in rural Benin? • Florence De Longueville, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Belgium ; Sabine J. F. Henry, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Belgium

Economic, housing conditions and health of the oldest in Italy: evidence from EU-SILC • Anna De Pascale, University of Rome ; Elisabetta Santarelli

Gender system and development in the last 20 years • Alessandra De Rose, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" ; Anna De Pascale, University of Rome ; Francesca Fiori, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"

(Withdrawn) Paths to adulthood: a focus on the children of immigrants • Helga A. G. de Valk, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Knowledge, attitude and practice on reproductive health problems among students of Jimma University and Jimma Teachers College • Tizta T. Degfie ; Mengistu H. Mariam ; Asresashe Demssie

Prospects of educational migration development • Svetlana V. Dementeva, Tomsk Polytechnic University

Benefits of international migration for the environment in the home country: a case study in two Ecuadorian provinces • Fabrice C.E.M. Demoulin, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Belgium ; Sabine J. F. Henry, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Belgium

Mean BMI of the Belgians entering the dangerous zone • Sabine Drieskens, Scientific Institute of Public Health ; Johan Van der Heyden, Scientific Institute of Public Health ; Stefaan Demarest, Scientific Institute of Public Health ; Jean Tafforeau, Scientific Institute of Public Health

Women and displacement: a case study of women displaced by Ganga erosion in Malda district of West Bengal in India • Priyanka Dutta, Institute for Social and Economic Change

Impacts of biosocial factors on infant mortality among the slum population of four metropolitan cities in India • A.M. Elizabeth, National Institute of Health and Family Welfare ; T. Bir

An innovative model on needs assessment of demographic statistics in the ECO major countries at the international publications • Ardeshir Entezari, Centre for Population Studies and Research, Tehran ; Shahla Kazemipour Sabet, Regional Center for Population Research and Studies in Asia and the Pacific ; Nader Motie Haghshenas, Population Studies and Research Center in Asia and the Pacific

Uneven growth rate of urbanization in Iran • Parastoo Esmaeili, University of Tehran ; Ali Hesari, University of Tehran

A German population statistician as a forerunner of the concept of "human capital”.  Ernst Engel (1821-1896) and his influence on Rudolf Goldscheid’s concept of “economy of human beings” and the "organic capital" • Gudrun Exner, University of Vienna

HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination: Cuban response to its main causes - 2005/2009 • María del Carmen Franco Suárez, Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas, Cuba ; Mildred Iglesias Linares ; Mercedes Mena Martínez, Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas, Cuba ; Sonia Catasús Cervera, Universidad de La Habana

Child mortality in the Spanish Civil War. Geographical impact estimated from 1940 census retrospective fertility data • Albert Garcia Soler, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Fernando Gil-Alonso, Universitat de Barcelona

Smoking in France: an age-period-cohort analysis • Céline Goffette, Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques (INED)

Localization of labor and international migration: a case study of Sultanate of Oman • Nilambari Gokhale, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Kailash Chandra Das, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Health needs of the middle aged population: an unaddressed link • Dipti Govil, Indian Institute of Health Management Research

Study migration to Russia: potential and impact on population, human capital and economy • Alexander A. Grebenyuk, Russian Academy of Sciences ; Elena E. Pismennaya ; Roman Manshin, Russian Academy of Science ; Ekaterina A Borisova, Russian State Social University

Mortality determinants in Western Europe: what do the SHARE data tell us? • Olga G. Grigorieva, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Inequality in childhood immunization in India: a national level analysis of policy concerns • Amrita Gupta, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; T.V. Sekher, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Self-reported symptoms of gynecological morbidity and treatment seeking behavior in Madhya Pradesh • Santosh Gupta, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

The implications of future demographic change on the incidence of diseases/disorders in the United States of America (USA) • Nazrul Hoque, University of Texas at San Antonio

Circulation and international circular migrants in Hungary • Sandor Illes, Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HCSO) ; Mary Redei, Eötvös Loránd University ; Aron Kincses, Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HCSO)

Effects of mortality on contraceptive use and fertility preference in Uganda • Allen Kabagenyi, Makerere University ; Olivia Nankinga, Makerere University

Estimation of age structure of the inhabitants of Bohemia in 1651 according to the List of Serfs according to faith (case study Eggenbergs´ dominion) • Eva Kacerova, University of Economics , Prague (VSE) ; Jiri Henzler, University of Economics , Prague (VSE)

Mathematical and statistical modelling of rounded data in historical populations • Eva Kacerova, University of Economics , Prague (VSE) ; Jiri Henzler, University of Economics , Prague (VSE)

Migration as a human resource • Eva Kacerova, University of Economics , Prague (VSE)

Historical types of forms of marital unions in Western and Central Europe • Ekaterina A. Kalabikhina, Moscow State University

The epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in Algeria • Houria Kerbal, Association de formation et d'information continue pour la promotion de la santé- Wilaya de Boumerde ; Boualem Ouzriat, Ministére de la santé de la population et de la réforme hospitaliére

Small-area mortality variation in Germany: trends, dispersion, and explanatory factors • Eva Kibele, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Hungarian state pensioners in the world • Aron Kincses, Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HCSO) ; Sandor Illes, Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HCSO)

Migration of Hungarian-speaking population from Romania: intentions and real processes • Irén Gödri, Demographic Research Institute, Budapest ; Tamás Kiss, The Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities

Modern tendency of death rate of the population in the Far East region of Russia • Tatiana Komarova, Institute of Complex Analysis of Regional Problems

(Withdrawn) Effectiveness of health care system in countries in transition • Ivana Kulhanova, Charles University in Prague

Understanding mobility among the tribal population: a study in Andhra Pradesh, India • Prashant S. Kulkarni ; Kailash Chandra Das, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Virendra V. Pardeshi, MAAS-CHRD

Sustainable transport environment in megalopolis cities of Delhi and Mumbai: challenges and opportunities • Ashok Kumar, Population Council

Body mass index, height and morbidity in Italy: evidence from the union army records • Donatella Lanari, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" ; Odoardo Bussini, Università di Perugia

The impact of refugee movements on the environment: a study on the Liberian refugee camp in Oru Ogun State – Nigeria • Mohammed O. Lawal, Lagos State University ; Leke Oduwaye, University of Lagos

Condom use in Cuba. High-risk sexual behaviour and risk perception of HIV/AIDS • Esther María León Díaz, Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas, Cuba ; Mildred Iglesias Linares ; Mercedes Mena Martínez, Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas, Cuba

Determinants of RTI/STI and treatment seeking behavior among currently married rural women in India • Prakash Malin, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Akash Wankhade ; Manoj Alagarajan, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Health across the life span in the United States and England • Melissa L. Martinson, Princeton University ; Julien O. Teitler, Columbia University ; Nancy E. Reichman, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Different ways of mortality modeling • Petr Mazouch, University of Economics , Prague (VSE) ; Klara Tesarkova, Charles University in Prague

On the statistical precision of the economic and fiscal support ratios • Iván Mejía-Guevara, Department of Demography, University of California at Berkeley

Analysis of the push and pull factors of environmental migration in Sanjiangyuan area in China • Xiangjing Meng, Renmin University of China

Health and demographic situation of Iran in mid 19th century: an Austrian physician's observations • Elaheh Mirzaee, Institute for Research on Planning and Development, Tehran ; Shirin Ahmad-Nia, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Iran ; Amir-Houshang Mehryar, Ministry of Science, Research & Technology, Iran

Labor migration in the near-border region of Russia: analysis and forecasting • Svetlana Mishchuk, Russian Academy of Sciences ; Mikhail Khavinson, Russian Academy of Sciences

Health challenges of children under 3 years of age in India: reflections on NFHS results • Pradeep Kumar Mishra, CARE-India ; Manjushree Panda, Madras Institute of Development Studies

HIV and drug use in North-East India: challenges and prospect of prevention • Ritu Kumar Mishra, Emmanuel Hospital Association

Globalization and international migration in Asian countries (testing of competitional measurement models) • Mahmoud Moshfegh, Population studies and Research Center For Asian And the pacific ; mohammad javad mahmoudi, Population studies and Reseach Center For Asian And the pacific ; Laila Khuban Abdolahe, University of Tehran

Needs assessment of environmental statistics in the selected European and Central Asian countries at the international publications • Nader Motie Haghshenas, Population Studies and Research Center in Asia and the Pacific ; Arezou Sayadi, Regional Center for Population Research and Studies in Asia and the Pacific

A single year age adjustment procedure from a just available post census 5-year grouped data: an application on 2001 Indian census data • Barun Kumar Mukhopadhyay, ISI, Kolkata (retired)

Female migration to mega cities of India • Arunanand Murmu, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Kailash Chandra Das, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Having the first child in Italy in a short-term period: the cohort of foreigners who immigrated in 2003 • Eleonora Mussino, Università di Roma ; Sabrina Prati, Instituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) ; Salvatore Strozza, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Old-age health dependency ratio in Europe • Magdalena Muszynska, Duke University ; Yeonjoo Yi, Duke University ; Roland Rau, University of Rostock

Risky sexual behaviour and STIS among women in Uganda • Olivia Nankinga, Makerere University ; Allen Kabagenyi, Makerere University

Socio-demographic correlates of HIV testing among women in conflict areas – Northern Uganda • Elizabeth Nansubuga, Makerere University ; Gideon Rutaremwa, Makerere University ; Godwin Turyasingura, Makerere University

Significance of family migration from hills to Terai: a case study in eastern Nepal • Ranjita Nepal, University of Kassel ; Beatrice Knerr, University of Kassel

Environmental and population problems surrounding the exploitation of Lake Chad and proposed solutions from a sustainable-development perspective • Semingar Ngaryamngaye, University of Montreal

Family Reunion and family formation after immigration to the Netherlands • Han Nicolaas, Statistics Netherlands ; Kim de Bruin, Statistics Netherlands

The influence on climatic disturbances on the increase of prices of food products: the case of the extreme region north of Cameroon • Marcel Nkoma, IPD AC ; Ariane Julie NYA NANA, Independent Consultant

International migration and development in Nigeria: demystifying the fallacy of brain-drain • Ezebunwa Nwokocha, University of Ibadan

The dynamics of international migrant traders in Nigeria: a case study of selected markets in Lagos • Fatai Ogundele, Lagos State University ; Gladys Aigbe ; Ayo Omotayo

The dilemma of climate change and socio-economic development in Nigeria • Fatai Ogundele, Lagos State University ; Ayo Omotayo

Population growth: implications for environmental sustainability • Oluwagbenga Orimoogunje, Obafemi Awolowo University ; Funmi Banjo, Obafemi Awolowo University

Infant and youth mortality in Algeria • Boualem Ouzriat, Ministére de la santé de la population et de la réforme hospitaliére ; Houria Kerbal, Association de formation et d'information continue pour la promotion de la santé- Wilaya de Boumerde

Causation in demography: procedures, problems and alternatives • Ignacio Pardo

Cause-specific mortality among unemployment in Finland 1996-2007 • Tiina Pensola, Rehabilitation Foundation, Finland ; Katja Kesseli, Rehabilitation Foundation, Finland ; Hanna Rinne, Rehabilitation Foundation, Finland

The impact of migrant remittances on water resources in a remote rural region in Kerala, India • Agnes Pohle, University of Kassel ; Beatrice Knerr, University of Kassel

How to measure diasporas using absentee voters' censuses: the case of the Spanish Diaspora • Victoria Prieto Rosas, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Joaquin Recaño Valverde, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Using DevInfo for evidence-based decision making on population-related issues • Jon F. Kapp, United Nations DevInfo

Menarche, menstrual problems and reproductive tract infections among adolescents in rural and urban areas of Northern Karnataka in India • Thankaperumal Rajaretnam, Tata Institute of Social Sciences ; Jyoti S. Hallad, Population Research Centre, Dharwad, India

The impact of citizenship acquisition on migrants’ occupational trajectories in France • Jean-Louis Rallu, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Alina Toader, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Typology of migrations and living systems theory • Ilan Riss, Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics

Migrant workers from central Asia in the housing and utilities sector of Moscow • Sergey V. Ryazantsev, Russian Academy of Sciences

Trends in geographical mortality differentials in India • Nandita Saikia, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Domantas Jasilionis, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Faujdar Ram, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Vladimir Shkolnikov, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Main determinants of healthy life in a post-transitional society: case of Estonia • Luule Sakkeus, Estonian Interuniversity Population Research Centre, Tallinn University ; Kati Karelson, Estonian Interuniversity Population Research Centre (and National Institute for Health Development)

Demographic dynamism and instabilities in the Brazilian Amazon’s urban nets • Douglas Sathler, Fundação João Pinheiro (FJP/MG) ; Roberto Monte-Mór, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR) ; José Alberto Carvalho, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR)

Data retrieval and processing options an ideal national death index should provide • Martina Schmidt-Stolte, University of Marburg ; Ulrich O. Mueller, University of Marburg

Validity of mortality follow-up in SHARE • Anne Schulz, Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e.V. and Universität Rostock ; Gabriele Doblhammer-Reiter, University of Rostock

Determinants of infant mortality in Turkey • Nutiye Seckin, Middle East Technical University ; Murat G. Kirdar, Middle East Technical University

(Withdrawn) Mortality of fertile and subfertile men: associations between sperm counts and causes-of-death • Hanna Seydel, University of Marburg ; Katharina Belting, University of Marburg ; Ronny Westerman, University of Marburg ; Markus Thiede, Federal Institute of Occupational Safety and Health ; Sabine Groos, University of Marburg ; Walter Krause, University of Marburg ; Ulrich O. Mueller, University of Marburg

To stop climate change, we need family planning, too! It depends on rights of women. Fertility of China dived quickly before one-child policy, just because of ease from usual policy forced overpopulation. Seven billion is beyond the ecological limits • Gyula Simonyi, BOCS Foundation

Interregional variation in the prevalence of tuberculosis: a study in Madhya Pradesh using multilevel approach • Akansha Singh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Model to forecast the re-immigration of Swedish-born • Christian Skarman, Statistics Sweden

Immigrants' location in France • Matthieu Solignac, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Did you sleep well? Immigrants and self-reported sleep problem in the Kanchanaburi Demographic Surveillance System, Thailand • Malee Sunpuwan, Mahidol University

Urban-suburban migration patterns in the United States, 2004-2008: the beginning of the end for suburbanization? • David A. Swanson, University of California, Riverside ; Jerome McKibben, McKibben Demographic Research

Main reasons for departure, sex, ages and countries of destination of Cameroonian emigrants from 2000-2005 • Teke Johnson TJT Takwa, Institut de Formation et de Recherche Demographiques (IFORD)

The process of rectangularization of the survival curve in selected Eastern European countries • Klara Tesarkova, Charles University in Prague ; Boris Burcin, Charles University, Prague ; Ludek Sidlo, Charles University, Prague

Re-examining socio-economic and demographic determinants of high infant mortality in Pakistan - an analysis of PIHS 1998-99 • Safeer Ullah, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Regularities of world population’s demographic behavior • Mare Vähi, University of Tartu ; Ene-Margit Tiit, University of Tartu

The changing impact of regional inequalities in mortality on individual variation in lifespan • Alyson A. van Raalte, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Is there a preference for Latin-Americans in the Spanish labour market? An analysis on labour integration by origin • Elena Vidal-Coso, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Daniela Vono, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

From the (in)visibility of the education for sexual reproductive health to the production of knowledge in nurse practice • Maria Fátima Vieira Martins, Minho University - Nursing School

Money or medicine - what triggered rising life expectancy in Eastern Germany after unification? • Tobias C. Vogt, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Looking for evidence for the healthy migrant effect – comparing the health status of Turkish immigrants in Germany with German and Turkish natives • Annelene Wengler, University of Cologne

Natural resources utilization, population growth and the environment (Mt. Elgon study) • Herbert Wepondi, Busiu Development Foundation

Premature retirement due to back disorders. Using propensity score matching to combine cross-sectional and longitudinal datasets • Maria Weske, Deutschen Rentenversicherung Hessen and University of Marburg ; Markus Thiede, Federal Institute of Occupational Safety and Health ; Ulrich O. Mueller, University of Marburg

Multiplicative effects and frailty intercepts on survival for fertile and subfertile men: a piecewise constant exponential survival model for sperm count data • Ronny Westerman, University of Marburg ; Katharina Belting, University of Marburg ; Hanna Seydel, University of Marburg ; Walter Krause, University of Marburg ; Ulrich O. Mueller, University of Marburg

The recent stages of the epidemiologic transition in Poland • Wiktoria Wroblewska, Warsaw School of Economics

Compression and decompression patterns of mortality in India • Suryakant Yadav, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Perianayagam Arokiasamy, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Inequalities in access to reproductive health services in Turkey • Dilek Yıldız, Hacettepe University ; Ismet Koc, Hacettepe University

New mortality trends in Russia • Elena V. Zemlyanova, Central Public Health Research Institute, Moscow ; Alla E. Ivanova, Central Public Health Research Institute, Moscow

Kazakhstan in the System of Migratory Interaction of Central Asian Countries • Yelena Zimovina, Buketov Karaganda State University, Kazakhstan