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Session P-4:
Poster Session 4

Friday, July 22
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Posters
Level -2

1. Projections of the dependent elderly population by age, sex and household composition in Poland  •  Anita Abramowska, Institute of Statistics and Demography, Warsaw School of Economics

2. Mapping elderly migration in Brazil using data of 2000 census  •  João Francisco Abreu, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais; Cláudio C. Machado, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

3. The male-female gap in HIV prevalence rates in Sub-Saharan Africa  •  Jacob A. Adetunji, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

4. Rural-urban disparities in the health of children in Africa  •  Jacob A. Adetunji, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

5. Explanatory factors of school acquisitions of the pupils: evidence from Burkina-Faso  •  Vissého Didier Adjiwanou, Université de Lomé

6. Disability in India: an overview  •  Praween Kumar Agrawal, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

7. The effect of migration on rural population ageing: the experience of Mexico  •  Alejandro Aguirre, El Colegio de México

8. The demographic window by religion and ethnicity in Indonesia  •  Aris Ananta, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies; Evi N. Arifin, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

9. HIV/STI testing in the 2004 Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project: what did we learn?  •  Philip A. Anglewicz, University of Pennsylvania; Li-Wei Chao, University of Pennsylvania; Agnes M. Chimbiri, University of Malawi; David Chilongozi; Irving Hoffman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Hans-Peter Kohler, University of Pennsylvania; Francis Martinson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Georges Reniers, University of Pennsylvania; Kirsten Smith, University of Pennsylvania

10. Distribution and determinants of abdominal obesity in an adult population in the district of Colombo, Sri Lanka  •  Carukshi Arambepola, University of Colombo; Dulitha Fernando, University of Colombo

12. Elderly family care situation, daily activities, housing and physical well being in Nigeria  •  Abidemi R. Asiyanbola, Olabisi Onabanjo University

13. Political crises and child mortality in Rwanda  •  Lise Beck, Université de Paris V, Sorbonne

14. An epidemiological understanding of acute respiratory infection among Indian children  •  Shahina Begum, All India Institute of Medical Sciences; Sada Nand Dwivedi, All India Institute of Medical Sciences; Arvind Pandey, Institute for Research in Medical Statistics (ICMR)

15. Status of human health in India: emerging issues in the era of globalisation  •  Rudragouda Biradar, Karnatak University

16. Common plan for the monitoring of health status and its determinants: catalysts for the evolution of health monitoring  •  Josée Bourdages

18. Child mortality among children born to HIV-infected mothers in Thailand  •  Nelly Briand, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Sophie Le Coeur, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Marc Lallemant, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

19. Ageing and mobility in Quebec  •  Yves Bussière, INRS-UCS Univ. of Quebec; Jean-Pierre Thouez, Université de Montréal

20. Trends in disability in France over the past two decades in light of the international context and theoretical explanations for disability patterns  •  Emmanuelle Cambois, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Jean-Marie Robine, INSERM; Pierre Mormiche, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE)

21. Rate of decline of mortality over age 60 in south-eastern Brazil, 1980-2000  •  Nelson Otávio Beltrão Campos Campos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR); Roberto Rodrigues, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

22. Intergenerational transfers among those aged 15 or over in Montezo, Côte d'Ivoire  •  Céline Vandermeersch, UNESCO

23. Land use pattern and hospitalisation for chronic conditions: a spatial study on modifiable health risks in San Francisco  •  Arpita Chattopadhyay, University of California, San Francisco; XiaoHang Liu, San Francisco State University; Sudip Chattopadhyay, San Francisco State University

24. Mortality in Quebec compared to that of developed countries  •  Robert Choinière, Institut national de santé publique du Québec

26. Active life expectancy and functional health transitions among Filipino older people  •  Grace T. Cruz, University of the Philippines; Yasuhiko Saito, Nihon University; Josefina Natividad, University of the Philippines

27. Survival strategies tested by urbanization among elderly farmers in Cameroon  •  Pascal Daha Bouyoum, Université de Yaoundé; David Nkweti, Université de Yaoundé; Adonis Touko, Forum Camerounais de Psychologie (FOCAP)

28. Association between physical activity, overweight and obesity in school children of a low socio-economic status in Toluca, Mexico  •  María Margarita Del Olmo, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia; Maria Eugenia Peña, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia; Javier Manzola, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia

30. Gender and child health in Egypt: DHS data from 1995  •  Jamal El Makrini, Université Catholique de Louvain

31. Child well-being and survival in urban development context, the case of greater Khartoum  •  Yasir A. Elmbark, MENA Child Protection Initiative

32. Change in suicide rate attributable to individual’s treatment with antidepressants  •  Annette Erlangsen, Aarhus Universitet; Vladimir Canudas-Romo, Pennsylvania State University

33. Mortality differentials in a favoured region: the case of the capital of Quebec  •  Marc Ferland, Direction de santé publique de la Capitale nationale; Michel Pageau, Direction de santé publique de la Capitale nationale

34. Seasonal labour migration, irrigation and health in Niono, Mali  •  Sally E. Findley, Columbia University; Seydou Doumbia, Malaria Research and Training Center

36. New dimensions for studying obesity  •  Yuri Frantsuz, University of Minnesota

37. Infant mortality by race in Brazil  •  Estela María García de Pinto da Cunha, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

38. Stress and health in the Baltic countries, 1994-1999  •  Catherine Gaumé, Université Catholique de Louvain

39. Burden of disease in Spain in 2000: health differentials between women and men  •  Ricard Genova, Instituto de Salud Publica, Comunidad de Madrid; Elena Alvarez; Consuelo Morant, Instituto de Salud Publica, Comunidad de Madrid

40. Neuroendocrine biomarkers, marital relations, and cumulative stress in Taiwan  •  Omer Gersten, University of California, Berkeley

41. Health status of the elderly and their labour force participation in the selected states of India  •  Soumitra Ghosh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

42. Ageing and family in Mexico  •  Cristina Gomes, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales

43. Healthy life expectancy in Havana in 2000  •  Madelin Gómez, Universidad de La Habana; Esther María León Díaz, Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Cuba

44. Differentials and determinants of infant and child mortality in rural India  •  Sethuraman Gunasekaran, Gandhigram Rural Institute

45. Health trajectories over the life course: the consequences of childhood health and social background factors  •  Steven A. Haas, Harvard University

46. Is the HIV/AIDS epidemic accelerating or decelerating population ageing in South Africa?  •  Bärbel B. Haldenwang, Institute for Futures Research

47. The need for an overhaul of retirement pensions and intergenerational relations  •  Roberto Ham-Chande, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

48. The economics of the elderly in Mauritius, 2002-2022  •  Esther Hanoomajee, Independent Consultant

49. State of health as indicative of well-being in the population aged 50 and over in Mexico and associated factors  •  Mirna Hebrero Martínez, El Colegio de México

50. Alternative models of Indonesian mortality  •  Mira M. Hidajat, Pennsylvania State University; Mark D. Hayward, University of Texas; Latrica E. Best, Pennsylvania State University

51. Gender and race differences in the impact of obesity on work and economic security in later life in the United States  •  Christine Himes, Syracuse University; Madonna Harrington Meyer, Syracuse University

52. Crying mothers and their tale of woes: maternal complications in the north-eastern states of India  •  Ruchi Jain, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Kamla Gupta, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

53. Determinants of maternal mortality: empirical evidence from India  •  Kuriath S. James, University of Kerala

54. The demographic consequences of gender discrimination: simulation based on public policies  •  Quanbao Jiang, Xi'an Jiaotong University; Liu Huijun, Institute for Population and Development Studies of Xi’an Jiaotong University

55. Future challenges of population ageing and the health of older persons in South Africa  •  Jané Joubert, Medical Research Council of South Africa; Debbie Bradshaw, Medical Research Council

56. Reducing regional health inequalities in France by resource allocation: which approach?   •  Alain Jourdain; Martine Bellanger, ENSP

58. Probing the future of mandatory retirement in Canada  •  Don Kerr, University of Western Ontario; Peter Ibbott, University of Western Ontario

59. The effect of recent migration on sexual partnership among women interviewed at sites known as meeting places in Burkina Faso  •  Maria Khan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Lisanne Brown, Tulane University; Nicolas Nagot, Centre Muraz; Sharon Weir, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

60. Consanguinity and its effect on infant and child mortality in Egypt  •  Rita G. Khayat, University of Notre Dame

61. Urbanisation, environment, development, and urban policies in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam  •  Thanh Le Van, Institute for Economic Research

62. Exploratory analysis of socio-economic characteristics of elderly persons with functional limitations in seven cities of Latin America and the Caribbean  •  Esther María León Díaz, Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Cuba; Madelín Gómez León

64. Mortality among the elderly in the European Union  •  Laura Lorenzo, Instituto de Economía y Geografía, CSIC

65. Socio-economic differences in suicide mortality by sex in Finland, 1971–2001  •  Netta Mäki, University of Helsinki; Pekka Martikainen, University of Helsinki

67. About disabled people and their quantification in Argentina. Past and present  •  Gladys Massé, INDEC. Argentina; Cecilia Rodríguez Gauna, INDEC.Argentina

69. Therapeutic options and health strategies in Cameroon  •  Yves-Merlin Mbouyap Kamtcha

70. Intergenerational support and family composition of elderly households in Cuba  •  James W. McNally, University of Michigan; Lindy Williams, Cornell University

71. Longevity in Siberia depends on place and month of birth  •  Vladimir N. Melnikov, Siberian Independent Institute

72. Socio-economic determinants of infant mortality: an analysis of two states in India  •  Ritu Kumar Mishra, Jawaharlal Nehru University

73. Income distribution among the elderly in Canada from 1980 to 2002  •  Long Mo, Université de Montréal

74. New data on the shape of the mortality curve at advanced ages  •  Christian Monteil, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE); Martine Sylvestre

75. Social security and family in Mexico: formal and informal support systems for the elderly  •  Verónica Montes de Oca, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales (UNAM)

76. Mortality of elderly people: socio-economic differentials and causes of death in Matlab, Bangladesh  •  Golam Mostafa, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research

77. Age-structural transition in Iran and its short and long-term consequences, 2000-2050  •  Nader Motie-Haghshenas, Ministry of Science, Iran; Shirin Ahmad-Nia, Ministry of Science, Iran

78. Demographic shocks and sustainable development in Romania  •  Cornelia Muresan, Université Babes-Bolyai

79. Demographic aspects of morbidity in Romania  •  Petru Muresan

80. Are intergenerational relations in crisis in Japan?  •  Kusuto Naito, Université Catholique de Louvain

81. Differences in child mortality in rural South Africa  •  Nadine Nannan, Medical Research Council; Debbie Bradshaw, Medical Research Council; Kobus Herbst, Africa Center for Health and Population Studies

82. Did the civil war in Lebanon leave a mark on the country's mortality pattern?  •  Hala G. Naufal Rizkallah, Lebanese University; Tania Faour, Lebanese University

83. The CLESA project: cross-national study of the determinants of quality of life and health services for the elderly  •  Marianna Noale, Università di Padova; Nadia Minicuci, Università di Padova; Carola Bardage, Karolinska Institutet; Tzvia Blumstein, The Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Chaim Sheba Medical Center; Dorly J. H. Deeg, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine; Jacob Gindin; Marja Jylha, University of Tampere; Suvi Nikula, University of Tampere; Angel Otero, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid; Nancy L. Pedersen, Karolinska Institutet; Saskia M.F. Pluijm, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Maria V. Zunzunegui, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid; Stefania Maggi, Università di Padova

84. Traffic accident mortality in Brazil: a silent tragedy  •  Ana Maria Nogales Vasconcelos, Universidade de Brasília; David Duarte Lima, Universidade de Brasília

85. The impact of decentralized district partnering on scaling up the community-based reform of the health sector in Ghana  •  Frank Nyonator, Ghana Health Service; James F. Phillips, Population Council; John K. Awoonor-Williams, Volta Regional Health Administration; Adams Kasanga, The Population Council

87. Labour force ageing: its impact on the level and structure of employment in Australia and Japan  •  Ewa Orzechowska-Fischer, Australian National University

88. Parents’ awareness and perception of the polio eradication programme in Gombe local government area, Gombe State, Nigeria  •  Oyedunni S. Osowole, University of Ibadan; Joseph A. Obute, UNICEF

89. Female genital mutilation: an epidemiological approach  •  Jean-Claude Oulai, Université de Bordeaux II

90. Mortality among the elderly in urban areas of Brazil: socio-economic consequences  •  Neir A. Paes, Federal University of Paraiba - Brazil

91. Intergenerational coresidence among elderly Pacific Islander Americans  •  Sela V. Panapasa, University of Michigan; James W. McNally, University of Michigan

92. Exclusive breastfeeding and child survival in India: relationship revisited in view of the WHO recommendations  •  Arvind Pandey, Institute for Research in Medical Statistics (ICMR); B.N. Bhattacharya, Indian Statistical Institute; Damodar Sahu, Institute for Research in Medical Statistics (ICMR); Ajay Pandey, Futures Group International (USAID-ITAP)

93. Inter-generational transfers in Uruguay: the role of older adults  •  Mariana Paredes, Universidad de la República, Uruguay

94. Mortality at older ages: patterns and trends in Portugal  •  Fantina Pedrosa, Universidade do Porto

95. Return to work after age 60 in Brazil: the weight of private intergenerational transfers  •  Clarice Peixoto, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

96. Trends in the living conditions of older persons in Latin America, 1990-2000: a comparison of three countries  •  Enrique Peláez, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba and CONICET; Dora Celton, CONICET and Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Bruno Ribotta, Centro de Estudios Avanzados - UNC

97. Demographic window, human capital accumulation and economic growth in China  •  Xiujian Peng, The University of Adelaide

98. The impact of population ageing on the social security system of Brazil  •  Fernanda Peyneau, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA); Sonoe Sugahara, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA); João Luiz Mendonça, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)

99. Changes in health status and mortality of the elderly population during the transition period in Poland  •  Jozef Pociecha

100. A revision of Chandra Sekar’s decomposition method and its application to sex differentials in mortality in India  •  Krishna Murthy Ponnapalli, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Atul R. Gandhi, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

102. Individual and family level clustering of child mortality in Orissa  •  Jalandhar Pradhan, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Perianayagam Arokiasamy, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

103. From ageing process to ageing problem: will China confront the most serious ageing problems in the world?  •  Xiaochun Qiao, Peking University

104. The experiences of older workers  •  Robert Raeside, Napier University; Kaberi Gayen, Napier University

105. Father’s out-migration and child health and mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh  •  Abdur Razzaque, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research; Lutfun Nahar, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research; Nizam Khan, University of Colorado at Boulder; Randall Kuhn, University of Colorado at Boulder; Shamali Shill, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research

106. The gender mortality differentials in China since the 1980s  •  Qiang Ren, Peking University; Xiaoying Zheng, Mahidol University; Guiying Cao, International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA)

107. Estimating AIDS mortality from burial surveillance data in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  •  Georges Reniers, University of Pennsylvania; Tekebash Araya, Addis Ababa University; Eduard J. Sanders, Wellcome Trust

108. Health and work among persons over 60 in Latin America  •  Elisenda Rentería, CEDEPLAR-Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Simone Wajnman, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

110. Spatial dynamics of mortality in France  •  Stephane Rican, Espace Santé et Territoire; Gérard Salem, Université de Paris X, Nanterre; Eric Jougla, INSERM

111. Age structure, labour force and education in Costa Rica  •  Arodys Robles, Universidad de Costa Rica

112. Study of the impact of the public network providing care for addicts in the province of Buenos Aires  •  Carlota Rodríguez Etchebarne; Verónica Brasesco

113. On the association between late parental age and the risk of stillbirth: evidence from northern Italy  •  Alessandro Rosina, Università Cattolica, Milan; Giulia Rivellini, Università Cattolica, Milan

114. Geography of overweight and obesity in France  •  Gérard Salem, Université de Paris X, Nanterre; Stephane Rican, Espace Santé et Territoire; Marie-Laure Kürzinger, Espace Santé et Territoire

116. The effect of migration on population ageing in Brazil  •  Jomar A. Santana, ABEP

117. Do childcare arrangements when mothers work affect child health?  •  Anjula Saraff, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

118. Population ageing in Arab countries: future prospects and socio-economic and health consequences  •  Prem C. Saxena, Independent Consultant

120. Health care behaviour of mothers and child mortality in Bangladesh  •  Abdul Hannan Shaikh

121. Differential impact of female education on people’s health: an experiment using Indian data  •  Mathada Sivamurthy, Applied Statistics Research Center, Bangalore

122. Living arrangements and morbidity patterns among the elderly in rural India  •  Harish C. Srivastava, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Nihar R. Mishra, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

123. Contextual influences on the use of health facilities for childbirth in Africa  •  Rob Stephenson, Emory University; Steve Clements, University of Southampton; Angela Baschieri, University of Southampton; Nyovani Madise, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

124. Main challenges for economic and social policy in the context of population ageing in Poland during the economic transition  •  Marcin Stonawski, Cracow University; Jolanta Kurkiewicz, Cracow University

125. Socio-economic factors in life trajectories to retirement  •  Leroy O. Stone, Statistics Canada and University of Montreal; Hasheem Nouroz, Statistics Canada; Alexandre Genest, Human Resources Development Canada

126. Gender and coronary disease: a comparison of trends in a target population  •  Sylvie Swales, Université Catholique de Louvain; Michel Jeanjean, Université Catholique de Louvain; Catherine Gourbin, Université Catholique de Louvain; Guillaume Wunsch, Université Catholique de Louvain; Josianne Duchene, Université Catholique de Louvain; Erwin Schröder, Université Catholique de Louvain; Bernard Masuy

127. Socio–economic implications of ageing in Iran with specific focus on Tehran  •  Mohammad Taghi Sheykhi, Al-Zahra University

128. In vitro fertilisation (IVF) and inequality creation: a longitudinal analysis in a French hospital  •  Laurence Tain, Université de Lyon 2

129. Infant and child health: evidence from four Sub-Saharan African countries  •  Emmanuel O. Tawiah, University of Ghana

130. Prevalence of behavioural risk factors for non-communicable diseases among adults in Kerala, India  •  Sugathan Thattaruparambil, Centre for Survey Research and Management Services; CR Soman, Health Action by People; K Sankaranarayanan, Center for Survey Research and Management Services, Kerala; Simi Elias, Center for Survey Research and Management Services, Kerala

131. Economically active population and retired persons in the public and private sectors of Senegal in a context of structural adjustment  •  Seydou Touré

132. Measuring health: construction of a key indicator on health status  •  Sandy Tubeuf, Institut de Recherche et Documentation en Economie de la Santé (IRDES); Marc Perronnin, Institut de Recherche et Documentation en Economie de la Santé (IRDES)

133. A systems wide approach to delivering maternal and neonatal health care in Kenya  •  Charlotte Warren, Population Council; Wilson Liambila, Population Council; Jill Keesbury, Population Council, Nairobi

135. Prevalence of disability among elderly persons in Latin American cities and its correlates  •  Laura R. Wong, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR); Martha Pelaez, PAHO

136. Do marital status and living arrangements influence health in Poland?  •  Wiktoria Wroblewska, Institute of Statistics and Demography Warsaw School of Economics

137. Psychological disposition and self-reported health in old age: an examination of the oldest old in China  •  Zheng Wu, University of Victoria; Christoph M. Schimmele, University of Victoria

138. Nutritional situation of women and determinants of obesity in Turkey  •  Sutay Yavuz, Hacettepe University; Elif Yiğit, Institute of Population Studies; Eda Köksal, School of Health Technology Department of Nutrition and Dietetics

141. Coping behaviours and social panic in relation to the SARS epidemic  •  Benbo Zhang, Institute of social development; Erping Wahg, Chinese Academy of Science; Yiwen Chen, Chinese Academy of Science

142. Mortality among family members of the oldest-old Chinese  •  Yun Zhou, Peking University; Feng Tian, China Population and Development Research Center

144. Social capital and transitions to adulthood in Thailand: empirical Investigation across multiple realms of life  •  Sara Curran, Princeton University; Sarah Martin, Princeton University; Amara Soonthorndhada, Mahidol University; Sirinan Kittisuksathit, Mahidol University

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