Household Structure and the Production of Urban Poverty: Findings from Outer Beirut • Marwan Khawaja, American University of Beirut ; Mylene Tewtel-Salem, American University of Beirut ; Mona Mowafi, American University of Beirut

Explaining Fertility in the American South during the 1990s • Leonard M. Lopoo, Syracuse University

Estimates of the Poor Elderly Population in China • Xiaochun Qiao, Renmin University of China ; Kaiti Zhang, China Research Center on Aging ; Lujun Sun, China Research Center on Aging

Children and Standards of Living in Old Years • Maria Letizia Tanturri, University of Florence ; Gustavo De Santis, Università di Messina ; Chiara Seghieri, University of Florence