Poster Session 5:
Union Formation and Dissolution, Fertility, Family and Well-being
Marital Fertility and Religion: Recent Changes in Spain Alicia Adsera, University of Illinois at Chicago
Bringing Work Home: Women’s Organization in Urban India Rina Agarwala, Princeton University
Shared Parenting in Sweden: Gender Differences in Expectations and Actual Behavior Eva Bernhardt, Stockholm University
Income Transfers, Intra-Household Resource Allocation and Marriage Markets in Rural Mexico Gustavo J. Bobonis, University of California, Berkeley
Household Structure and Infant Feeding Behavior among Low-Income African Americans Judith B. Borja, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Jean Hamilton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Michelle Mendez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Margaret Bentley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Carby-Shields Kenitra, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Beyond Provisions: The Relationship between Poverty and Parenting among Single Mothers Ronald E. Bulanda, Miami University
Too Poor to Marry? Employment Crisis and Changing Modes of Union Formation among Young Men in Burkina Faso Anne E. Calvès, Université de Montréal ; Edith Martel, Université de Montréal
Family Disruption and Child Wellbeing: Understanding the Role of Family Context Shannon E. Cavanagh, University of Texas at Austin ; Aletha Huston, University of Texas at Austin
Trends in Assortative Mating by Sibship Position in Japan Chia-ying Chen, University of Wisconsin at Madison ; Miho Iwasawa, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan
Imprisoned Fathers and Their Families: Marginal Populations in a Cross-National Comparison Lynda Clarke, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ; Randal Day, Brigham Young University
The Living Arrangements of Fragile Families over Time: The Impact of Policy and Personal Characteristics Marah A. Curtis, Columbia University
What Predicts Fertility Intention Persistence and Change during Adolescence and Middle Adulthood? Jacinda K. Dariotis, Pennsylvania State University
Tied to the Land: An Analysis of Amish Migration and Community Formation Joseph F. Donnermeyer, Ohio State University ; Elizabeth Cooksey, Ohio State University
The Impact of Level of Disability, SES, and Access to Health Insurance on Health-Related Outcomes for Children with Special Health Care Needs Julia A. Drew, Brown University
Does Community Property Discourage Lone Motherhood? Olivia Ekert-Jaffe, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Shoshana Grossbard, San Diego State University
Unmarried Partner Households in the United States: Description and Trends: 2000 To 2003 Diana B. Elliott, University of Maryland ; Jane L. Dye, U.S. Census Bureau
Playing Well with Others in China: The Effects of Having Siblings Toni Falbo, University of Texas at Austin ; Kokyung Soon, University of Texas at Austin ; Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Texas A&M University
Will You Covenant Marry Me? An Empirical Look at a New Type of Marriage Amanda J. Felkey, Cornell University
More Money, More Children?: Income and Fertility Patterns in America, 1972-1998 Julie Fennell, Brown University
Infant Mortality of Asian Americans Hui Liu, University of Texas at Austin ; Parker Frisbie, University of Texas at Austin
Marriage Order, Marring Timing, and Black/White Intermarriage in the United States, 1968-1995 Vincent K. Fu, University of Utah
A Tale of Two Economies: Children’s Experiences in Cohabiting Families before and after the Turn of the New Century Deborah Roempke Graefe, Pennsylvania State University
Effects of Relationship Transitions and Paternal Residency on Fathering Salience: Evidence from the NLSY79 Thomas A. Gryn, Ohio State University
Research Note: New Patterns of Union Formation and Fertility among Young Adults Karen B. Guzzo, University of Pennsylvania
Cross-Cultural Patterns of Interracial Marriage Tim B. Heaton, Brigham Young University ; Cardell Jacobson, Brigham Young University
The Effects of Adolescent Mental Health on the Transition to Adulthood: Leaving the Family Home and Household Formation Jerald Herting, University of Washington ; Karen A. Snedker, University of Washington
Emotional Supportiveness and the Marriage Decisions of Unmarried Couples Bryndl Hohmann-Marriott, Arizona State University
Parental Divorce and Union Disruption among Young Adults in Sweden Ying Hong, Stockholm University ; Eva Bernhardt, Stockholm University
The Effects of Child Support Enforcement on Youth Pregnancy Intention Chien-Chung Huang, Rutgers University
The Health Status and Health Care of Young Mexican American Children: The Influence of Parental Relationship Status Robert A. Hummer, University of Texas at Austin ; Erin R. Hamilton, University of Texas at Austin ; Helen You, University of Texas at Austin ; Yolanda C. Padilla, University of Texas at Austin
Unwanted Pregnancies in the Philippines: The Route to Induced Abortion and Health Consequences Fatima Juarez, El Colegio de México ; Josefina V. Cabigon, University of the Philippines
Early Sexual Debut and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents and Young Adults Christine E. Kaestle, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Carolyn Tucker Halpern, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; William Miller, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Carol Ford, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Measuring Couple's Fertility Change in Process of the New Transition in Japan, with Special Attention to Effects of Marriage Delay and Educational Upgrading Ryuichi Kaneko, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan
Major Depression in a Sample of Fathers: Prevalence, Correlates, and Associations with Father's Individual and Family Level Functioning Jacinta M.H. Bronte-Tinkew, Child Trends ; Kristin Moore, Child Trends
Trends in African American Child Well-Being: 1985-2001 Vicki L. Lamb, Duke University ; Kenneth C. Land, Duke University ; Sarah O. Meadows, Duke University
The Changing Effect of Paid Work on Canadian Women's Childbearing, 1946-2001 Benoît Laplante, Université du Québec à Montréal ; Celine Le Bourdais, McGill University
Sex, Culture, Marriage, and Childbearing: Sexual Revolutions through the 20th Century in the United States Nathanael Lauster, University of Minnesota ; Rebecca Upton, DePauw University
What Spousal Alternatives? Marriage Market Conditions and Divorce Risk Reconsidered Torkild Lyngstad, Statistics Norway
Trends in Childlessness among Less Educated and Minority Women in the United States Steven P. Martin, University of Maryland
The Effect of State-Level Welfare Reform Policies on Nonmarital Births: A Difference-in-Difference Approach Kelly S. Mikelson, University of Texas at Austin
Transition to First Birth of Immigrant Women in Germany Nadja Milewski, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Multiple Partnership Patterns among Heterosexual Men in Main Partner Couples Trent W. Moore, Florida State University ; David F. Sly, Florida State University
Now, Later or Never: The Changing Age of Childbearing in an Anomalous Fertility Setting Petra Nahmias, Princeton University
The Sequencing of Coupling Events: Ideal and Actual Intimate Experiences of American Adolescents Anthony Paik, University of Iowa ; Vernon Woodley, University of Iowa
Seven Decades of Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States Robert D. Plotnick, University of Washington
Time Allocation of Employed and Nonemployed Mothers: 1965 to 2000 Sara Raley, University of Maryland
Analyzing Marriage-US Migration Behavioral Sequences in Mexico Fernando Riosmena, University of Pennsylvania
Family Migration and Career Mobility: Gender Differences in Occupational Context Kimberlee A. Shauman, University of California, Davis ; Mary C. Noonan, University of Iowa
Testing the Life Cycle Model of Consumption Using Information on Households without Children Ekaterina V. Stepanova, University of Washington
The Effect of PRWORA on Welfare Caseloads in Pennsylvania: Fixed Effects Versus Random Effects Models Samuel Sturgeon, Pennsylvania State University
Household Strategy, Return Migration and the Role of Remittance in Nang Rong, Thailand Yuying Tong, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Martin Piotrowski, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Is the Second Demographic Transition Coming to North America or just to Quebec? The Changing Effect of Children on the Stability of Nonmarital Cohabitation in the US and Canada Pierre Turcotte, Statistics Canada ; Pascale Beaupré, Statistics Canada ; Fran Goldscheider, Brown University
Expansion or Retrenchment? Trends and Patterns of Young Child Policy Variations Among 18 OECD Nations from 1980-2000 Shu-Yung Wang, Columbia University
Race/Ethnic Differences in the Role of Cohabitation Elizabeth M. Wildsmith, University of Texas at Austin
Gender Differences in Union Formation in France: Is There Convergence over the Recent Period? Maria E. Winkler-Dworak, Vienna Institute of Demography ; Laurent Toulemon, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)
Marriage at the Extremes: Comparing Union Happiness in Marriage and Cohabitation Yan Yu, University of Wisconsin at Madison ; Aimée R. Dechter, University of Wisconsin at Madison ; Michael E. Sobel, Columbia University
Employment Status Duration and First Birth in Great Britain Cordula D. Zabel, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Encouragement for Educational Aspirations: The Role of Parents, Peers and Counselors when Explaining Group Differences Yun Zhou, Arizona State University