Poster Session 5:
Health, Mortality, Aging, Biology
Early Childhood Nutrition, Schooling and Within-Sibling Inequality in a Dynamic Context: Evidence from South Africa Futoshi Yamauchi, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Trends in Diabetes and Obesity Prevalence in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review of the Literature and New Estimates Flavia Andrade, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Ethnicity, Acculturation and Self-Assessed Health among Retirement-Aged and Older Adults Ann D. Bagchi, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Association of Leg Length with Mortality: Evidence From NHANES I Hiram Beltran-Sanchez, University of Pennsylvania
Health Stocks and Health Flows in an Empirical Model of Expected Longevity Hugo Benitez-Silva, Stony Brook University, State University of New York ; Huan Ni, Stony Brook University, State University of New York
Endogenous Mortality and the Quantity and Quality of Children Javier A Birchenall, University of California, Santa Barbara
Mental Health Insurance Plans’ Constituents: In Sickness and in Health? Mélanie Bourque, McGill University ; Sean Clouston, McGill University ; Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, McGill University
A Time-Series Test of Diminished Entelechy in Birth Cohorts Tim-Allen Bruckner, University of California, Berkeley ; Ralph Catalano, University of California, Berkeley
Why Do Hispanics Report Poorer Health Status than Whites? Sharon Bzostek, Princeton University
Mortality of Chinese Female Oldest Old: Does It Differ among Support Patterns & Living Arrangements? Tianji Cai, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Qiong Zhou, University of California, Los Angeles
Population Decline Induced by Gonorrhea and Tuberculosis Transmission: Micronesia during the Japanese Occupation, 1919 – 1945 Susan L. Cassels, University of Washington
Socioeconomic and Gender Differences in Health Status and Living Arrangements of the Elderly in India Anoshua Chaudhuri, San Francisco State University ; Kakoli Roy, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Consequences of ‘Color’ in Family, Place, and Child Mortality in São Paulo, Brazil Kuniko Chijiwa, University of Florida
Mapping Chronic Disease at the County Level and Locating At-Risk Populations Ronald E. Cossman, Mississippi State University ; Jeralynn S. Cossman, Mississippi State University ; Wesley James, Mississippi State University ; Troy Blanchard, Mississippi State University ; Richard Thomas, University of Tennessee Health Science Center ; Louis Pol, University of Nebraska, Omaha ; Arthur Cosby, Mississippi State University
Deteriorating Mexican-American Child Health? The Role of Health Insurance Xiuhong You, University of Texas at Austin ; Erin R. Hamilton, University of Texas at Austin
Temperature and Neonatal Mortality in Northern Italy during XIXth Century: An Event History Analysis with Daily Data Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna, University of Padua ; Alessandro Rosina, Università Cattolica, Milan
Does the FACCT Special Health Care Needs Screener Produce Biased Estimates of Children with Chronic Conditions? Julia A. Drew, Brown University
Hispanic Women's Language Proficiency and Utilization of Cancer Screening Services Leticia E. Fernandez, University of Texas at El Paso and University of Texas at Austin ; Alfonso Morales, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Did Infant Health Improve in US Cities the 1990s? Danielle H. Ferry, National Bureau of Economic Research ; Sanders Korenman, City University of New York at Baruch
The Impact of HIV Morbidity and AIDS-Related Mortality on Intra-Household Time Allocation in Rural Malawi Peter C. Fleming, University of Pennsylvania ; Ari Van Assche, HEC Montréal ; Catherine Van de Ruit, University of Pennsylvania
Impact of Macro-Level Economic Improvement on Child Health: Childhood Malnutrition in Ghana, 1988-2003 Jemima A. Frimpong, University of Pennsylvania ; Roland Pongou, Brown University
Historical Demography of the Exceptional Longevity in the United States Natalia S. Gavrilova, University of Chicago ; Leonid A. Gavrilov, University of Chicago
Neuroendocrine Biomarkers, Social Relations, and the Costs of Cumulative Stress in Taiwan Omer Gersten, University of California, Berkeley
Disentangling Selection and Causality in Assessing the Effects of Health Inputs on Child Survival: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys in 14 African Countries Gebrenegus Ghilagaber, Stockholm University
The Health Status of the Elderly and Their Labor Force Participation in Selected States of India: A Multivariate Analysis Soumitra Ghosh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
Gender Difference in Improvement of Health Status among the Chinese Elderly Danan Gu, Duke University ; Yi Zeng, Duke University
Child Care Centers and the Infant/Toddler Feeding Environment Jean Hamilton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Heather Wasser, Durham County Health Department, North Carolina ; Margaret Bentley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Life Course Determinants of Cognitive Performance among Older Women and Men in Ismailia, Egypt Kathryn M. Yount, Emory University ; Zeinab Khadr, American University in Cairo
Hispanic Hospitalization and Mortality: Evidence from New Jersey Katherine Hempstead, Rutgers University
Joint Retirement Expectations of Dual-Worker Couples Jeong Hwa Ho, University of Wisconsin at Madison ; James Raymo, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Association between Perceived High Risk Behavior and the Use of Condom as a Protective Measure for HIV/AIDS Prevention among Ugandan Women and Men Mian B. Hossain, Morgan State University
A Life Course Perspective on Early Life Conditions and Mortality in Very Late Life Stage Cheng Huang, University of Pennsylvania
Autoimmune Diseases and Cancer Co-morbidity in the U.S. Elderly, 1979 to 2001 Hai Huang, Duke University ; Kenneth G. Manton, Duke University ; Gene R Lowrimore, Duke University ; Linyan Hu, Duke University ; Kenneth C. Land, Duke University
Chinese Oldest Old with Dementia: Study on the Causes of Dementia from a Sociodemographic Point of View Ying Ji, Peking University ; Lei Zhang, Peking University
Depression and Learned Helplessness among Refugee Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: Prevalence and Context Johannes John-Langba, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
Social Security and Living Arrangements of the Elderly in the Developing Countries Yumiko Kamiya, University of California, Berkeley
Unusual Social Experiences during Sojourn in the Third Countries and the Health of North Korean Defectors Dongsik Kim, Seoul National University ; Youngtae Cho, Seoul National University ; Okryun Moon, Seoul National University
The Long-Term Health Consequences of Growing Up with Smokers and Problem Drinkers Daphne Kuo, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Mortality Decomposition of South Korea and Japan: Sex Differentials in Causes of Death Ju-Hong Lee, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Effects of Local Air Quality Reported Using the Air Quality Index and Spatial Clustering Effects on Lung Cancer Mortality Rates of North Carolina Counties in the Year 2000 Kuo-Ping Li, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Chirayath Suchindran, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The 1958-61 Famine Effects on Middle-Aged Adult Mortality in China: Debilitation versus Selection Yong Li, Johns Hopkins University
Historical Trends in Health Differentials by Marital Status in the United States: 1982-2002 Hui Liu, University of Texas at Austin
How Tempo Distortions Affect the Analysis of Changing Mortality: The Case of Mortality Trends in West and East Germany Marc Luy, University of Rostock
The Effects of Socioeconomic Status, Race, and Immigration on Inflammatory Levels in the United States: An Analysis Using Quantile Regressions Neil Mehta, University of Pennsylvania
Career Outcome and Longevity in Several Cohorts of US Navy and US Army Officers: Directions of Causality Ulrich Mueller, University of Marburg ; Tobias Biegel, University of Marburg ; Kerstin Walter, University of Marburg ; Roberto Lorbeer, University of Marburg
Health Service Use among Women: Differences by Nativity and Ethnicity Hillary J Patuwo, Rice University
Household Food Security and HIV/AIDS in a Rural District of Malawi during a Famine Valerie A. Paz Soldan, Tulane University ; Aimee Benson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Janine Barden-Ofallon, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Joseph deGraft-Johnson, Save the Children ; Thomas Bisika, University of Malawi
Aging and the Sense of Control Leah Rohlfsen, Arizona State University
Measures of Overweight and Obesity for Elderly Taiwanese Men and Women: Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference as Predictors of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Zhihong Sa, University of Maryland
The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Voting Participation and Political Affiliation in Six Sub-Saharan African Countries Audrey Sacks, University of Washington
The Impact of Maternal Characteristics on Immunization Status of U.S. Children Sam S Kim, Arizona State University ; Jemima A. Frimpong, University of Pennsylvania ; Patrick A Rivers, Southern Illinois University ; Jennie J Kronenfeld, Arizona State University
Socioeconomic Status, Health, and Mortality among Older Adults in Mexico Kimberly V Smith, Princeton University
Viability of Capillary Blood Collection for Use in Population-Based Health Research James J Snodgrass, University of Oregon
"Missing" Persons in East Timor during the Indonesian Occupation, 1975 - 1999 Sarah E. Staveteig, University of California, Berkeley
How Does Voluntary and Involuntary Retirement Affect Psychological Well-Being and Health Status Later in Life? Sarah E. Tom, University of California, Berkeley ; Bernardo L. Queiroz, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Yeah, But Do You Have Insurance? – A Binational Comparison of Healthcare Access for Older Mexicans; United States versus Mexico Jennifer J. Tovar, University of Texas at Austin
Education and Subjective Health in the Changing Society of Taiwan Wei-Pang Wang, University of Texas at Austin
Trends in SES Differentials in Child Mortality across the 20th Century John R. Warren, University of Minnesota ; Elaine Hernandez, University of Minnesota
HIV-AIDS and Nutritional/Health Status of Children in Kenya: The Case of Orphans in Nyanza Province Samson Wasao, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ; Laura Kiige, University of Nairobi