Mortality Differences in the U.S. Oldest-Old Population by Nativity • Kirill F. Andreev, Queen's University

Linear Body Proportions: An Alternative Measure of Human Health and Development • Solveig Argeseanu, University of Pennsylvania ; Jan Van den Broeck, Africa Center for Health and Population Studies ; Banyana C. Madi, University of Southampton

Self-Reported Health among Foreign-Born Elderly: Predictive Factors and Objective Comparisons • Ann D. Bagchi, Rutgers University

Life Course Determinants of Poor Psycho-Social Health in Adulthood: Young Motherhood as a Mediating Pathway • Ann Berrington, University of Southampton ; Riccardo Borgoni, University of Southampton ; Roger Ingham, University of Southampton ; Peter W.F. Smith, University of Southampton ; Jim E. Stevenson, University of Southampton

The Impact of Changing Family Structure on the Needs for Home Care Services in an Aging Society: The Canadian Case • Yves Carriere, Statistics Canada ; Jacques Legare, Université de Montréal ; Janice Keefe, Mount Saint Vincent University ; Laurent Martel, Statistics Canada ; Geoff Rowe, Statistics Canada ; Xiaofen Lin, Statistics Canada

Gender Differences in Health Status among Older Singaporeans • Angelique Chan, National University of Singapore ; Santosh Jatrana, Asian MetaCentre for Population and Sustainable Development Analysis

Maximum Normal Longevity in Low Mortality Countries • Siu Lan Karen Cheung, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" ; Jean-Marie Robine, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)

Grandparenting: Still a Family Exchange for Older People? • Lynda Clarke, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Why Do Late Parents Live Longer? • Gabriele Doblhammer, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Gender Differences in Older People with Regard to Suicide Risks after Somatic Hospitalization • Annette Erlangsen, Syddansk Universitet

Intergenerational Assistance in Middle- and Old-Age in Mexico: Life Cycle Stages in a Developing Economy • Monica Espinoza, University of Pennsylvania ; Rebeca Wong, University of Maryland

The Biodemographic Models of Reproductive Aging (BIMORA) Project: Methods and Steroid Hormone and Menstrual Cycle Findings in a Five Year Prospective of the Transition to Menopause • Rebecca J. Ferrell, Georgetown University ; Kathleen A. O'Connor, University of Washington ; Darryl J. Holman, University of Washington ; Eleanor Brindle, University of Washington ; Rebecca C. Miller, University of Washington ; Deborah E. Schechter, University of Washington ; Tristan Gorrindo, Georgetown University ; Lauren Korshalla, Georgetown University ; James Simon, Women's Health Research Center and George Washington University ; Ann Voda, University of Utah ; James W. Wood, Pennsylvania State University ; Phyllis Kernoff Mansfield, Pennsylvania State University ; Maxine Weinstein, Georgetown University

Exchanges between the Elderly, Children, and Siblings in Bangladesh • Sharon J. Ghuman, University of Michigan ; Mary Beth Ofstedal, University of Michigan

The Effects of Fertility Decline on Family Structure and Support for Older Persons in Latin America and Asia • Karen F. Glaser, King's College London ; Elizabeth Costenbader, Johns Hopkins University ; Antonio Camargo, Fundação Sistema Estadual de Análise de Dados (SEADE) ; Belkis Trench, Universidade de São Paulo

The Baby Boomers in Puerto Rico: The Effect of Their Sociodemographic Characteristics on the Aging Population • Manuel Güivas, University of Puerto Rico

Disabilities and Health Expectancy in Mexico • Roberto Ham-Chande, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

Profile of the 65+ Population in the United States • Wan He, U.S. Census Bureau

The Anticipated Ideas about Retirement Life and Retirement Timing • Jeong Hwa Ho, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Health of Older Adults in Singapore: Is Nativity an Important Determinant? • Santosh Jatrana, Asian MetaCentre for Population and Sustainable Development Analysis ; Angelique Chan, National University of Singapore

Social Security and Living Arrangements of the Elderly in Developing Countries • Yumiko Kamiya, University of California, Berkeley

Timing of Retirement and Transition of Paid Employment in Relation to Family Obligations • Paula M. Kazi, Michigan State University

The Impact of 1996 Welfare Reform on Immigration of Older Persons • Jibum Kim, University of Chicago and NORC

Longitudinal Survival Data and Problems of Nonlinear Dynamics • Aliaksandr Kulminski, Duke University

Old-Age Pensions and Joint Retirement Decisions in South Africa • David Lam, University of Michigan ; Murray Leibbrandt, University of Cape Town ; Vimal Ranchhod, University of Michigan

Modeling the Effect of Nutritional Support Programs on Health Outcomes • Vicki L. Lamb, Duke University

Use of Computers and the Internet among Older Adults in the United States and the P. R. of China: A Cross-Cultural Study • Bob Du Lee, Pennsylvania State University ; Geoffrey Godbey, Pennsylvania State University ; Yaoyin Zhu, Ministry of Civil Affairs, People's Republic of China

Uncertainty, Health, Wealth, and Wealth Transfers • Jinkook Lee, Ohio State University

Who Should Be Responsible for the Latter-Life Security of Mid-Aged Koreans? • Sang Lim Lee, Utah State University ; Doo-Sub Kim, Hanyang University

Veteran Status and Transitions in Functional Conditions in Older Americans • Xian Liu, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) ; Charles Engel, Jr., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) ; Han Kang, Department of Veterans Affairs

Longitudinal Impacts of Preexisting Conditions on Future Health Outcomes among Aged Minority Populations in the United States • Beverly P. Lyons, Long Island University

Impact of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Middle Age on Later Ages of Life -- a Life Course Approach • Abdullah Al Mamun, University of Groningen ; Anna Peeters, Erasmus University ; Frans Willekens, University of Groningen ; Luc Bonneux, Erasmus University

Ageing and Human Development: A Case Study of Rural India • Nihar R. Mishra, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Sanjay Kumar Mohanty, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Factors Associated with Death among Elderly People in Matlab, Bangladesh • Golam Mostafa, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research ; Abdur Razzaque, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research

Tallness Comes with Higher Mortality in Two Cohorts of U.S. Army Officers, Which May Be Only Partly Cancer Related • Ulrich Mueller, Philipps-Universität Marburg ; Allan Mazur, Syracuse University

Comparison of the Factors to Affect Pension Costs among the High-Income Countries • Hideaki Nakamura, University of California, Berkeley

Who Will Want to Stay in a Home for the Elderly: Financial Strain, Kin Availability, and Attitudes toward Staying in Homes for the Elderly among Older Adults in the Philippines • Josefina Natividad, University of the Philippines

Living Arrangements of Lebanese Unmarried Elderly Women • Maya I. Obeid, American University of Beirut ; Marwan Khawaja, American University of Beirut

Adult and Elderly Mortality in Brazil: Keys and Transitions • Neir A. Paes, Federal University of Paraiba

Older Workers Managing a Disability: An Examination of Gender Differences • Amy Pienta, University of Michigan ; Tyson H. Brown, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Health Changes of the Elderly in China from 1987, 1992 to 2000, by Gender and Age • Xiaochun Qiao, Renmin University of China

Presence of Elderly in Urban Indian Families: Conflict and Resolution of Family Members • Sunanda Rabindranathan, Centre for Women's Development Studies

Health Transitions among Elderly Japanese: Do Patterns Differ by Gender and SES? • Yasuhiko Saito, Nihon University

Aging and Mortality among Elderly Costa Ricans • Carolina Santamaria, Universidad de Costa Rica ; Luis Rosero-Bixby, Universidad de Costa Rica

Assessing the Effects of Marital Disruption on Disability and Mortality • Barbara Schone, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS ; Liliana E. Pezzin, Medical College of Wisconsin

Health Profile of the 65+ Population in the United States • Manisha Sengupta, U.S. Census Bureau

Healthy Life Expectancy among Mexican and Mexican Americans: A Cross National Comparison • Ching-Yi A. Shieh, University of Maryland

Validating the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) for Use among Older Adults in Nepal • Sujan Shrestha, University of Florida

Intergenerational Transfers in Rural Chinese Families: A Corporate Model of Exchange across Three Generations • Merril Silverstein, University of Southern California ; Shuzhuo Li, Xi'an Jiaotong University ; Wenjuan Zhang, Xi'an Jiaotong University

Informal and Formal Longterm Care of Frail Older Adults in Cairo, Egypt • Michele A. Sinunu, Emory University ; Nadia El-Afifi, Palestine Hospital

Educational Differences in the Rate of Cognitive Decline • Kristen Suthers, National Institute on Aging (NIA), NIH ; Eileen Crimmins, University of Southern California

Classes of Disability Trajectories in Later Life for Community-Dwelling and Institutionalized Older Adults • Miles G. Taylor, Duke University

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as Vestige of Early Aging and Neurodegeneration • Sergiy V. Volovyk, Duke University ; Kenneth G. Manton, Duke University

Health Behaviors and the Role of Job Conditions: Smoking Cessation and Work Transitions through Young Adulthood and Midlife • Margaret M. Weden, Johns Hopkins University

Health, Social Support, and Housing Transitions among Older Adults • Janet Wilmoth, Syracuse University

Do the Parents and Siblings of the Longevous Chinese Also Live Longer? Familial Factors on Mortality • Danzhen You, University of California, Berkeley

Altruistic Bequest Motives and Living Arrangements of Elderly Parents • Yiduo Zhang, Johns Hopkins University

Who Will Care for the Elderly in China? A Review of the Problems Caused by China's One Child Policy and Their Potential Solutions • Yuanting Zhang, Bowling Green State University ; Franklin Goza, Bowling Green State University

Trends and Transitions in Child-Coresidence among Older Adults Living in the Beijing Municipality • Zachary Zimmer, Population Council ; Xianghua Fang, Beijing Municipal Network for Health & Care of the Elderly ; Zhe Tang, Beijing Municipal Network for Health & Care of the Elderly ; Julia Kwong, University of Manitoba