Poster Session 6:
Applied Demography, Methods, Migration, Labor and Education, Gender, and Race and Ethnicity
Health Based Population Forecasting: Analysis of the Effects of Smoking, Obesity, and Alcohol Consumption Igor Akushevich, Duke University ; Julia Kravchenko, Duke University
Spatial Patterns of Boston's Ethnic Populations, 2000 James P. Allen, California State University, Northridge ; Eugene Turner, California State University, Northridge
The 2000 Census Data on Disability: Policy Implications for Rhode Island Roger Avery, Brown University ; Dennis Hogan, Brown University
Managing the Balancing Act: Administrative Records and the U.S. Census Bureau Lisa M. Blumerman, U.S. Census Bureau ; Ronald C. Prevost, U.S. Census Bureau ; Carrie R. Simon, U.S. Census Bureau
Population and Employment Forecast for 2030 by Quarter Section in Chicago: Methodology Marie V. Bousfield, City of Chicago, Department of Planning and Development
Residential Segregation among Nicaraguan Immigrants in Costa Rica in 2000 Gilbert Brenes, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Barriers to Marital Assimilation: Hispanic Intermarriage in U.S. Cities J. Brian Brown, Ohio State University
Decomposition of Compositional Effects: Explicating Covariance in Demography Analysis Vladimir Canudas Romo, Pennsylvania State University ; James W. Vaupel, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Multiple-Race Identification and the Wages of Black Workers Philip N. Cohen, University of California, Irvine
Migration, Population Mixing, and Mortality: A Spatial Analysis Ronald E. Cossman, Mississippi State University ; Jeralynn S. Cossman, Mississippi State University ; Wesley James, Mississippi State University ; Carol Campbell, Mississippi State University
The Association between Family Income and Educational Attainment in Middle Childhood Sally C. Curtin, University of Maryland ; Sandra Hofferth, University of Maryland
Earnings Inequality and the Gender Wage Gap in U.S. Metropolitan Areas Zsuzsa Daczo, University of Maryland
Status of Women of Migrants Kalyanashish Das, CARE
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: Canada and the United States Set the Table for International Migration Data Cynthia J. Davis, U.S. Census Bureau ; Marie-France Germain, Statistics Canada ; Éric Caron-Malenfant, Statistics Canada
Not in My Back Yard -- but Where? Neighborhood Locations of Group Quarters Institutions Nancy A. Denton, University at Albany, State University of New York
The Search for Water in Urban Sahelian Area. Analysis of Original Transitions: Access and Loss of Running Water in Ouagadougou Stephanie Dos Santos Beauchamp, Université de Montréal
Educational Outcomes of Academically Promising Latino Students Anne K. Driscoll, University of California, Davis
How Linguistic Skills Mediate the Effects of Demographic Characteristics on Reading and Math Achievement in the Elementary Grades Rachel E. Durham, Pennsylvania State University ; George Farkas, Pennsylvania State University ; Carol Scheffner Hammer, Pennsylvania State University
Reconsidering the Spatial Assimilation Model for Mexican Americans: What Is the Effect of Regional Patterns of Cohort Succession? Karl Eschbach, University of Texas Medical Branch ; Kushang V. Patel, University of Texas Medical Branch
Mixed Logistic Regressions with Covariate Density Defined Components: Applications to Birth Outcomes Timothy B. Gage, University at Albany, State University of New York ; Michael Bauer, University at Albany, State University of New York ; Fu Fang, University at Albany, State University of New York ; Howard Stratton, University at Albany, State University of New York
Was It Worth the Effort? Did Changing Election Methods Make a Difference? Demography, Race, and Ethnicity in the Political Arena Jeanne Gobalet, Lapkoff & Gobalet Demographic Research, Inc.
Indigenous Populations and Land Use in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon Clark L. Gray, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Jason Bremner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Flora Lu Holt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Role of Gender in Asian American-White Wage Differences Emily Greenman, University of Michigan
New Strategies in Estimating International Migration Betsy Guzman, U.S. Census Bureau ; Kevin Deardorff, U.S. Census Bureau ; Alexa Kennedy-Puthoff, U.S. Census Bureau
The Development of Culture within Latin American International Adoptees Kellie J. Hagewen, Duke University ; Rachel Hagewen, North Carolina State University
Causes of Low Educational Attainment and an Early Transition to Adulthood in Guatemala: Ethnicity, Gender, or Poverty? Kelly Hallman, Population Council
Family Cohesion and Ethnic Communities: Chinese, Italian, and Mexican Households, 1990 and 2000 Ann H. Kim, Brown University ; Calvin Goldscheider, Brown University
Refugee Resettlement and City Revitalization: Prospects for Change in Utica, New York Ellen Kraly, Colgate University
Contraceptive Switching Behavior: An Application of Multistate Life Tables Tzy-Mey (May) Kuo, Research Triangle Institute ; Helen P. Koo, Research Triangle Institute
Where Have All the Children Gone? Shelley Lapkoff, Lapkoff & Gobalet Demographic Research, Inc. ; Pipi R. Diamond, Lapkoff & Gobalet Demographic Research, Inc.
Age and Race Data on Death Certificates for Older Asian Americans Diane S. Lauderdale, University of Chicago ; Bert Kestenbaum, U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA)
Immigration and Unemployment in the United States: A Multilevel Analysis Jing Li, PRO-ED, Inc. ; Isao Takei, Texas A&M University
Sex Segregation in Fields of Doctorate Degrees in the United States, 1971-1998: A Methodological and Empirical Analysis Using Segregation Indices Describing Evenness Su Li, Northwestern University
The New Patterns of International Migration from China to the United States Zai Liang, University at Albany, State University of New York ; Guotu Zhuang, Xiamen University ; Wenzhen Ye, Xiamen University
Rethinking the Demography of Iraq: What Do We Think Today about What We Thought 12 Months Ago? Thomas M. McDevitt, U.S. Census Bureau
Clean Process Data Methodology -- Emerging Approaches in the Management and Preparation of Longitudinal Analysis Sets James W. McNally, University of Michigan
Census 2000 Profiles International Migrants in Massachusetts Janin Menendez, U.S. Census Bureau ; Joseph M. Costanzo, U.S. Census Bureau ; Luke J. Larsen, U.S. Census Bureau
The 2002 National Survey of Family Growth: A Survey of 12,500 Men and Women William Mosher, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC ; Joyce C. Abma, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC ; Gladys M. Martinez, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC ; Stephanie J. Willson, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC ; Anjani Chandra, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC
The Impact of Illegal Immigration and Border Enforcement on Crime Rates along the U.S.-Mexico Border Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas ; Roberto Coronado, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Women's Empowerment and Fertility Decision-Making in Africa: Does the Presence of Inlaws Make a Difference? Tom O. Owuor, Pennsylvania State University ; Bina Gubhaju, Pennsylvania State University
Population and Environment Relationships in Developing Countries: A Select Review of Approaches and Methods Mahendra Panda, Indian Council of Medical Research ; Kanhu Ch. Satapathy, Indian Statistical Institute
Empowering Women Saves Children's Lives: A Comparative Analysis Sangeeta Parashar, University of Maryland
The Effect of Climate on Migration: United States, 1995-2000 Dudley Poston, Texas A&M University ; David Gotcher, Abilene Christian University ; Yuan Gu, Texas A&M University
The New Economics of Return Labor Migration: A Test on the Determinants of Return for Latin Americans in the U.S. Fernando Riosmena, University of Pennsylvania
Migrants Who Participate in the Labor Force in Puerto Rico: Its Demographic Characteristics and Segmented Participation in the Economy Jenilda Rivera, University of Puerto Rico
The International Database on Longevity (IDL) Jean-Marie Robine, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) ; Cournil Amandine, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer
Estimates of the Legal Permanent Resident Population and Population Eligible to Naturalize: 2002 Nancy Rytina, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Do Affirmative Action Policies Increase Educational Attainment? Examining the Effects of Caste Based Policies in India Ankur Sarin, University of Chicago
Households and Families in Six Race/Ethnic Groups: Issues for Surveys Identified in Qualitative Studies Laurie Schwede, U.S. Census Bureau
Using Qualitative Methods for Ex Post Analysis of Local Population Projections Joachim Singelmann, Louisiana State University ; Michael Irwin, Duquesne University ; Jack Beggs, Louisiana State University
Child Disability and Mothers' Labor Force Participation: A Study Using Matched 1993 NHIS and 1995 NSFG Data Carrie E. Spearin, Brown University ; Maryhelen D'Ottavi, Brown University ; Jennifer M. Park, Harvard University
Effects of Multiracial Identification on Students' Perception of Racism Zongli Tang, Auburn University ; Ann Marcus, Auburn University ; Larry Mullins, Auburn University ; Kimberly Brackett, Auburn University
The Influence of Local Hispanic Population Share on White Anglos' Stereotypes of Hispanics, Views on Immigration, and Related Policy Opinions Marylee C. Taylor, Pennsylvania State University ; Jenna L. Aurand, Pennsylvania State University
Population Density and Fertility Maria Rita Testa, Austrian Academy of Sciences
U.S. Commuting Zones for 2000 Charles Tolbert, Baylor University ; Troy Blanchard, Mississippi State University ; Alex Trouteaud, Baylor University
The Effect of Foreign Investment on Income Inequality and Median Earnings in Mexico Andres Villarreal, University of Texas at Austin
A Non-Parametric Application for Exploratory Multivariate Data Analysis Using Infant Mortality Rates Ann Von Holle, University of Pennsylvania ; Chirayath Suchindran, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Biofuel Use and Fuelwood Collection Times in South Africa Stephanie T. Waldhoff, University of Chicago
Net Migration in Nonmetropolitan Counties in 1990-2000: Test of Explanations Xiaodong Wang, Texas A&M University ; Xiuhong You, Texas A&M University
Temporal and Spatial Variation in Population Change within the U.S. Great Plains, 1900-2000 Katherine J. White, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Racial/Ethnic Segregation and Immigrants Jipan Xie, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill