Does Information Matter for Women Decisions? Experimental Evidence from Childcare • Vincenzo Galasso, Universita’ della Svizzera Italiana ; Paola Profeta, Università Bocconi ; Chiara Pronzato, Università degli Studi di Torino

Côte d’Ivoire: Towards Education for All in 2015? Analysis of Indicators for the Monitoring of Ivorian Education System Progress • Kouassi De Syg Seke, Institut de Formation et de Recherche Démographiques (IFORD)

“What Is a Child Like You Doing with Condoms”? Barriers to Condom Use among Adolescents in Two Rural Districts of Ghana • Edward Adiibokah, Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC) ; Samuel Afari-Asiedu, Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC)

Adolescent Pregnancy and Education Trajectories in Malawi • Satvika Chalasani, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) ; Christine A. Kelly, Population Council ; Barbara S. Mensch, Population Council ; Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Population Council

Mothering as Migrants: Experiences from the Informal Settlements of Nairobi, Kenya • Cassandra Cotton, McGill University ; Donatien Beguy, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

The Impact of a National Poverty Program on the Sex Partner Characteristics of Adolescents in Kenya • Molly S. Rosenberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Audrey Pettifor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Gender-Based Violence against Adolescent and Young Adult Women in Low and Middle Income Countries • Michele Decker, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ; Robert Blum, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The Trend of Nutritional Status for Female Youth in Low Income and Middle Income Countries from 1999 to 2009 • Huan He, Johns Hopkins University

Obesity and Nonrelationship Sex: Are Obese Young Adults Hooking Up? • Holly R. Fee, Bowling Green State University

Knowledge and Perception about Family Life Education and Reproductive Health Issues among Unmarried Adolescent Women of Rural India: Evidences from DLHS 3 • Rajiva Prasad, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Understanding Alcoholism in Young Adults Using Durkheim's Theory of Suicide • Wesley L. James, University of Memphis ; Anna S. Mueller, University of Memphis ; Seth Abrutyn, University of Memphis

Examining the Limits of Social Contagion: Suicide Suggestion in Early Adulthood • Anna S. Mueller, University of Memphis ; Seth Abrutyn, University of Memphis ; Cynthia Stockton, University of Memphis

Teen Parenthood and Adult Civic Engagement: New Evidence from the NLSY97 • Joseph J. Sabia, San Diego State University ; Reggie Covinald, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Sex, Socioeconomic and Regional Disparities in BMI Trajectories across Childhood and Their Implications on Underweight and Overweight in Reform-Era China • Linda K. George, Duke University

Determinants of HIV/AIDS Awareness among Garment Workers in Dhaka City, Bangladesh • Nazrul Mondal, Rajshahi University ; Nazrul Hoque, University of Texas at San Antonio ; Rafiqul Islam, Rajshahi University

Influence of Spousal Age Difference on Fertility: A Study on Married Adolescent Girls in Bangladesh • Mohammad Amirul Islam, Bangladesh Agricultural University

Examining the Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantage: The Effect of Parental Incarceration among Young Adults in the U.S. • Jerrett Jones, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Michael Massoglia, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Ellen Dinsmore, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Black Men’s Imprisonment and Black Women’s Non-Martial Fertility Rate: A County-Level Analysis • Yujin Kim, University of Texas at Austin

Do Concealed Gun Permits Deter Crime? New Results from a Dynamic Model • Marjorie McElroy, Duke University ; Peichun Wang, University of Pennsylvania

Is Religious Affiliation Influencing Prevention and Treatment of Malaria among Children in Uganda? • Patricia Ndugga, Makerere University

Food Insecurity during Childhood: Understanding Persistence and Change Using Linked Current Population Survey Data • Sheela Kennedy, University of Minnesota ; Catherine A. Fitch, University of Minnesota ; Julia A. Rivera Drew, University of Minnesota

Variations in the Experience of Job Displacement for Single Mothers and the Effects on Their Children’s Educational Outcomes • Juli Simon Thomas, University of California, Los Angeles

Migration, Remittances and the Well-Being of Left-behind Children: A National-Level Quantitative Assessment of Guatemala • Jason Davis, Carolina Population Center

Children’s Personality and Coping with Residential Instability after Divorce: Evidence for an Asymmetric Matthew Effect • An Katrien Sodermans, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ; Sofie Vanassche, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Family Structure Transition and Early Childhood Development: Evidence from a Population-Based Birth Cohort Study in Taiwan • Jennifer Chun-Li Wu, National Taipei University of Education ; Tung-Liang Chiang, National Taiwan University

Family, Gender and Secondary Schooling in Latin America • Laurie DeRose, University of Maryland ; Marcos Agurto, Universidad de Piura ; Paul Corcuera Garcia, Universidad de Piura ; Marga Gonzalvo, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya ; Gloria Huarcaya, Universidad de Piura ; Jesús Palacios, Universidad de Piura ; Andres Salazar, Universidad de La Sabana

Ghanaian Youth Attitudes towards HIV/AIDS: The Role of HIV/AIDS Behaviour Change Communication Messages • Kamil Fuseini, University of Ghana ; Emmanuel O. Tawiah, University of Ghana

Programs to Support Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Uganda • Souleymane Barry, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. ; Bryan Sayer, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. ; Barbara Amuron, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. ; Vincent Owaro, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. ; Sarah Kyokusingura, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. ; M. J. Mugerwa, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.

Family Life Education and Safer Sex: Perception and Attitude among Indian Adolescents • Ravisankar Kulasekaran, Annamalai University

Mothers’ Perceived HIV Status and Children’s Schooling in Rural Mozambique: The Role of Self-Rated Health • Luciana Luz, Arizona State University

Communicating with Siblings about Sexual and Reproductive Health: Likelihood, Gendered Patterns and Learning Mechanisms among Adolescents • Dela Kusi-Appouh, Population Council

Trends in HIV Prevalence, Incidence and Demographic, Behavioral, and Biological Risk Factors among Youth in Rakai, Uganda, 1999-2011 • Zoe R. Edelstein, Columbia University ; Ying Wei, Columbia University ; Sanyukta Mathur, Columbia University ; Fred Nalugoda, Rakai Health Sciences Program ; Tom Lutalo, Rakai Project ; Ronald H. Gray, Johns Hopkins University ; Maria Wawer, Johns Hopkins University ; David Serwadda, Makerere University

Youth Mortality Due to HIV/AIDS in South Africa, 2006- 2009: an Analysis of the Levels of Mortality Using Life Table Techniques • Nicole De Wet, University of the Witwatersrand ; Somefun Oluwaseyi, University of the Witwatersrand

Levels and Causes of Adolescent Mortality in South Africa • Clifford O. Odimegwu, University of the Witwatersrand

Long-Term Impact of Malnutrition on Education Outcomes for Children in Rural Tanzania • Lucia Luzi, Boston University

Explaining Change in Child Overweight in Less Developed Countries: A Decomposition Analysis • Kelly Balistreri, Bowling Green State University

What Makes Inequalities in Nutritional Status of Children: An Analysis from NFHS-3 Data in EAG Sates of India • Ritesh Ranjan Pushkar, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Maternal Characteristics and Child Nutritional Status in Liberia • Maame Peterson, University of Ghana

Stressful Life Events and Longitudinal Patterns of Obesity from Adolescence to Young Adulthood • Bethany K. Wexler Rainisch, California State University, Northridge ; Dawn Upchurch, University of California, Los Angeles

Obesogenic and Youth Oriented Restaurant Marketing in Public Housing Neighborhoods • Rebecca Lee, University of Houston ; Katie Heinrich, Kansas State University ; Jacqueline Reese-Smith, University of Texas ; Gail Regan, Castleton State College

Recent Child and Adolescent Obesity Patterns in NYC: A Quantile/Binary Regression Analysis • Stuart H. Sweeney, University of California, Santa Barbara ; Kevin J. Konty, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Caregivers’ Nutritional Knowledge, Income and Children’s Intake across Three Ecological Zones in Ghana. The ENAM Study • Aaron K. Christian, University of Ghana and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Esi Colecraft, University of Ghana ; Grace Marquis, McGill University ; Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson, University of Ghana ; Anna Lartey, University of Ghana ; Lorna Michael Butler, Iowa State University

Is Mother's Labor Market Participation Related to Childhood Weight Changes in the United States?: Evidence from Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Cohorts (ECLS-K) • Haeil Jung, Indiana University, Bloomington ; Chaeyoung Chang, Indiana University, Bloomington

How Are Improvements in Child Health Distributed? Examining Socio-Economic and Ethno-Linguistic Shifts in Kazakhstan, 1995-2006 • Cynthia Buckley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Courtney Cuthbertson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Public Policy and Food Insecurity among Children • Neeraj Kaushal, Columbia University ; Vanessa Wight, Columbia University

Constructing and Benchmarking the Supplemental Poverty Measure in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics • Sara Kimberlin, University of California, Berkeley

Obstacles to Births Registration in Urban African Evidence from the Ouagadougou Health and Demographic Surveillance System • Abdramane Soura, Université de Ouagadougou

Different Worlds of Welfare in a Heterogeneous Country: The Brazilian Case • Helena Cruz Castanheira, University of Pennsylvania ; Eduardo L. G. Rios-Neto, Cedeplar, UFMG

High School Employment, Dropping Out and Early Fertility among Young Men • Nicole Constance, Pennsylvania State University

Urban Integration in the City of Kinshasa. A Biographic Analysis of Impact of Employment and Union Formation on Access to First Independent Housing • Pongi Nyuba, Université Catholique de Louvain

Wealth Inequalities across Generations • Agnese Vitali, Università Bocconi ; Frank Furstenberg, University of Pennsylvania

The Adult Trajectories in Mexico • Guadalupe Fabiola Perez Baleon, El Colegio de México

On Our Road to Success - the Street Is only a Stepping Stone: Street Vendors’ Account of Goals, Strategies and Obstacles • Nana Yaa G. Boakye, University of Ghana

The Role of Parental Social Class in the Transition to Adulthood: A Sequence Analysis Approach in Italy and the United States • Maria Sironi, University of Pennsylvania ; Nicola Barban, University of Groningen ; Roberto Impicciatore, Università degli Studi di Milano

Parental Coresidence among Young Adult Women: A Comparison across Races and Generations • Melanie A. Zilora, Carnegie Mellon University

Residential Variation in Poverty during the Transition to Adulthood in the United States: An Analysis of Panel Data • Paul Berry, Cornell University

Parental Age and Cognitive Disability among Children in the United States • Philip N. Cohen, University of Maryland

Birth Order and Mortality Risk: All-Cause and Cause-Specific Trends • Kieron Barclay, Stockholm University ; Martin Kolk, Stockholm University

Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness: Perception, Practices and Its Linkages with Maternal Health. A Study in Most Populous State (Uttar Pradesh) of India • Prahlad Kumar, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Sex Differences in U5MR: Estimation and Identification of Countries with Outlying Levels or Trends • Leontine Alkema, National University of Singapore ; Cheryl C. Sawyer, United Nations

India’s Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on Infant and Maternal Mortality • Hanimi Reddy Modugu, IntraHealth International, Inc. ; Manas Pradhan, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) ; Rohini Ghosh, Independent Consultant

Socioeconomic Inequalities in Child Mortality in Three Rural Tanzanian Districts • Malick Kante, Columbia University ; Honorati Masanja, Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre ; Mrema Sigilbert, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) ; Amri Shamte, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) ; Rose Nathan, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI)

Evaluating Stability and Fluidity of Multiracial Responses in the 2000 and 2010 Census • Sonya Rastogi, U.S. Census Bureau ; James Noon, U.S. Census Bureau ; Ellen Zapata, U.S. Census Bureau ; Nicholas A. Jones, U.S. Census Bureau

Parental Migration across the Life Course and Children's Schooling in Nepal • Scott T. Yabiku, Arizona State University

Collateral Damage: The German Food Crisis, Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes of German Post-War Cohorts • Hendrik Juerges, Universität Wuppertal

Gender Inequality, Intrahousehold Allocation and Educational Outcomes in Rural China: Evidence from Sibling Data • Li-Chung Hu, University of Pennsylvania

Con Ganas y Más: A Cross-Cohort Analysis of Factors Contributing to the Increase in Undergraduate Enrollment of Latinas • Clarissa Ozuna, University of Texas at San Antonio

Variation by Course Subject in the Association between Obesity and Grade Point Average • Amelia R. Branigan, Northwestern University

Measuring Progress toward Universal Primary Education: An Examination of Indicators • Ray Langsten, American University in Cairo

Gender, Tutoring and Track in Egyptian Education • Eman Shady, American University in Cairo

Irrelevance of High School Performance for Reversal of the College Gender Gap • Elwood Carlson, Florida State University ; Amanda Poling, Florida State University

Do Co-Residing Grandparents Alleviate the Negative Effect of Sibship Size on Educational Achievement? • Martin Kreidl, Masaryk University ; Barbora Hubatková, Masaryk University

The Returns to College Education: A Reassessment of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects • Stefanie Lightner, University of Minnesota ; Andrew Halpern-Manners, University of Minnesota

Social Stratification in China’s Higher Education Expansion: Findings from a College Student Panel Survey in Beijing • Xiaogang Wu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Family Structure and Education Attainment of Children in the Slums of Nairobi • Benta A. Abuya, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) ; Maurice Mutisya, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) ; Moses Ngware, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) ; Moses Oketch, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

Is Attendance All That Matters? The Relationship between High School Grades and Later-Life Health Outcomes • Lauren H. Nicholas, University of Michigan ; Gunnar Malmberg, Umeå University

The Role of Migration on the Educational Expectations of First-Generation Latino Adolescents • Lisa Spees, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Krista Perreira, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Effects of Declining Public Support on Student Outcomes in Community Colleges • Hans Johnson, Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) ; Belinda Reyes, San Francisco State University

The Effects of Having a Disabled Sibling during Childhood on Young Adults’ Educational Attainment • Anna Penner, University of California, Riverside

The Effect of Teacher Qualifications on Student Achievement Gains: Evidence from the FUNDESCOLA Schools in Brazil, 1999-2003 • Raquel Guimaraes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

The Effect of Teacher Content Knowledge on Student Achievement: A Quantitative Case Analysis of Six Brazilian States • Raquel Guimaraes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) ; Asha Sitaram, Stanford University ; Lucia Jardon, Universität Zürich ; Shimpei Taguchi, Stanford University ; Lenora Robinson, Harlem Village Academies

The Pill and Men's Disappearance from the Teaching Sector • Herdis Steingrimsdottir, Copenhagen Business School

Do Expectations Make the Difference?: A Look at the Effect of Educational Expectations and Academic Performance on Enrollment in Post-Secondary Education • Littisha A. Bates, University of Cincinnati ; Paul Anderson, University of Cincinnati

Has the Housing Boom Decreased School Enrolments in Spain? • Mariña Fernandez Salgado, University of Essex

The Net Undercount of Young Children in the Census: 1950-2010 • William O'Hare, Independent Consultant

Neonatal Mortality in South Asia - Trends, Differentials and Determinants • Manish Singh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Sulabha Parsuraman, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Heterogeneity in the Effect of Food Insecurity on Grade Repetition • Erik Schmidt, Cornell University