Managing the HIV/AIDS Risk of Sub-Saharan African Couples: the roles of polygamy and co-residence • Annabel Desgrees du Lou, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) ; Joseph Larmarange, Université de Paris V, Sorbonne ; Hermann Brou, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

Gender specific trends in socio-economic differentials in all-cause mortality in Austria between 1981/82 and 1991/92 • Gabriele Doblhammer, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Roland Rau, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Josef Kytir, Statistik Austria

Consequences of severe obstetric complications in Burkina Faso • Veronique Filippi, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ; Issiaka Sombie, IMMPACT ; Katerini Storeng, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ; Melanie Akoum, Centre Muraz ; Rasmane Ganada, Centre Muraz ; Fatou Ouattara, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) ; Thomas Ouedraogo, Centre Muraz ; Tom Marshall, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ; Nicolas Meda, Centre Muraz

Social differentials of mortality: what inequalities exist between men and women? • Christian Monteil, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE) ; Isabelle Robert-Bobée, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE) ; Aline Desesquelles, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

A continuing pattern of decline of the sex differential in life expectancy in Canada: Early 1970s - Late 1990s • Frank Trovato, University of Alberta ; N M Lalu