Projections of the dependent elderly population by age, sex and household composition in Poland • Anita Abramowska, Institute of Statistics and Demography, Warsaw School of Economics

Mapping elderly migration in Brazil using data of 2000 census • João Francisco Abreu, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais ; Cláudio C. Machado, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

The male-female gap in HIV prevalence rates in Sub-Saharan Africa • Jacob A. Adetunji, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Rural-urban disparities in the health of children in Africa • Jacob A. Adetunji, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Explanatory factors of school acquisitions of the pupils: evidence from Burkina-Faso • Vissého Didier Adjiwanou, Université de Lomé

Disability in India: an overview • Praween Kumar Agrawal, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

The effect of migration on rural population ageing: the experience of Mexico • Alejandro Aguirre, El Colegio de México

The demographic window by religion and ethnicity in Indonesia • Aris Ananta, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ; Evi N. Arifin, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

HIV/STI testing in the 2004 Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project: what did we learn? • Philip A. Anglewicz, University of Pennsylvania ; Li-Wei Chao, University of Pennsylvania ; Agnes M. Chimbiri, University of Malawi ; David Chilongozi ; Irving Hoffman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Hans-Peter Kohler, University of Pennsylvania ; Francis Martinson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Georges Reniers, University of Pennsylvania ; Kirsten Smith, University of Pennsylvania

Distribution and determinants of abdominal obesity in an adult population in the district of Colombo, Sri Lanka • Carukshi Arambepola, University of Colombo ; Dulitha Fernando, University of Colombo

Elderly family care situation, daily activities, housing and physical well being in Nigeria • Abidemi R. Asiyanbola, Olabisi Onabanjo University

Political crises and child mortality in Rwanda • Lise Beck, Université de Paris V, Sorbonne

An epidemiological understanding of acute respiratory infection among Indian children • Shahina Begum, All India Institute of Medical Sciences ; Sada Nand Dwivedi, All India Institute of Medical Sciences ; Arvind Pandey, Institute for Research in Medical Statistics (ICMR)

Status of human health in India: emerging issues in the era of globalisation • Rudragouda Biradar, Karnatak University

Common plan for the monitoring of health status and its determinants: catalysts for the evolution of health monitoring • Josée Bourdages

Child mortality among children born to HIV-infected mothers in Thailand • Nelly Briand, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Sophie Le Coeur, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Marc Lallemant, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

Ageing and mobility in Quebec • Yves Bussière, INRS-UCS Univ. of Quebec ; Jean-Pierre Thouez, Université de Montréal

Trends in disability in France over the past two decades in light of the international context and theoretical explanations for disability patterns • Emmanuelle Cambois, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Jean-Marie Robine, INSERM ; Pierre Mormiche, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE)

Rate of decline of mortality over age 60 in south-eastern Brazil, 1980-2000 • Nelson Otávio Beltrão Campos Campos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR) ; Roberto Rodrigues, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

Intergenerational transfers among those aged 15 or over in Montezo, Côte d'Ivoire • Céline Vandermeersch, UNESCO

Land use pattern and hospitalisation for chronic conditions: a spatial study on modifiable health risks in San Francisco • Arpita Chattopadhyay, University of California, San Francisco ; XiaoHang Liu, San Francisco State University ; Sudip Chattopadhyay, San Francisco State University

Mortality in Quebec compared to that of developed countries • Robert Choinière, Institut national de santé publique du Québec

Active life expectancy and functional health transitions among Filipino older people • Grace T. Cruz, University of the Philippines ; Yasuhiko Saito, Nihon University ; Josefina Natividad, University of the Philippines

Survival strategies tested by urbanization among elderly farmers in Cameroon • Pascal Daha Bouyoum, Université de Yaoundé ; David Nkweti, Université de Yaoundé ; Adonis Touko, Forum Camerounais de Psychologie (FOCAP)

Association between physical activity, overweight and obesity in school children of a low socio-economic status in Toluca, Mexico • María Margarita Del Olmo, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia ; Maria Eugenia Peña, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia ; Javier Manzola, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia

Gender and child health in Egypt: DHS data from 1995 • Jamal El Makrini, Université Catholique de Louvain

Child well-being and survival in urban development context, the case of greater Khartoum • Yasir A. Elmbark, MENA Child Protection Initiative

Change in suicide rate attributable to individual’s treatment with antidepressants • Annette Erlangsen, Aarhus Universitet ; Vladimir Canudas-Romo, Pennsylvania State University

Mortality differentials in a favoured region: the case of the capital of Quebec • Marc Ferland, Direction de santé publique de la Capitale nationale ; Michel Pageau, Direction de santé publique de la Capitale nationale

Seasonal labour migration, irrigation and health in Niono, Mali • Sally E. Findley, Columbia University ; Seydou Doumbia, Malaria Research and Training Center

New dimensions for studying obesity • Yuri Frantsuz, University of Minnesota

Infant mortality by race in Brazil • Estela María García de Pinto da Cunha, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Stress and health in the Baltic countries, 1994-1999 • Catherine Gaumé, Université Catholique de Louvain

Burden of disease in Spain in 2000: health differentials between women and men • Ricard Genova, Instituto de Salud Publica, Comunidad de Madrid ; Elena Alvarez ; Consuelo Morant, Instituto de Salud Publica, Comunidad de Madrid

Neuroendocrine biomarkers, marital relations, and cumulative stress in Taiwan • Omer Gersten, University of California, Berkeley

Health status of the elderly and their labour force participation in the selected states of India • Soumitra Ghosh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Ageing and family in Mexico • Cristina Gomes, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales

Healthy life expectancy in Havana in 2000 • Madelin Gómez, Universidad de La Habana ; Esther María León Díaz, Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Cuba

Differentials and determinants of infant and child mortality in rural India • Sethuraman Gunasekaran, Gandhigram Rural Institute

Health trajectories over the life course: the consequences of childhood health and social background factors • Steven A. Haas, Harvard University

Is the HIV/AIDS epidemic accelerating or decelerating population ageing in South Africa? • Bärbel B. Haldenwang, Institute for Futures Research

The need for an overhaul of retirement pensions and intergenerational relations • Roberto Ham-Chande, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

The economics of the elderly in Mauritius, 2002-2022 • Esther Hanoomajee, Independent Consultant

State of health as indicative of well-being in the population aged 50 and over in Mexico and associated factors • Mirna Hebrero Martínez, El Colegio de México

Alternative models of Indonesian mortality • Mira M. Hidajat, Pennsylvania State University ; Mark D. Hayward, University of Texas ; Latrica E. Best, Pennsylvania State University

Gender and race differences in the impact of obesity on work and economic security in later life in the United States • Christine Himes, Syracuse University ; Madonna Harrington Meyer, Syracuse University

Crying mothers and their tale of woes: maternal complications in the north-eastern states of India • Ruchi Jain, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Kamla Gupta, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Determinants of maternal mortality: empirical evidence from India • Kuriath S. James, University of Kerala

The demographic consequences of gender discrimination: simulation based on public policies • Quanbao Jiang, Xi'an Jiaotong University ; Liu Huijun, Institute for Population and Development Studies of Xi’an Jiaotong University

Future challenges of population ageing and the health of older persons in South Africa • Jané Joubert, Medical Research Council of South Africa ; Debbie Bradshaw, Medical Research Council

Reducing regional health inequalities in France by resource allocation: which approach? • Alain Jourdain ; Martine Bellanger, ENSP

Probing the future of mandatory retirement in Canada • Don Kerr, University of Western Ontario ; Peter Ibbott, University of Western Ontario

The effect of recent migration on sexual partnership among women interviewed at sites known as meeting places in Burkina Faso • Maria Khan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Lisanne Brown, Tulane University ; Nicolas Nagot, Centre Muraz ; Sharon Weir, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Consanguinity and its effect on infant and child mortality in Egypt • Rita G. Khayat, University of Notre Dame

Urbanisation, environment, development, and urban policies in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam • Thanh Le Van, Institute for Economic Research

Exploratory analysis of socio-economic characteristics of elderly persons with functional limitations in seven cities of Latin America and the Caribbean • Esther María León Díaz, Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Cuba ; Madelín Gómez León

Mortality among the elderly in the European Union • Laura Lorenzo, Instituto de Economía y Geografía, CSIC

Socio-economic differences in suicide mortality by sex in Finland, 1971–2001 • Netta Mäki, University of Helsinki ; Pekka Martikainen, University of Helsinki

About disabled people and their quantification in Argentina. Past and present • Gladys Massé, INDEC. Argentina ; Cecilia Rodríguez Gauna, INDEC.Argentina

Therapeutic options and health strategies in Cameroon • Yves-Merlin Mbouyap Kamtcha

Intergenerational support and family composition of elderly households in Cuba • James W. McNally, University of Michigan ; Lindy Williams, Cornell University

Longevity in Siberia depends on place and month of birth • Vladimir N. Melnikov, Siberian Independent Institute

Socio-economic determinants of infant mortality: an analysis of two states in India • Ritu Kumar Mishra, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Income distribution among the elderly in Canada from 1980 to 2002 • Long Mo, Université de Montréal

New data on the shape of the mortality curve at advanced ages • Christian Monteil, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE) ; Martine Sylvestre

Social security and family in Mexico: formal and informal support systems for the elderly • Verónica Montes de Oca, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales (UNAM)

Mortality of elderly people: socio-economic differentials and causes of death in Matlab, Bangladesh • Golam Mostafa, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research

Age-structural transition in Iran and its short and long-term consequences, 2000-2050 • Nader Motie-Haghshenas, Ministry of Science, Iran ; Shirin Ahmad-Nia, Ministry of Science, Iran

Demographic shocks and sustainable development in Romania • Cornelia Muresan, Université Babes-Bolyai

Demographic aspects of morbidity in Romania • Petru Muresan

Are intergenerational relations in crisis in Japan? • Kusuto Naito, Université Catholique de Louvain

Differences in child mortality in rural South Africa • Nadine Nannan, Medical Research Council ; Debbie Bradshaw, Medical Research Council ; Kobus Herbst, Africa Center for Health and Population Studies

Did the civil war in Lebanon leave a mark on the country's mortality pattern? • Hala G. Naufal Rizkallah, Lebanese University ; Tania Faour, Lebanese University

The CLESA project: cross-national study of the determinants of quality of life and health services for the elderly • Marianna Noale, Università di Padova ; Nadia Minicuci, Università di Padova ; Carola Bardage, Karolinska Institutet ; Tzvia Blumstein, The Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Chaim Sheba Medical Center ; Dorly J. H. Deeg, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine ; Jacob Gindin ; Marja Jylha, University of Tampere ; Suvi Nikula, University of Tampere ; Angel Otero, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid ; Nancy L. Pedersen, Karolinska Institutet ; Saskia M.F. Pluijm, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ; Maria V. Zunzunegui, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid ; Stefania Maggi, Università di Padova

Traffic accident mortality in Brazil: a silent tragedy • Ana Maria Nogales Vasconcelos, Universidade de Brasília ; David Duarte Lima, Universidade de Brasília

The impact of decentralized district partnering on scaling up the community-based reform of the health sector in Ghana • Frank Nyonator, Ghana Health Service ; James F. Phillips, Population Council ; John K. Awoonor-Williams, Volta Regional Health Administration ; Adams Kasanga, The Population Council

Labour force ageing: its impact on the level and structure of employment in Australia and Japan • Ewa Orzechowska-Fischer, Australian National University

Parents’ awareness and perception of the polio eradication programme in Gombe local government area, Gombe State, Nigeria • Oyedunni S. Osowole, University of Ibadan ; Joseph A. Obute, UNICEF

Female genital mutilation: an epidemiological approach • Jean-Claude Oulai, Université de Bordeaux II

Mortality among the elderly in urban areas of Brazil: socio-economic consequences • Neir A. Paes, Federal University of Paraiba - Brazil

Intergenerational coresidence among elderly Pacific Islander Americans • Sela V. Panapasa, University of Michigan ; James W. McNally, University of Michigan

Exclusive breastfeeding and child survival in India: relationship revisited in view of the WHO recommendations • Arvind Pandey, Institute for Research in Medical Statistics (ICMR) ; B.N. Bhattacharya, Indian Statistical Institute ; Damodar Sahu, Institute for Research in Medical Statistics (ICMR) ; Ajay Pandey, Futures Group International (USAID-ITAP)

Inter-generational transfers in Uruguay: the role of older adults • Mariana Paredes, Universidad de la República, Uruguay

Mortality at older ages: patterns and trends in Portugal • Fantina Pedrosa, Universidade do Porto

Return to work after age 60 in Brazil: the weight of private intergenerational transfers • Clarice Peixoto, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Trends in the living conditions of older persons in Latin America, 1990-2000: a comparison of three countries • Enrique Peláez, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba and CONICET ; Dora Celton, CONICET and Universidad Nacional de Córdoba ; Bruno Ribotta, Centro de Estudios Avanzados - UNC

Demographic window, human capital accumulation and economic growth in China • Xiujian Peng, The University of Adelaide

The impact of population ageing on the social security system of Brazil • Fernanda Peyneau, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA) ; Sonoe Sugahara, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA) ; João Luiz Mendonça, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)

Changes in health status and mortality of the elderly population during the transition period in Poland • Jozef Pociecha

A revision of Chandra Sekar’s decomposition method and its application to sex differentials in mortality in India • Krishna Murthy Ponnapalli, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Atul R. Gandhi, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Individual and family level clustering of child mortality in Orissa • Jalandhar Pradhan, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Perianayagam Arokiasamy, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

From ageing process to ageing problem: will China confront the most serious ageing problems in the world? • Xiaochun Qiao, Peking University

The experiences of older workers • Robert Raeside, Napier University ; Kaberi Gayen, Napier University

Father’s out-migration and child health and mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh • Abdur Razzaque, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research ; Lutfun Nahar, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research ; Nizam Khan, University of Colorado at Boulder ; Randall Kuhn, University of Colorado at Boulder ; Shamali Shill, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research

The gender mortality differentials in China since the 1980s • Qiang Ren, Peking University ; Xiaoying Zheng, Mahidol University ; Guiying Cao, International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA)

Estimating AIDS mortality from burial surveillance data in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia • Georges Reniers, University of Pennsylvania ; Tekebash Araya, Addis Ababa University ; Eduard J. Sanders, Wellcome Trust

Health and work among persons over 60 in Latin America • Elisenda Rentería, CEDEPLAR-Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais ; Simone Wajnman, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Spatial dynamics of mortality in France • Stephane Rican, Espace Santé et Territoire ; Gérard Salem, Université de Paris X, Nanterre ; Eric Jougla, INSERM

Age structure, labour force and education in Costa Rica • Arodys Robles, Universidad de Costa Rica

Study of the impact of the public network providing care for addicts in the province of Buenos Aires • Carlota Rodríguez Etchebarne ; Verónica Brasesco

On the association between late parental age and the risk of stillbirth: evidence from northern Italy • Alessandro Rosina, Università Cattolica, Milan ; Giulia Rivellini, Università Cattolica, Milan

Geography of overweight and obesity in France • Gérard Salem, Université de Paris X, Nanterre ; Stephane Rican, Espace Santé et Territoire ; Marie-Laure Kürzinger, Espace Santé et Territoire

The effect of migration on population ageing in Brazil • Jomar A. Santana, ABEP

Do childcare arrangements when mothers work affect child health? • Anjula Saraff, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Population ageing in Arab countries: future prospects and socio-economic and health consequences • Prem C. Saxena, Independent Consultant

Health care behaviour of mothers and child mortality in Bangladesh • Abdul Hannan Shaikh

Differential impact of female education on people’s health: an experiment using Indian data • Mathada Sivamurthy, Applied Statistics Research Center, Bangalore

Living arrangements and morbidity patterns among the elderly in rural India • Harish C. Srivastava, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Nihar R. Mishra, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Contextual influences on the use of health facilities for childbirth in Africa • Rob Stephenson, Emory University ; Steve Clements, University of Southampton ; Angela Baschieri, University of Southampton ; Nyovani Madise, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

Main challenges for economic and social policy in the context of population ageing in Poland during the economic transition • Marcin Stonawski, Cracow University ; Jolanta Kurkiewicz, Cracow University

Socio-economic factors in life trajectories to retirement • Leroy O. Stone, Statistics Canada and University of Montreal ; Hasheem Nouroz, Statistics Canada ; Alexandre Genest, Human Resources Development Canada

Gender and coronary disease: a comparison of trends in a target population • Sylvie Swales, Université Catholique de Louvain ; Michel Jeanjean, Université Catholique de Louvain ; Catherine Gourbin, Université Catholique de Louvain ; Guillaume Wunsch, Université Catholique de Louvain ; Josianne Duchene, Université Catholique de Louvain ; Erwin Schröder, Université Catholique de Louvain ; Bernard Masuy

Socio–economic implications of ageing in Iran with specific focus on Tehran • Mohammad Taghi Sheykhi, Al-Zahra University

In vitro fertilisation (IVF) and inequality creation: a longitudinal analysis in a French hospital • Laurence Tain, Université de Lyon 2

Infant and child health: evidence from four Sub-Saharan African countries • Emmanuel O. Tawiah, University of Ghana

Prevalence of behavioural risk factors for non-communicable diseases among adults in Kerala, India • Sugathan Thattaruparambil, Centre for Survey Research and Management Services ; CR Soman, Health Action by People ; K Sankaranarayanan, Center for Survey Research and Management Services, Kerala ; Simi Elias, Center for Survey Research and Management Services, Kerala

Economically active population and retired persons in the public and private sectors of Senegal in a context of structural adjustment • Seydou Touré

Measuring health: construction of a key indicator on health status • Sandy Tubeuf, Institut de Recherche et Documentation en Economie de la Santé (IRDES) ; Marc Perronnin, Institut de Recherche et Documentation en Economie de la Santé (IRDES)

A systems wide approach to delivering maternal and neonatal health care in Kenya • Charlotte Warren, Population Council ; Wilson Liambila, Population Council ; Jill Keesbury, Population Council, Nairobi

Prevalence of disability among elderly persons in Latin American cities and its correlates • Laura R. Wong, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR) ; Martha Pelaez, PAHO

Do marital status and living arrangements influence health in Poland? • Wiktoria Wroblewska, Institute of Statistics and Demography Warsaw School of Economics

Psychological disposition and self-reported health in old age: an examination of the oldest old in China • Zheng Wu, University of Victoria ; Christoph M. Schimmele, University of Victoria

Nutritional situation of women and determinants of obesity in Turkey • Sutay Yavuz, Hacettepe University ; Elif Yiğit, Institute of Population Studies ; Eda Köksal, School of Health Technology Department of Nutrition and Dietetics

Coping behaviours and social panic in relation to the SARS epidemic • Benbo Zhang, Institute of social development ; Erping Wahg, Chinese Academy of Science ; Yiwen Chen, Chinese Academy of Science

Mortality among family members of the oldest-old Chinese • Yun Zhou, Peking University ; Feng Tian, China Population and Development Research Center

Social capital and transitions to adulthood in Thailand: empirical Investigation across multiple realms of life • Sara Curran, Princeton University ; Sarah Martin, Princeton University ; Amara Soonthorndhada, Mahidol University ; Sirinan Kittisuksathit, Mahidol University