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Policy Research Division
Working Papers

The working papers listed here include references to the journals and books where they have eventually appeared in print.

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2006 (209–219)	2004 (184–195)	2002 (155–167)
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2006

219. Cynthia B. Lloyd and Barbara S. Mensch. "Marriage and childbirth as factors in school exit: An analysis of DHS data from sub-Saharan Africa." (abstract) (PDF)

Lloyd, Cynthia B. and Barbara S. Mensch. 2008. “Marriage and childbirth as factors in dropping out from school: An analysis of DHS data from sub-Saharan Africa,” Population Studies 62(1): 1–13.
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218. Ayaga A. Bawah, James F. Phillips, Martin Adjuik, Maya Vaughan-Smith, Bruce MacLeod, and Fred N. Binka. "The impact of immunization on the association between poverty and child survival: Evidence from Kassena-Nankana District of northern Ghana." (abstract) (PDF)
217. Zachary Zimmer. "Poverty, wealth inequality, and health among older adults in rural Cambodia." (abstract) (PDF)
216. John Bongaarts. "Late marriage and the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa." (abstract) (PDF)

Bongaarts, John. "Late marriage and the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa," Population Studies 61(1): 73–83. (PDF)
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215. John Bongaarts. "How long will we live?" (abstract) (PDF)

Bongaarts, John. 2006. "How long will we live?" Population and Development Review 32(4): 605–628.
214. Zachary Zimmer, Toshiko Kaneda, and Laura Spess. "Urban versus rural mortality among older adults in China." (abstract) (PDF)
213. Paul Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll. "The political demography of the world system, 2000–2050." (abstract) (PDF)
212. Monica Grant and Kelly Hallman. "Pregnancy-related school dropout and prior school performance in South Africa." (abstract) (PDF)
211. Kelly Hallman, Sara Peracca, Jennifer Catino, and Marta Julia Ruiz. "Multiple disadvantages of Mayan females: The effects of gender, ethnicity, poverty, and residence on education in Guatemala." (abstract) (PDF)
210. Geoffrey McNicoll. "Policy lessons of the East Asian demographic transition." (abstract) (PDF)

McNicoll, Geoffrey. 2006. "Policy lessons of the East Asian demographic transition," Population and Development Review 32(1): 1–25.
209. Cynthia B. Lloyd, Cem Mete, and Monica J. Grant. "The implications of changing educational and family circumstances for children’s grade progression in rural Pakistan: 1997–2004." (abstract) (PDF)

2005

208. James F. Phillips, Ayaga A. Bawah, and Fred N. Binka. "Accelerating reproductive and child health program development: The Navrongo initiative in Ghana." (abstract) (PDF)

Phillips, James F., Ayaga A. Bawah, and Fred N. Binka. 2006. "Accelerating reproductive and child health programme impact with community-based services: The Navrongo experiment in Ghana," Bulletin of the World Health Organization 84(12): 949–955. (abstract)
207. John Bongaarts and Griffith Feeney. "The quantum and tempo of life-cycle events." (abstract) (PDF)
206. Barbara S. Mensch, Monica J. Grant, and Ann K. Blanc. "The changing context of sexual initiation in sub-Saharan Africa." (abstract) (PDF)

Mensch, Barbara S., Monica J. Grant, and Ann K. Blanc. 2006. "The changing context of sexual initiation in sub-Saharan Africa," Population and Development Review 32(4): 699–727.
205. Geoffrey McNicoll. "Population and sustainability." (abstract) (PDF)
204. John Bongaarts. "The causes of stalling fertility transitions." (abstract) (PDF)

Bongaarts, John. 2006. "The causes of stalling fertility transitions," Studies in Family Planning 37(1): 1–16.
203. Ayaga A. Bawah and Fred N. Binka. "How many years of life could be saved if malaria were eliminated from a hyperendemic area of northern Ghana?" (abstract) (PDF)
202. Barbara S. Mensch, Susheela Singh, and John B. Casterline. "Trends in the timing of first marriage among men and women in the developing world." (abstract) (PDF)

Mensch, Barbara S., Susheela Singh, and John B. Casterline. 2005. "Trends in the timing of first marriage among men and women in the developing world," in Cynthia B. Lloyd, Jere R. Behrman, Nelly P. Stromquist, and Barney Cohen (eds.), The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Selected Studies. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, pp. 118–171.
201. Zachary Zimmer. "Active life expectancy and functional limitations among older Cambodians: Results from a 2004 survey." (abstract) (PDF)
200. Brian Wells Pence, Philomena Nyarko, James F. Phillips, and Cornelius Debpuur. "The effect of community nurses and health volunteers on child mortality: The Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project." (abstract) (PDF)
199. Zachary Zimmer, Linda G. Martin, Mary Beth Ofstedal, and Yi-Li Chuang. "Education of adult children and mortality of their elderly parents in Taiwan." (abstract) (PDF)
198. Mian Bazle Hossain, James F. Phillips, and Thomas K. LeGrand. "The impact of childhood mortality on fertility in six rural thanas of Bangladesh." (abstract) (PDF)
197. Kristine R. Baker, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Zachary Zimmer, Zhe Tang, and Yi-Li Chuang. "Reciprocal effects of health and economic well-being among older adults in Taiwan and Beijing." (abstract) (PDF)
196. Mark R. Montgomery and Paul C. Hewett. "Poverty and children's schooling in urban and rural Senegal." (abstract) (PDF)

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2004

195. Luciana Suran, Sajeda Amin, Lopita Huq, and Kobita Chowdury. "Does dowry improve life for brides? A test of the bequest theory of dowry in rural Bangladesh." (abstract) (PDF)

194. Barbara S. Mensch, Monica J. Grant, Mary P. Sebastian, Paul C. Hewett, and Dale Huntington. "The effect of a livelihoods intervention in an urban slum in India: Do vocational counseling and training alter the attitudes and behavior of adolescent girls?" (abstract) (PDF)

193. Amanda Ritchie, Cynthia B. Lloyd, and Monica Grant. "Gender differences in time use among adolescents in developing countries: Implications of rising school enrollment rates." (abstract) (PDF)

192. John Bongaarts. "Long-range trends in adult mortality: Models and projection methods." (abstract) (PDF)

Bongaarts, John. 2005. "Long-range trends in adult mortality: Models and projection methods," Demography 42(1): 23–49.

191. John Koku Awoonor-Williams, Ellie S. Feinglass, Rachel Tobey, Maya N. Vaughan-Smith, Frank K. Nyonator, Tanya C. Jones, and James F. Phillips. "Bridging the gap between evidence-based innovation and national health-sector reform in Ghana." (abstract) (PDF)

Awoonor-Williams, John Koku, Ellie S. Feinglass, Rachel Tobey, Maya N. Vaughan-Smith, Frank K. Nyonator, and Tanya C. Jones. 2004. "Bridging the gap between evidence-based innovation and national health-sector reform in Ghana," Studies in Family Planning 35(3): 161–177. (PDF)

190. Kelly Hallman. "Socioeconomic disadvantage and unsafe sexual behaviors among young women and men in South Africa." (abstract) (PDF)

189. Toshiko Kaneda, Zachary Zimmer, and Zhe Tang. "Differentials in life expectancy and active life expectancy by socioeconomic status among older adults in Beijing." (abstract) (PDF)

Kaneda, Toshiko, Zachary Zimmer, and Zhe Tang. "Socioeconomic status differentials in life and active life expectancy among older adults in Beijing," Disability and Rehabilitation 27(5): 241–251.

188. Cynthia B. Lloyd and Monica J. Grant. "Growing up in Pakistan: The separate experiences of males and females." (abstract) (PDF)

Lloyd, Cynthia B. and Monica Grant. 2005. "Growing up in Pakistan: The separate experiences of males and females," in Cynthia B. Lloyd, Jere R. Behrman, Nelly P. Stromquist, and Barney Cohen (eds.), The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Selected Studies. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, pp. 320–366.

187. Zachary Zimmer, Xianghua Fang, Toshiko Kaneda, Zhe Tang, and Julia Kwong. "Trends and transitions in children's coresidence with older adults in Beijing municipality." (abstract) (PDF)

186. Sajeda Amin and Alaka M. Basu, "Popular perceptions of emerging influences on mortality and longevity in Bangladesh and West Bengal." (abstract) (PDF)

Amin, Sajeda and Alaka M. Basu. 2004. “Popular perceptions of emerging influences on mortality and longevity in Bangladesh and West Bengal,” Population Studies 58(3): 357–364.

185. John Bongaarts, "Population aging and the rising cost of public pensions." (abstract) (PDF)

Bongaarts, John. 2004. "Population aging and the rising cost of public pensions," Population and Development Review 30(1): 1–23. (PDF)

184. Mark R. Montgomery and Paul C. Hewett, "Urban poverty and health in developing countries: Household and neighborhood effects." (abstract) (PDF)

Montgomery, Mark and Paul Hewett. 2005. "Urban poverty and health in developing countries: Household and neighborhood effects," Demography 42(3): 397–425.

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2003

183. Agnes R. Quisumbing and Kelly Hallman, "Marriage in transition: Evidence on age, education, and assets from six developing countries." (abstract) (PDF)

Quisumbing, Agnes R. and Kelly Hallman. 2005. "Marriage in transition: Evidence on age, education, and assets from six developing countries," in Cynthia B. Lloyd, Jere R. Behrman, Nelly P. Stromquist, and Barney Cohen (eds.), The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Selected Studies. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, pp. 200–269.

182. Paul C. Hewett, Barbara S. Mensch and Annabel S. Erulkar, "Consistency in the reporting of sexual behavior among adolescent girls in Kenya: A comparison of interviewing methods." (abstract) (PDF)

Hewett, Paul, Barbara Mensch, and Annabel Erulkar. 2004. "Consistency in the reporting of sexual behaviour by adolescent girls in Kenya: A comparison of interviewing methods," Sexually Transmitted Infections 80(suppl 2): ii43–ii48. (abstract)

181. Zachary Zimmer, Linda G. Martin and Hui-Sheng Lin, "Determinants of old-age mortality in Taiwan." (abstract) (PDF)

Zimmer, Zachary, Linda G. Martin, and Hui-Sheng Lin. 2005. "Determinants of old-age mortality in Taiwan," Social Science and Medicine 60(3): 457–470.

180. Frank K. Nyonator, J. Koku Awoonor-Williams, James F. Phillips, Tanya C. Jones and Robert A. Miller, "The Ghana community-based health planning and services initiative: Fostering evidence-based organizational change and development in a resource-constrained setting." (abstract) (PDF)

Nyonator, Frank K., J. K. Awoonor-Williams, James F. Phillips, Tanya C. Jones, and Robert A. Miller. 2005. "The Ghana Community-based Health Planning and Services Initiative for scaling up service delivery innovation," Health Policy and Planning 20(1): 25–34. (abstract)

179. John Bongaarts and Griffith Feeney, "Estimating mean lifetime." (abstract) (PDF)

Bongaarts, John and Griffith Feeney. 2003. "Estimating Mean Lifetime," in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100(23): 13127–13133.

178. Elizabeth F. Jackson, Patricia Akweongo, Evelyn Sakeah, Abraham Hodgson, Rofina Asuru and James F. Phillips, "Women's denial of having experienced female genital cutting in northern Ghana: Explanatory factors and consequences for analysis of survey data." (abstract) (PDF)

Jackson, Elizabeth F., Patricia Akweongo, Evelyn Sakeah, Abraham Hodgson, Rofina Asuru and James F. Phillips. 2003. "Inconsistent reporting of female genital cutting status in northern Ghana: Explanatory factors and analytical consequences," Studies in Family Planning 34(3): 200–210. (PDF)
177. John Bongaarts, "Completing the fertility transition in the developing world: The role of educational differences and fertility preferences." (abstract) (PDF)

Bongaarts, John. 2003. "Completing the fertility transition in the developing world: The role of educational differences and fertility preferences," Population Studies 57(3): 321–336.

176. Cynthia B. Lloyd and Paul C. Hewett, "Primary schooling in sub-Saharan Africa: Recent trends and current challenges." (abstract) (PDF)

175. James F. Phillips, Tanya C. Jones, Frank K. Nyonator and Shruti Ravikumar, "Evidence-based development of health and family planning programs in Bangladesh and Ghana." (abstract) (PDF)

174. Geoffrey McNicoll, "Population and development: An introductory view." (abstract) (PDF)

173. Paul Demeny, "Population policy: A concise summary." (abstract) (PDF)

172. Zachary Zimmer, Napaporn Chayovan, Hui-Sheng Lin and Josefina Natividad, "How indicators of socioeconomic status relate to physical functioning of older adults in three Asian countries." (abstract) (PDF)

Zimmer, Zachary, Napaporn Chayovan, Hui-Sheng Lin, and Josefina N. Natividad. 2004. "How indicators of socioeconomic status relate to physical functioning of older adults in three Asian societies," Research on Aging 26(2): 224–258. (abstract)

171. Sajeda Amin and Nagah H. Al-Bassusi, "Wage work and marriage: Perspectives of Egyptian working women." (abstract) (PDF)

Amin, Sajeda and Nagah H. Al-Bassusi. 2004. "Education, wage work, and marriage: Perspectives of Egyptian working women," Journal of Marriage and Family 66(5): 1287–1299.
170. Ravai Marindo, Steve Pearson and John B. Casterline, "Condom use and abstinence among unmarried young people in Zimbabwe: Which strategy, whose agenda?" (abstract) (PDF)

169. Zachary Zimmer and Julia Dayton, "The living arrangements of older adults in sub-Saharan Africa in a time of HIV/AIDS." (abstract) (PDF)

168. Paul C. Hewett, Annabel S. Erulkar and Barbara S. Mensch, "The feasibility of computer-assisted survey interviewing in Africa: Experience from two rural districts in Kenya." (abstract) (PDF)

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2002

167. Dominic K. Agyeman and John B. Casterline, "Social organization and reproductive behavior in Southern Ghana." (abstract) (PDF)

Agyeman, Dominic K. and John B. Casterline. 2003. "Social organization and reproductive behavior in Southern Ghana," in Samuel Agyei-Mensah and John B. Casterline (eds.), Reproduction and Social Context in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Collection of Micro-Demographic Studies. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, pp. 7–35.

166. Carol E. Kaufman and Stavros E. Stavrou, "Bus fare, please: The economics of sex and gifts among adolescents in urban South Africa." (abstract) (PDF)

165. Kelly Hallman, Agnes R. Quisumbing, Marie Ruel, and Bénédicte de la Brière, "Childcare, mothers' work, and earnings: Findings from the urban slums of Guatemala City." (abstract) (PDF)

Hallman, Kelly, Agnes Quisumbing, Marie Ruel, and Bénédicte de la Brière. 2005. "Mothers' work and child care: Findings from the urban slums of Guatemala," Economic Development and Cultural Change 53(4): 855–886. (abstract)

164. Cynthia B. Lloyd, Cem Mete and Zeba A. Sathar, "The effect of gender differences in primary school access, type, and quality on the decision to enroll in rural Pakistan." (abstract) (PDF)

Lloyd, Cynthia, Cem Mete, and Zeba Sathar. 2005. "The effect of gender differences in primary school access, type, and quality on the decision to enroll in rural Pakistan," Economic Development and Cultural Change 53(3): 685–710. (abstract)

163. Barbara S. Mensch, Wesley H. Clark and Dang Nguyen Anh, "Premarital sex in Vietnam: Is the current concern with adolescent reproductive health warranted?" (abstract) (PDF)

162. Naomi Rutenberg, Carol E. Kaufman, Kate Macintyre, Lisanne Brown and Ali Karim, "Pregnant or positive: Adolescent childbearing and HIV risk in South Africa." (abstract) (PDF)

161. John Bongaarts, "The end of the fertility transition in the developing world." (abstract) (PDF)

Bongaarts, John. 2002. "The end of the fertility transition in the developed world," Population and Development Review 28(3): 419–443. (PDF)

160. Julia Dayton and Martha Ainsworth, "The elderly and AIDS: Coping strategies and health consequences in rural Tanzania." (abstract) (PDF)

159. Carol E. Kaufman, Shelley Clark, Ntsiki Manzini and Julian May, "How community structures of time and opportunity shape adolescent sexual behavior in South Africa." (abstract) (PDF)

158. Geoffrey McNicoll, "Demographic factors in East Asian regional integration." (abstract) (PDF)

McNicoll, Geoffrey. 2004. "Demographic future of East Asian regional integration," in T.J. Pempel (ed.), Remapping East Asia: The Construction of a Region. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, pp. 55–74.

157. Zachary Zimmer and Sovan Kiry Kim, "Living arrangements and socio-demographic conditions of older adults in Cambodia." (abstract)(PDF)

Zimmer, Zachary and Sovan Kiry Kim. 2002. "Living arrangements and socio-demographic conditions of older adults in Cambodia," Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology 14(4): 353-381.
156. John Bongaarts and Griffith Feeney, "How long do we live?" (abstract) (PDF)

Bongaarts, John and Griffith Feeney. 2002. "How long do we live?" Population and Development Review 28(1): 13–29. (PDF)

155. Zachary Zimmer, Linda G. Martin and Ming-Cheng Chang, "Changes in functional limitations and survival among the elderly in Taiwan: 1993, 1996, and 1999." (abstract) (PDF)

Zimmer, Zachary, Linda G. Martin and Ming-Cheng Chang. 2002. "Changes in functional limitation and survival among older Taiwanese, 1993, 1996, and 1999," Population Studies 56(3): 265–276.

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