Saturday, May 3 / 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM   •   Conrad C

Session 128:
Women's Empowerment and Demographic Processes

Chair: Fred Arnold, ORC Macro
Discussant: Ann E. Biddlecom, Alan Guttmacher Institute

  1. The Effect of Women’s Status and Autonomy on Birth Intervals in Cebu, Philippines • Ushma D Upadhyay, Johns Hopkins University ; Michelle Hindin, Johns Hopkins University

  2. Women's Autonomy and Child Survival: A Comparison of Muslims and Non-Muslims in Four Asian Countries • Sharon J. Ghuman, University of Pennsylvania

  3. Married Youth and Their Mothers: Do Empowered Mothers Foster Gender-Equitable Relationships and Better Reproductive Health among Young People in Rural Bangladesh? • Sidney Ruth Schuler, Center for Applied Behavioral and Evaluation Research ; Lisa M. Bates, Harvard University ; Farzana Islam, Jahangirnagar University ; Md. Khairul Islam, Plan International

  4. Does Divorce Risk Depend on Spouses' Relative Income? A Register-Based Study of First Marriages in Sweden in 1981-1998 • Guiping Liu, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Andres Vikat, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

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