Teenage Motherhood, Child Survival and Child Health • Satyajeet Nanda, Indian Institute of Health Management (IIHMR) ; Faujdar Ram, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Filipino Youth in Multigenerational Household • Clarinda R Lusterio-Berja, University of the Philippines

Geographical Fertility Cluster among Youth in the Main Urban Area of Costa Rica • Andrea Collado, Universidad de Costa Rica

Fertility Behaviour of Married Adolescents in Bangladesh • M Mazharul Islam, Dhaka University ; Mamunur Rashid, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research

Adolescent Marriage in Pakistan: Process, Timing, and Consequences for Girls • Judith A. Diers, Population Council ; Zeba A. Sathar, Population Council

The Effect of School Socio-Economic Status on Racial-Ethnic Differences in Adolescent Premarital Child Bearing: The Influence of Peers • Stacey Ruf, Arizona State University

Determinants of Fertility Intentions among Married Couples in 35 Countries • Stan Becker, Johns Hopkins University ; Agbessi Amouzou, Johns Hopkins University

Women Who Delay Childbearing: Going beyond a Simple Demographic Profile • Gladys M. Martinez, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ; Stephanie J. Willson, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC

Delaying a Family: Determinants and Characteristics of Temporary Childlessness in the US • William Mosher, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ; Gladys M. Martinez, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Strategising the Timing of First Birth in the Cultural Context of Netherlands and Karnataka in India • Sarbani Banerjee, University of Groningen ; Frans Willekens, University of Groningen

Changes in the Timing of Fertility in Spain: The Impact of Education and Employment • Alicia Adsera, University of Illinois at Chicago

Risks and Realities Associated with Early or Delayed Childbearing in New Zealand • Durga S. Rauniyar, New Zealand Ministry of Health

Do Fertility Preferences Influence Subsequent Fertility Behavior? Evidence from Northern Ghana • Cornelius Y. Debpuur, Navrongo Health Research Centre ; Ayaga A. Bawah, Navrongo Health Research Centre

Some Regional Multi-Level Models for Wanted Fertility in India • Laxmi Kant Dwivedi, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Faujdar Ram, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Fertility Transition in Nepal: Level, Trends and Determinants • Tika R. Aryal, Banaras Hindu University ; K.N.S. Yadava, Banaras Hindu University ; Bhakti R. Aryal, Banaras Hindu University

The Perverse Effect of Population Policies. A Case Study • Cristina Bradatan, Pennsylvania State University

Reproductive Polarisation in New Zealand • A Dharmalingam, University of Waikato ; Ian Pool, University of Waikato ; Janet Sceats, Portal Consulting and Associates Ltd. ; Sandra Baxendine, University of Waikato

Why the Peruvian Total Fertility Rate Did Not Change in the 1990s? • Tania R. Vasquez, University of Texas at Austin

Rethinking Brazilian Fertility Decline • Ana Maria Goldani, University of California, Los Angeles

The Fertility Transition in an Iranian District: A Comparison between Shiraz City and Its Surrounding Villages • Amandine Lebugle, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Medium and High Fertility Regions in the Philippines: Issues and Explanations • Josefina V. Cabigon, University of the Philippines

Fertility Differentials by Ethnicity in Rural Tripura, India • Prasanta K. Majumdar, Indian Statistical Institute

Surprising Sex Ratios in the South Caucasus: Son Preferences in the Former Soviet States of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia • Dennis J. Donahue, U.S. Census Bureau ; Jennifer L Fortado, U.S. Census Bureau

Impact of Infant and Child Mortality on Fertility in Kenya. Evidence from 1998 Kenya Demographic Health Survey (1998 KDHS) • Ezekiel N. Ngure, University of Nairobi

Fertility Decline in Bangladesh: Evidence from the 1993-94, 1996-97 and 1999-2000 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys (BDHS) • Barkat-e- Khuda, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research ; Roy Nikhil, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research ; Nirod Ch. Saha, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research

Women's Educational Attainment and Fertility Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa • David Shapiro, Pennsylvania State University ; Lisa Strunk, Pennsylvania State University ; Tesfayi Gebreselassie, Pennsylvania State University

Economic Value of Children and Fertility Behaviour in an Agricultural Society • Ravendra K. Sharma, Delhi University Enclave ; Arvind Pandey, Indian Council of Medical Research

Cultural Differences in Fertility in Kenya: Family Formation as a Case Study • Michele Steinmetz, Pennsylvania State University

Gender Segregation and Union Transitions • Lars Jarkko, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Trends in Family Formation Patterns in Less Developed Countries: Estimates from Life Table Models • Margaret M. Weden, Johns Hopkins University

Maasai Marriage: Continuity and Change in Kenya and Tanzania • Ernestina E. Coast, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Declining Marriage Rates in Japan: The Role of Marriage Market Composition and Spouse Pairing Preferences • Jim Raymo, University of Wisconsin at Madison ; Miho Iwasawa, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan

Nuptiality Transition and Marriage Squeeze in Lebanon - Consequences of Sixteen Years of Civil War • Prem C. Saxena, American University of Beirut ; Andrzej Kulczycki, University of Alabama at Birmingham ; Rozzet Jurdi, American University of Beirut

Race/Ethnic Differences in Marital Expectations of Adolescents: The Role of Romantic Relationships • Sarah R. Crissey, University of Texas at Austin

Neighbors or Neighborhoods? Effects on Marriage Timing in Nepal • Scott T. Yabiku, Arizona State University

Migration and Marital Timing: How Does Leaving Home Affect Forming a Family? • Aree Jampaklay, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Marriage Patterns in Rural India: Influence of Socio-Cultural Context • Shiva S. Halli, University of Manitoba

Study of Age at First Marriage in Contemporary China: A Relative Distribution Approach • Shige Song, University of California, Los Angeles

Diffusion of Cohabitation between Young Men and Women in Italy: Gender and Generations matter? • Paola Di Giulio, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" ; Alessandro Rosina, Università Cattolica

Male and Female Fertility, How Different Can They Be? • Paul Stupp, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ; Ramon Enamorado, Ashonplafa

Fertility Differentials among First and Second Generations of Canadians • Alain P. Belanger, Statistics Canada ; Stephane Gilbert, Statistics Canada

Estimates of the Fertility of the Population of Hispanic Origin: Age-Parity-Progression Patterns, 1980-1999 • Ward Kingkade, U.S. Census Bureau

Did Divorces Decline After the Oklahoma City Bombing? A County-Level Analysis of Divorce Rates in Oklahoma, 1985-2000 • Paul A. Nakonezny, University of North Texas ; Joseph L. Rodgers, University of Oklahoma ; Rebecca Reddick, University of North Texas

Two Spouses, One Divorce • Amy Godecker, University of California, San Francisco

Child Disability and Marital Stability: Evidence Using Matched Records from the 1993 NHIS and the 1995 NSFG • Carrie E. Spearin, Brown University ; Jennifer M. Park, Brown University ; Maryhelen D'Ottavi, Brown University ; Fran Goldscheider, Brown University

From Sex Preference of Children to Its Reality: Sex Ratio at Birth and Its Determinants in China • Xiaochun Qiao, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Intergenerational Effect on Marital Quality • Jianjun Ji, University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire

The Next One Changed Everything!: Patterns and Problems in Marriage and Family after a Second Child • Rebecca L. Upton, University of Michigan

Consequences of the Transition to Remarriage for Psychological Well-Being: Toward an Explanation of Gender and Life Course Variations • Kristi Williams, Ohio State University

The Living Arrangements of Unmarried Mothers following the Birth of a Child • Jean T. Knab, Princeton University

Interracial Unmarried-Partner Households: How Do They Compare with Interracial Married-Couple Households in Census 2000? • Tavia Simmons, U.S. Census Bureau ; Martin T. O'Connell, U.S. Census Bureau

Leaving the Parental Home in Thailand: Evidence from the Family and Youth Survey • Jittinee Juntarodjana, Mahidol University ; Arnstein Aassve, University of Leicester

The Decision of Leaving Home in France and Italy: A Multilevel Hazard Model • Stefano Mazzuco, Università di Padova

Direct and Indirect Measures of Cohabitation in Census Bureau Data: Who's Just Sharing Rent? • Jason Fields, U.S. Census Bureau ; Martin T. O'Connell, U.S. Census Bureau

Spatial Dimensions of Family Types: Neighborhood Level Distributions of Married and Single-Parent Families in Metropolitan Areas, 1990-2000 • Audrey N. Beck, Duke University

Of Marriages and Mortgages: Divergent Trends in Ownership and Partnership in Gävle, Sweden, 1975-1990 • Nathanael Lauster, Brown University ; Lars-Erik Borgegard, Uppsala University ; Urban Fransson, Uppsala University

Family and Household Transformation in China • Qiang Ren, Peking University ; Qiong Zhou, Peking University ; Lihua Pang, Peking University ; Leiwen Jiang, Peking University