PRI Researchers to Present Work at the Population Association of America 2008 Annual Meeting
PRI faculty and students will be presenting papers and posters and serving as session chairs and discussants at the Population Association of America (PAA) 2008 Annual Meeting in April. Following is a list of PRI affiliates on the program. For the full program, see the PAA 2008 website.
Thursday, April 17
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
7. Socioeconomic Status and Body Mass Index among Hispanic Children of Immigrants and Children of Natives (Kelly Balistreri, Bowling Green State University; Jennifer Van Hook, Penn State)
26. Mobility Effects Redux: Does Intergenerational Mobility Shape Individual Psychology? (Jason Houle, Penn State)
30. Adolescents with Two Nonresident Biological Parents: Living Arrangements, Parental Involvement, And Well-being (Valarie King, Penn State; Katherine C. Stamps, Penn State; Daniel N. Hawkins, University of Nebraska, Omaha)
55. Linkages of Socio-Cultural and Socio-Economic Factors to Ideal Number of Children in the Context of Social Change: Generational Differences Explored (Yetty Shobo, Penn State)
Thursday, April 17
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM
Session 5: Gender, Labor Force, and Earnings
2. Differences between Asian American and White Women in Work-Family Tradeoffs and their Consequences for Earnings (Emily Greenman, Penn State)
Session 9: Mother's Work and Child Outcomes
2. Parenting of Infants: A Time Use Analysis (Robert Drago, Penn State; Ya-Ning Lee, Penn State)
Thursday, April 17
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Session 18: Demography with a Gender Lens
3. Gender in the 90s: Change in Beliefs about Gender in the U.S. (Kristen S. Lee, University at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY); Paula Tufis, Penn State; Duane Alwin, Penn State)
2. Marriage among Welfare Recipients: Relationship Commitment Interacts with Welfare Policy (Deborah Roempke Graefe, Penn State; Shelley K. Irving, Penn State)
Session 25: Transition to Adulthood
3. Early Family Transitions and Depressive Symptoms (Alan Booth, Penn State; Elisa Rustenbach, Penn State)
Thursday, April 17
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
12. School Availability and Choice (Vivien W. Chen, Penn State; Suet-ling Pong, Penn State; Tse-Chuan Yang, Penn State)
16. Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Work: Black, Hispanic, and White Women's Reasons for Employment in Nonstandard Jobs (Alisha J. Coleman, Penn State; Diane K. McLaughlin, Penn State)
60. School Attendance and Grade Progression in Nigeria: Is Gender or Socioeconomic Status more Important? (C. Shannon Stokes, Penn State; Aramide Kazeem, Penn State; Leif Jensen, Penn State)
Thursday, April 17
1:30 PM - 3:20 PM
Session 39: International Perspectives on Cohabitation
Discussant: Robert Schoen, Penn State
Session 46: Contextual Influences on Employment and Motherhood Outcomes
2. Reproducing Occupational Inequality: Marriage, Parenthood and the Gender Divide in Occupations (Jennifer L. Hook, Penn State; Becky Pettit, University of Washington)
Thursday, April 17
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
5. Family Demographic Correlates of Men's Behavioral Risk for HIV in 14 Sub-Saharan African Countries (Jeffrey B. Bingenheimer, Penn State)
16. Gender in African Population Research: The Fertility/Reproductive Health Example (Francis Nii-Amoo Dodoo, Penn State; Ashley E. Frost, Penn State)
17. Global Demographic Convergence? A Reconsideration of Inequality in National Fertility Estimates (Shawn F. Dorius, Penn State)
22. Weight as a Bio-social Filter of the Proximate Determinants of Fertility (Michelle Frisco, Penn State; Kristin Burnett, Penn State)
29. Couple Intentions for Pregnancy: Effects on Maternal Health Behaviors and Newborn Health (Bryndl Hohmann-Marriott, Penn State)
61. The Effects of Early Sex on Education Attainment: Detailed Mechanisms (Nicole Steward, Penn State; George Farkas, Penn State)
68. Family Structure, Education and Cigarette Smoking of the Adults in China: A Double-Hurdle Model (Xiaohua Yu, Penn State; David Abler, Penn State)
Friday, April 18
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
29. A More Complex Image of the Relationship between Fathers' Time with Children and Maternal Employment (Kathryn Hynes, Penn State; Kaylin Greene, Penn State)
56. Contexts of Risk: Gender and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Predicting Pre-Union Parenthood (Andrea K Ryan, Penn State)
61. Patterns of Union Formation and Dissolution in Rural and Urban Areas: A Comparison across Recent Cohorts of American Women (Anastasia R. Snyder, Ohio State University; Mary Ann Demi, Penn State)
63. Social Class Background and the "School to Work" Transition (Jeremy Staff, Penn State; Jeylan T. Mortimer, University of Minnesota)
Friday, April 18
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM
Session 69: Socio-Economic Status and Adult Health/Mortality
4. How Much Life Does a Good Education Buy? (Mark D. Hayward, University of Texas at Austin; Mira M. Hidajat, Penn State; Dustin Brown, University of Texas at Austin)
Session 70: Immigration and Child Development
Chair: Jennifer Van Hook, Penn State
Session 73: Adolescent Health and Wellbeing in Developed Countries
4. Stressful Life Events and Adolescent Weight Trajectories (Kristina L. Zeiser, Penn State; Molly A. Martin, Penn State; Claudia L Nau, Penn State)
Friday, April 18
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Session 91: Family Dynamics, Race/Ethnicity, and Early Child Wellbeing
4. Class, Race, and Gender Disparities in Behavior Problems at 24 Months of Age: Population-Based Estimates (Paul Morgan, Penn State; George Farkas, Penn State; Marianne M. Hillemeier, Penn State; Steven Maczuga, Penn State)
Friday, April 18
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
11. Do Ideologies Really Affect Fertility Intentions and Behavior? A Cohort Perspective (1979-2004) (Jennifer Buher-Kane, Penn State)
35. Extended Households and Economic Dynamics in Orkney, Scotland, 1851-1901 (Julia A. Jennings, Penn State; Corey S. Sparks, University of Texas at San Antonio; James W. Wood, Penn State; Patricia L. Johnson, Penn State; Timothy M. Murtha, Penn State)
46. Rural, Central-City, and Suburban Differences in Housing Quality among the Elderly: Assessing the Impact of Sociodemographic Characteristics (Peter J. Mateyka, Penn State; Shelley K. Irving, Penn State)
Friday, April 18
12:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Session 102: Public Policy and Family Forms
Chair: Rukmalie Jayakody, Penn State
Session 109: The Demography of Crime and Punishment
Discussant: Michael Massoglia, Penn State
Session 112: Voluntary and Involuntary Childlessness: Gender Issues
2. Partnered Decisions: Seeking Help in the Case of Infertility (Katherine M. Johnson, Penn State; David Johnson, Penn State)
Friday, April 18
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
9. Racial/Ethnic Differences in Fertility Behavior and Intentions within Cohabiting Unions (Kimberly A. Daniels, Penn State)
22. Coparenting in Cohabiting and Married Couples (Bryndl Hohmann-Marriott, Penn State)
Friday, April 18
2:30 PM - 4:20 PM
Session 128: Spatial Dimensions of Local Processes
2. Context and Death: A Spatial Investigation of the Impacts of Social Capital and Natural Amenities on Mortality In U.S. Counties (Tse-Chuan Yang, Penn State; Leif Jensen, Penn State; Murali Haran, Penn State)
Saturday, April 19
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM
Session 129: Infant and Child Mortality
1. Prenatal Care and Infant Health: Elementary, Dear Watson? Accounting for Selection Bias in Nonexperimental Data (Satvika Chalasani, Penn State)
3. Life Course Transitions and Internal Migration: Consequences for Family TANF Participation (Deborah Roempke Graefe, Penn State; Gordon F. De Jong, Penn State)
Saturday, April 19
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
40. Economic Restructuring and Family Structure Change 1980 to 2000: A Focus on Female-Headed Families with Children (Diane K. McLaughlin, Penn State; Alisha J. Coleman, Penn State)
50. Using Respondent-Driven Sampling to Study Self-Employed Nigerians in New York City: Applicability for Immigrant Populations (Leila Rodriguez, Penn State)
Saturday, April 19
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Session 148: Immigrant Migration and Dispersion
2. The Geographic Diffusion of the Foreign Born and the Shifting Scale of Spatial Assimilation (Matthew S. Hall, Penn State)
Discussant: David Shapiro, Penn State
Session 157: Children's Outcomes and Parental Nonstandard Work Schedules
Discussant: Michelle Frisco, Penn State
Session 159: Improving Child Health in Developed and Developing Countries
2. Food Assistance Program Participation and Infant Growth and Health (Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest, Harvard University; Daphne C. Hernandez, Penn State)
Saturday, April 19
12:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Session 162: Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa
Discussant: David Shapiro, Penn State
1. The Influence of Quality of Care on Fertility Outcomes in Kenya (Michele Steinmetz, Penn State)
Session 167: Gender and Labor Force Participation in Different National Contexts
Discussant: Jennifer L. Hook, Penn State
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