By Anne R. Pebley
Of the 175 posters presented in three poster sessions at the PAA Annual Meeting in Chicago, fifteen received prizes for special merit. Prizes were awarded for originality, visual presentation, and innovation. Three teams of judges viewed all posters and awarded prizes. Members of these teams were: Eileen Crimmins, Joe Rodgers, Martin O'Connell, John Wilmoth, Karen Woodrow-Lafield, Sajeda Amin, Ike Eberstein, Dan Klepinger, and Lou Pol. The Program Committee would like to thank the judges for their efforts. Congratulations to all the prize winners (listed below) who did such an outstanding job!
Poster Session I
Karen A. Stanecki, Peter O. Way and Anne R. Ross, U.S. Bureau of the Census. "The Impact of HIV/AIDS Pandemic on World Population: 1998 Update."
Amara Bachu, U.S. Bureau of the Census. "Timing of First Births, 1965-69 to 1990-94."
Susheela Singh, Elizabeth Kolb, Haishen Fu, Alan Guttmacher Institute. "Sexual and Reproductive Behavior of Female Adolescents Worldwide."
Zai Liang, City University of New York, Queens College and Toni Tongxiao Zhang, Cornell University. "Emigration from China in the 1990s: New Methods and Findings."
Philip N. Cohen, University of Maryland, College Park. "'Kids' Count' Recount: An Alternative State Performance Measure for Child Well-Being."
Poster Session II
Anastasia R. Snyder and Rukmalie Jayakody, Pennsylvania State University. "Nonmarital Childbearing and Coresidence with Parents: Historical Trends and Demographic Factors."
James B. Kirby, UNC, Chapel Hill. "The Well Being of Adolescents: Do Coresident Grandparents Make a Difference?"
Victoria A. Velkoff, U.S. Bureau of the Census. "Women's Health in India: Five Key Issues."
Boone A. Turchi, UNC, Chapel Hill. "Demographic Structure and the Distribution of Expenditures in U.S. Households."
James W. McNally, Brown University and Regina M. Bures, University of Chicago. "Making the Grade: The Demography of Educational Participation."
Poster Session III
Philip F. Cooper and Barbara S. Schone, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. "Health insurance coverage of near elderly women: The role of labor supply, husband's retirement, and non-group coverage."
Melissa Stainback, Louisiana State University. "Revealing the dimensions of homework in the United States."
Daniel M Goodkind, University of Michigan, Truong Si Anh, Institute for Economic Research, Tui The Cuong, Institute of Sociology, Vietnam, and John E. Knodel, University of Michigan. "The System of Social Security for Vietnamese Elderly: Legacies, Current Realities, and Future Challenges."
Michael A. Strong, USAID, and Clare Taylor, DFID. "Female Genital Mutilation in Ethiopia: Evidence from the 1990 Family Fertility Survey."
Hitesh Gupta and Jaimala Gupta, Indian Institute of Health Management Research. "District Model for Maternal and Child Health Care: A Decentralized Approach."