Thursday, May 1 / 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM   •   Back Bay Exhibition Center

Poster Session 4:
Migration and Urbanization; Population, Development and the Environment

  1. An Assessment of Age Reporting in the IPUMS-I Microdata • Johanna Fajardo-Gonzalez, University of Minnesota ; Laura Attanasio, University of Minnesota ; Jasmine Trang Ha, University of Minnesota

  2. Irregular Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Causes and Consequences of Young Adult Migration from Southern Ethiopia to South Africa • Teshome D. Kanko, Wolaita Sodo University ; Charles H. Teller, George Washington University and Addis Ababa University

  3. Segmented Assimilation and Adolescent Outcomes: The Evolution of Educational and Occupational Expectations • Christina Diaz, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  4. Occupational Risk Factors for Asthma among Adult Men and Women in India • Sutapa Agrawal, South Asia Network for Chronic Disease

  5. The Chinese Diaspora Population circa 2011 • Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Texas A&M University ; Juyin Helen Wong, Texas A&M University

  6. Measurement of Women's Agency in Rural Egypt • Kathryn M. Yount, Emory University ; Kristin VanderEnde, Emory University ; Yuk Fai Cheong, Emory University ; Rania Salem, University of Toronto ; Sarah Zureick-Brown, Emory University

  7. The Demographic Components of Population Growth and Diversity in New Hispanic Destinations • Daniel T. Lichter, Cornell University ; Kenneth M. Johnson, University of New Hampshire

  8. An Investigation of Socio-Demographic and Well-Being Factors Influencing Perception of Development in Rural Kenya: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach • Hildah Essendi, University of Southampton

  9. The Legal Gain: The Impact of the 1986 Amnesty Program on Immigrants’ Access to and Use of Health Care • Lanlan Xu, Indiana University

  10. Ethnic Identity of Immigrant Offspring in Canada: Testing the Theory of Segmented Assimilation • Yujiro Sano, Memorial University of Newfoundland

  11. Implications of Intra-Racial/Ethnic Composition for Age-Specific Segregation Patterns • Annette Jacoby, Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY) ; Jeremy Porter, City University of New York (CUNY)

  12. Passport to Move? Mobility in Euro-Latin American Multiple Citizens • Pablo Mateos, CIESAS and University College London ; Helen McCarthy, University College London

  13. Self-Esteem among Migrant Children in China • Bo Zhou, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY)

  14. Assessment of Population at Hazard Risk Using LandScan Global Population Dataset 2008 • Tarun Prakash Meena, Jawaharlal Nehru University ; Vikas Khatik, Jawaharlal Nehru University ; Md Selim Reja, Jawaharlal Nehru University

  15. Floating Life Expectancy in China • Wei Chen, Renmin University of China ; Jinju Liu, Beijing City University

  16. Bhopal Gas Leak: Thirty Years of Crisis and Coping • Jacques Véron, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Aswini Nanda, Population Research Centre, India

  17. Social and Health Issues of Water Access in an Urban Area: Rethinking the MDG Indicator: A Case Study in Ouagadougou’s Informal Settlements (Burkina Faso) • Stéphanie Dos Santos, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) and Institut Superieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP) ; Abdramane Soura, Université de Ouagadougou ; François Ouédraogo, Université de Ouagadougou

  18. Socio-Spatial Mobility and Neighborhood Outcomes in America: Is the Opportunity Matrix Closing? • William A. V. Clark, University of California, Los Angeles

  19. Quantifying the Effect of Infant Mortality on Prenatal and Obstetric Care Use in Bangladesh • Heide Jackson, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  20. Climate Change/Variability and Schistosomiasis Prevalence in the Ga District, Ghana • Reuben Tete Larbi, University of Ghana

  21. Who Is Overweight? Age, Sex and Body Weight among Mexican Origin Young People • Michelle Frisco, Pennsylvania State University ; Susana Sanchez, Pennsylvania State University

  22. Women’s Agency and Perception of Vulnerability: A Qualitative Analysis of Breastfeeding, Contraception and Food Insecurity in Burkina Faso • Kathryn Grace, University of Utah ; Amy Lerner, Princeton University ; Gabriel Sangali, Université de Ouagadougou

  23. Healthcare Selection of Older Migrants in Rural Communities: How Community Services and Attachment Effect Healthcare Bypass Behavior • Scott R. Sanders, Brigham Young University ; Lance Erickson, Brigham Young University ; Vaughn R. A. Call, Brigham Young University ; Jacob S. Rugh, Brigham Young University

  24. Demographic Trends in Developing Countries: Convergence or Divergence Processes? • Isabella Corazziari, Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) ; Giuseppe Gabrielli, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II ; Anna Paterno, Università degli Studi di Bari ; Silvana Salvini, Università di Firenze

  25. Migrant Remittances and Expenditure Patterns of Rural Households in Ethiopia: Evidence from Ethiopian Rural Household Survey • Solomon M. Gofere, Ethiopian Economics Association

  26. Post-War Migration Flows and Disparities in Mortality from Age 50 on: The Case of Turin in Italy • Virginia Zarulli, Max Planck Odense Center

  27. Local, Multiscale Measures of Segregation: Neighborhood Change in Seattle 1990 to 2010 • Christopher S. Fowler, Pennsylvania State University

  28. Feminisation of Immigration in India • Rabiul Ansary, Jawaharlal Nehru University ; Bhaswati Das, Jawaharlal Nehru University

  29. Acculturation and Health among New Immigrants in the United States • Neveen Shafeek Amin, University of Texas at Austin

  30. Factors Affecting Diarrheal Disease in Urban Poor Communities in Accra, Ghana: Investigating the Effects of Risk Perception Measures • Mumuni Abu, University of Ghana

  31. The Impact of Internal Migration on Food Consumption Pattern: An Indian Case • Abha Gupta, Jawaharlal Nehru University ; Deepak Mishra, Jawaharlal Nehru University

  32. The Role of the Local Opportunity Structure on Intergenerational Neighborhood Attainment • Jeremy Pais, University of Connecticut

  33. Health Differentials between Male Migrants and Non-Migrants Residing in Mexico • Kimberly Wilson, University of Texas

  34. People in Mumbai: Demography of the Megacity • Alka Dev, CUNY Institute for Demographic Research (CIDR)

  35. Effects of Women's Autonomy on Divorce: Evidence from Rural Malawi • Kim Deslandes, Université de Montréal

  36. Internal Migration on Both Sides: Sociodemographic Characteristics of Internal Migration of Latin Americans in Their Countries of Birth and Spain • Doris Cristina Quintero Lesmes, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Joaquin Recaño Valverde, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

  37. Father's Labor Migration and Leaving the Parental Home in Rural Mozambique • Sophia Chae, Arizona State University

  38. The Regional Concentration and Connectedness of Indonesia's Inter-Provincial Migration Flows, 1971-2010 • Hasnani Rangkuti, Australian National University

  39. Understanding Social Remittances and the Pathways of Transfer of It: Insight from Kerala Migration Survey, India • Sandhya Rani Mahapatro, Institute for Social and Economic Change ; Ajay Bailey, University of Groningen ; K. S. James, Institute for Social and Economic Change ; Inge Hutter, University of Groningen

  40. Intra-Household Bargaining and Migration • Yu-hsuan Su, University of Washington

  41. Social Embeddedness in a Harmonized Europe: European Bi-National Couples in Belgium and the Netherlands • Suzana M. Koelet, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

  42. Impact of Tertiary Education Performances and Other Institutional Factors on International Student Mobility: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa • Rabelais Nkounawa, Université Catholique de Louvain ; Philippe Bocquier, Université Catholique de Louvain

  43. Dimensions and Determinants of Immigrant Integration: The Role of Origin and Settlement • Eleonora Mussino, Stockholm University ; Salvatore Strozza, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II ; Laura Terzera, Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca

  44. Women’s Autonomy within Household and School Participation in India • Dhiman Das, National University of Singapore

  45. Does Cohort Size Matter to Residential Mobility? The Case of Barcelona's Central City • Antonio López-Gay, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Juan Antonio Módenes, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Clara H. Mulder, University of Groningen

  46. An Exploratory Spatial Study of Urban In-Migration and Dengue in Indonesia • Beatrice Abiero, Pennsylvania State University

  47. Migrations and the Emergence of a New Ibero-American Transnational Space • Enrique Ortega, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Andreu Domingo, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Albert Sabater, University of St Andrews

  48. Mother Tongue, Host Country Income and Return Migration: A Study Using Merged Cross-Country Register Data • Kirk A. Scott, Lund University ; Jan M. Saarela, University of Helsinki and Åbo Akademi University

  49. Methods and Research on Estimating Foreign-Born Immigration • Eric B. Jensen, U.S. Census Bureau ; Anthony Knapp, U.S. Census Bureau

  50. What’s up with Barcelona? Residential Segregation, Increasing Population Diversity and Living Conditions Inequalities • Juan Galeano, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Andreu Domingo, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Albert Sabater, University of St Andrews

  51. Immigration and the Evolution of Gentrification in U.S. Cities • Jackelyn I. Hwang, Harvard University

  52. Comparison between the Demographic Composition of Matched IRS Exemptions and 2010 Census Household Population Counts • Joseph Bowman, U.S. Census Bureau ; Esther R. Miller, U.S. Census Bureau

  53. Does Mother’s Schooling Matter Most? Parental Resources at Marriage and Child Schooling Outcomes in Rural Bangladesh • Julia Behrman, New York University (NYU)

  54. Revisiting the Residual Method: Using the American Community Survey to Estimate Foreign-Born Emigration • Mark A. Leach, U.S. Census Bureau ; Eric B. Jensen, U.S. Census Bureau

  55. Alternative Method for Projecting Foreign-Born Emigration • David M. Armstrong, U.S. Census Bureau ; Mark A. Leach, U.S. Census Bureau

  56. Cohort-Based Evaluation of the Vintage 2010 Population Estimates: The Role of International Migration: 2000 To 2010 • Melissa Scopilliti, U.S. Census Bureau ; Ben Bolender, U.S. Census Bureau ; Anthony Knapp, U.S. Census Bureau

  57. Public Transportation and Destination Preferences of Hispanic Immigrants • Jamie Boydstun, Mississippi State University ; Maggie Bohm, Texas Woman's University ; Guangqing Chi, Mississippi State University

  58. Spatial Methods for Quantifying Crime Displacement after a Hot-Spot Intervention • Timothy Thomas, University of Washington

  59. Happy Newcomers in an Old Country? A Life Course Analysis of the Subjective Well-Being of First Generation Migrants in Germany • Hilke Brockmann, Jacobs University Bremen

  60. Father’s Migration and Health of Children Left-behind in Rural Mozambique • Luciana Luz, Arizona State University

  61. Terra Populus: Integrated Data on Population and the Environment • Matthew Sobek, University of Minnesota ; Tracy Kugler, University of Minnesota ; David Van Riper, University of Minnesota

  62. New Population Projection of Saudi Arabia • Mehtab S. Karim, George Mason University ; Sadeem Alhosain, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre

  63. Trans-Border Migration from Bangladesh: An Understanding of the Role of Social Networks in the Choice of Destination of Illegal Bangladeshi Migrants in West Bengal, India • Md Selim Reja, Jawaharlal Nehru University ; Tarun Prakash Meena, Jawaharlal Nehru University

  64. National Origin Differences in Residential Segregation of Asian Americans: Trends from 1970 to 2010 • Weiwei Zhang, Brown University

  65. The Fruits of the “Dot Com”: the Migration and Integration Processes of Colombian and Puerto Rican Software Engineers in the United States • Lina Rincon, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY)

  66. Household Assets and Agricultural Transition in Chitwan, Nepal • Seung Yong Han, Arizona State University

  67. Race/Ethnic Disparities in Adult Mortality: Mexican Immigrant's Selectivity and Acculturation • Daesung Choi, University of Texas at San Antonio ; Gabriela Sanchez-Soto, University of Texas at San Antonio

  68. Following in the Footsteps of Others? A Life-Course Perspective on Mobility Trajectories and Migrant Networks among Senegalese Migrants • Sorana Toma, University of Oxford ; Eleonora Castagnone, Forum Internazionale ed Europeo di Ricerche sull’Immigrazione (FIERI)

  69. The Indirect Estimation of International Migration Flows by Age and Gender • Raphael Nawrotzki, University of Colorado at Boulder ; Leiwen Jiang, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

  70. Trust: The Secret to Happiness? Exploring Social Capital and Subjective Well-Being among Immigrants • Brittney Wagner, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY)

  71. Down Comes the Mountain: Coal Mining and Health in Central Appalachia from 2000 to 2010 • James K. Pugh, University of Louisville

  72. Differences in the Availability and Utilization of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits by Documentation Status among Farmworkers in the United States • Ryan S. Klein, University of Minnesota ; Jessie Kemmick Pintor, University of Minnesota

  73. Residential Attainments and Segregation in Los Angeles: Applying New Methods to Connect the Micro and the Macro • Amber Fox, Texas A&M University ; Mark Fossett, Texas A&M University

  74. Describing Patterns in Neighborhood Transitions by Age, Marital Status and the Presence of Children, 1970 – 2010 • John W Sullivan, University of California, Los Angeles

  75. Sooner, Later or Never? Patterns of Naturalization of the U.S. Immigrants, 1980-2010 • Zoya Gubernskaya, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY) ; Daniela Pila, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY)

  76. Does a Neighborhood’s Neighbors Matter? Spatial Lag Effects on Urban Neighborhood Economic Mobility or Stability • Claudia Solari, Abt Associates

  77. Migration and Networks: Unpacking the Processes of Migrant Social Capital Diffusion • Walker Frahm, University of Washington ; Sara Curran, University of Washington

  78. Solar PV for Rural Electricity: A Misplaced Emphasis for Mitigating Climate Change • Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan, National Institute of Advanced Studies

  79. How Do Demographic Factors Influence Environmental Attitudes? • Gabriel Movsesyan, CUNY Institute for Demographic Research (CIDR)

  80. Estimating the Population of Military Counties in the United States, 2000-2020 • Alexa Jones-Puthoff, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) ; Irene Dokko, U.S. Census Bureau

  81. Understanding Education’s Influence on Migration of Women in South Asia by Disentangling Premarital and Marital Migration: A Case Study of Nepal • Inku Subedi, Brown University