IUSSP International Population Conference

IUSSP International Population Conference
Wednesday 7 August 2013

The XXVII IUSSP International Population Conference will be held in Busan, Republic of Korea, from 26 - 31 August. A large contingent from ADSRI (including current visitors and recently departed staff) are involved in the conference - presenting papers, chairing sessions etc. Peter McDonald, former Director of ADSRI, is the current President of the IUSSP.

For abstracts of papers and more information visit the IUSSP conference website.

Session chairs

Demographic transition in Asia
Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi

Population dynamics and climate change
Population and socioeconomic scenarios for climate change research 
Adrian Hayes

IUSSP Plenary Debate: For developing countries, economic development needs to be a higher priority than environmental protection and conservation of natural resources
IUSSP Plenary on How families will change in the next 20 years 
Closing Ceremony
Peter McDonald

Internal migration and urbanization: special applications
James Raymer

Work-family interface and gender equality
Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo

Mortality decline in developing countries and its theoretical implications
Zhongwei Zhao

Session discussants

Demographic Transition in Asia
Terence Hull 

Historical demography of East Asia from household registers
Zhongwei Zhao

Papers

Abortion in Islamic societies: a comparison of Iran and Indonesia
Terence H Hull, Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Meimanat Hossein Chavoshi, Ninuk Widyantoro

Adaptation and return strategies of the second-generation Afghan refugees in Iran
Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Rasoul Sadeghi, Graeme Hugo, Peter McDonald

Applying and extending the Lee-Carter Model to forecast age-specific migration
James Raymer, Arkadiusz Wisniowski, Peter W. F. Smith, Jakub Bijak

Below-replacement fertility of ethnic Indians in Fiji: a decomposition analysis of the components of changes in TFR
Bhakta B. Gubhaju, Eduard Jongstra, Merewalesi Raikoti

The BodyMass-Mortality Association in the United States: A reassessment of secular trends
Yan Yu

A comparison of the accuracy of coherent mortality forecasts for subpopulations defined by sex and state – which matters most?
Heather Booth

Demographic differences in the association between social networks and self-rated health in later life
Heather Booth, Pilar Rioseco, Heather Crawford

Le dernier mois de l’existence : les lieux de la fin de vie et de la mort en France
Sophie Pennec, Alain Monnier, Joëlle Gaymu, Françoise Riou, Régis Aubry, Silvia Pontone, Chantal Cases

Family development and the spouses’ role behaviour in Iran
Fatemeh Torabi, Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi

Four decades of educational differences in overweight and obesity in the United States: Period and cohort patterns
Yan Yu

How accurate are proxy reports of partner’s pregnancy wantedness?: Evidence from Australian couples.
Anna Reimondos

The impact of extreme weather conditions on mortality in two Chinese populations
Zhongwei Zhao, Edward Jow-ching Tu, Yuan Zhu

Level, trend and pattern of childlessness in Iran
Hajiieh Bibi Razeghi Nasrabad, Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Meimanat Hossein Chavoshi, Mohammad Reza Karegar Shooraki

Life situations of young fathers in Greater Jakarta, Indonesia
Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo, Anna Reimondos, Ariane Utomo, Peter McDonald and Terence Hull

Living arrangements of the elderly in Vietnam: Adaptation to change
Cuc Thu Hoang

The mad, the bad and the sad: life courses of convict women transported to Van Diemen's Land
Rebecca Kippen

The own–children estimates of fertility applied to the 2011 Iran Census and the 2010 Iran-MIDHS: An evaluation
Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Meimanat Hossein Chavoshi, Banihashemi Faribasadat, Ardashir Khosravi

The role of migration on poverty reduction in Indonesia: A quest on the migrants’ welfare before and after migration
Hasnani Rangkuti

Socioeconomic development and sex differences in cardiovascular disease mortality between East Asian and Western populations
Jiaying Zhao, Edward Jow-Ching Tu, Zhongwei Zhao

Tempo and quantum of fertility in Iran: An application of the Synthetic Parity Progression Ratio Method
Meimanat Hossein Chavoshi, Peter McDonald, Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Arash Rashidian

To cohabit or to marry? Insights from focus group research in 9 countries in Europe and Australia
Brienna Perelli-Harris, Daniele Vignoli, Ann Berrington, Olga G. Isupova, Ann Evans, Trude Lappegard, Monika Mynarska, Andreas Klaerner, Katrin Fliegenschnee, Renske Keizer

Transition into marriage in Greater Jakarta: Courtship, parental influence and self-choice marriage
Ariane Utomo, Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo, Peter McDonald, Anna Reimondos, Terence H Hull

Understanding of sexual harassment among Year 6 and Year 12 Students in Jakarta, West Java, West Nusa Tenggara and South Sulawesi
Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo, Peter McDonald, Anna Reimondos, Ariane Utomo

What happens after you drop out? : Work, school re-entry, and transition to adulthood among early school leavers
Ariane Utomo, Anna Reimondos, Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo, Peter McDonald

Posters

Australians use of overseas providers for sex selective reproductive technology
Edith Gray, Ann Evans, Anna Reimondos 

Bayesian population projections with model uncertainty
Arkadiusz Wisniowski, Peter W. F. Smith, Jakub Bijak, James Raymer

Politics, religion, and the Internet: A survey of attitudes and aspirations of the Indonesian youth bulge
Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo, Ariane Utomo, Anna Reimondos, Peter McDonald, Terence H Hull

 

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