The 2ndAsian Population Association (APA) Conference was held in Bangkok from 26 -29 August and successfully convened more than 600 participants from 50 countries to share their ideas and experiences on population issues across Asia. In addition to the participation of many young demographers, the presence of distinguished international and Asian scholars was valuable and contributed to the high quality of the proceedings. The attendance of representatives from UN agencies, government organizations and NGOs was important for networking and policy impact. ADSRI and demography at ANU were very well represented with many current and former staff, students and visitors attending. Papers by ADSRI staff, adjuncts and students are listed below.
Around 400 papers were presented at 100 regular sessions and around 300 papers were displayed in poster sessions. The two plenary sessions on Future of low fertility in Asia and Asians on the move were stimulating and raised many research questions that will give direction for research in years to come. The strong message emerging from the conference was that ‘population matters’. Governments and policy makers need to rely more on evidence-based policies in their planning to address future population and development trends.
Distinguished guests at the conference including Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Peter McDonald and Terry Hull. More photos from the conference are available on the APA website. Photo: Asian Population Association.
Establishment and management of the Asian Population Association
The initial discussion of the establishment of an Asian population association, through an online forum, led to an establishment committee in 2007 which included two members of ADSRI, Professor Mohammed Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi and Professor Terry Hull. The first meeting of this committee was held at the University of Tehran in 2007 where the constitution was drafted. The APA was then registered in Bangkok and the first council organised the first conference of the association in New Delhi in November 2010. The association now has around 1300 members from across Asia and beyond.
ADSRI is well represented on the current APA Council with Professor Abbasi-Shavazi (President), Professor Hull (Vice President) and Dr Bhakta Gubhaju (Council Member). Professor Hull and Dr Meimanat Hosseini have both been nominated for the next APA Council election with Professor Hull being nominated for President. The election will be held online during October and November 2012.
Asian Population Conference papers
The adaptation of second-generation Afghan refugees and immigrants in Iran: Patterns and its socio-demographic correlates
Rasoul Sadeghi, Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi
Australians travelling abroad for assisted human reproduction procedures: The role of the internet
Edith Gray, Rebecca Kippen
China’s far below replacement fertility and its implications (presented at the plenary session on How low Asian fertility can go?)
Zhongwei Zhao
The compounding effects of demographic, socio-economic, and morbidity to the future demand for health care in an ageing population: A case of Indonesia.
Pungkas Ali, Peter McDonald
Demographic transition and population aging in South Asia: Challenges and opportunities
Bhakta Gubhaju
Exploring gender differences in student performance: A multilevel analysis using combined individual, school, and district level data from Indonesia
Suharti
Female education and opportunity costs of marriage and childbearing in Iran
Fatemeh Torabi, Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi
Internal migration in the countries of Asia: A comparative analysis
Martin Bell, Salut Muhidin, Yu Zhu, Elin Charles-Edwards
Lifetime pregnancy and contraceptive usage among women living in low fertility regions of Iran
Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi, Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Peter McDonald
Marriage and relationship patterns among young adults in Greater Jakarta
Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo, Peter McDonald, Anna Reimondos, Terence Hull, Ariane Utomo
Mortality data in three Chinese societies: comparability, institutional causes, and adjustment
Jiaying Zhao, Edward Jow-Ching Tu, Zhongwei Zhao
Nutrition transition and prevalence of major diet-related chronic diseases in Sri Lanka
Gamini Wijesekere
Pneumonia, poverty and immunization among Myanmar children under five
Helen James, Allan Cripps
Population dynamics and climate change in Indonesia
Adrian Hayes
Rational and evidence based correction of population census based indirect estimates of infant and child mortality rates: Application to the 2010 Indonesia population census
Budi Utomo, Soeharsono Soemantri, Wendy Hartanto, Richard Makalew, Terence Hull, Thoman Pardosi, Syafi'i Nur
Short postponement of entry to motherhood in Iran
Hajiieh Bibi Razeghi Nasrabad, Mohammad Jalal Abbasi Shavazi, Meimanat Hoseini Chavoshi, Mahmoud Ghazi Tabatabaei
Students' perceptions of what constitutes domestic violence: Evidence from a school based survey of grade 6 and grade 12 students in Indonesia
Anna Reimondos, Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo, Peter McDonald, Ariane Utomo, Terence Hull
Toward a better understanding of daily mortality changes
Zhongwei Zhao, Ed Tu, Yuan Zhu
Using abortion hospitalization data for studying abortion: challenges and opportunities
Riznawaty Imma Aryanty
Women’s employment exit and re-entry around childbearing in Indonesia
Diahhadi Setyonaluri
Anna Reimondos, Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo with their poster and Iqbal Shah. Photo: Iwu Dwistetyani Utomo.
Posters
Aging perception and health promotion lifestyle among Iranian older adults
Nasibeh Zanjari, Majid Movahed, Rasoul Sadeghi
Contraceptive use and sexual behaviour by unmarried young adults in Greater Jakarta (PDF 945KB)
Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo, Peter McDonald, Terence Hull, Ariane Utomo, Anna Reimondos
Determinants of unintended pregnancy among married women in Indonesia
Nur Jaeni, Peter McDonald, Iwu Utomo
Social demographic and environmental determinants of choice of bottled water at household level in Indonesia
Pungkas Ali, Terrence Hull