Please join the Population Division for a series of events, including sessions as part of the scientific programme and a plenary debate in Cape Town, South Africa from 29 October to 4 November 2017.
Please visit the Population Division staff, including the Director, in booth 8.
For more information on the meeting visit http://ipc2017capetown.iussp.org/
Sessions where Population Division staff are participating:
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Training course on Bayesian Population Projections at the Graduate School of Business
Mark Wheldon, United Nations Population Division
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Training course on Bayesian Population Projections at the Graduate School of Business
Mark Wheldon, United Nations Population Division
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Session 39. Strengthening migration data and research in the context of the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration
Panelists:
Ellen Percy Kraly, Colgate University
Emilio Zagheni, University of Washington, Seattle
Fernando Lozano, (CRIM-UNAM)
Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, University of Tehran and National Institute of Population Research
Chairs:
Philippe Fargues, European University Institute
Bela Hovy, United Nations Population Division
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Session 55. Paper: Evaluating the Completeness of Death Registration for Developing Countries at Old Ages
Nan Li, United Nations Population Division
Patrick Gerland, United Nations Population Division
9:15 AM - 9:30 PM
Session 71. Paper: Fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa: A view using parity progression ratios
Mathias Lerch, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Germany
Thomas Spoorenberg, United Nations Population Division
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Session 38. Poster: Monitoring development goals on aging: the implementation of the Multi-Cluster Survey on Ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa
Yumiko Kamiya, United Nations Population Division
Iliana Kohler, University of Pennsylvania
Karoline Schmid, United Nations Population Division
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Session 1201. Paper: National, regional and global trends in marriage and cohabiting unions: Estimates and projections of the proportion of women who are married or in a union by age
Mi Hong Yim, Chungnam National University, Korea, Republic of (South)
Leontine Alkema, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Vladimira Kantorova, United Nations Population Division
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Session 1201. Paper: Global Patterns and Trends in Living Arrangement
Mun Sim Lai, United Nations Population Division
Albert Esteve Palos, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Centre d'Estudis demogràfics (CED), Spain
Antonio Lopez-Gay, Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics (CED), Bellaterra, B, Spain
Sara Hertog, United Nations Population Division
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
Plenary debate: International migration in the 21st century: Should borders be more open?
John Wilmoth, United Nations Population Division
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Session 173. Paper: Understanding Family Planning Indicators Amongst Unmarried Women: Theory and Measurement
Aisha Dasgupta, United Nations Population Division
Philipp Ueffing, United Nations Population Division
Vladimira Kantorova, United Nations Population Division
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Session 205. Using and improving vital registration data
Organiser and Chair:
Patrick Gerland, United Nations Population Division
Discussant:
Magali Barbieri, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Session 225. Paper: Fiscal Impacts across Generations in Ecuador
Mun Sim Lai, United Nations Population Division
Luis Rosero-Bixby, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Session 227. Assessing death registration data to guide improvements in vital statistics
Organiser:
Patrick Gerland, United Nations Population Division
Chair:
Romesh Silva, UNFPA
Discussant:
Sandile Simelane, Statistics South Africa, South Africa
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Session 252. Session: Projecting populations and demographic components
Organiser:
Thomas Spoorenberg, United Nations Population Division
Chair:
Mathias Lerch, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Session 252. Paper: Probabilistic Population Aging
Warren Sanderson, Stony Brook University, State University of New York (SUNY)
Sergei Scherbov, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria
Patrick Gerland, United Nations Population Division
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Session 246. Paper: The Role of Hierarchies in a Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Estimating and Projecting Contraceptive Prevalence Among Unmarried Women when Data are Limited and Deficient, or Absent
Mark Wheldon, United Nations Population Division
Aisha Dasgupta, United Nations Population Division
Philipp Ueffing, United Nations Population Division
Vladimira Kantorova, United Nations Population Division
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Session 268. Paper: Patterns and Trends in Sexual Activity by Marital Status and Age: A comparative Perspective
Mark Wheldon, United Nations Population Division
Aisha Dasgupta, United Nations Population Division
Philipp Ueffing, United Nations Population Division
Vladimira Kantorova, United Nations Population Division
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Session 276. Poster: 7 Age-Specific Modern Contraceptive Prevalence Among Married Women in 52 FP2020 Focus Countries: Exploration and Modelling
Mark Wheldon, United Nations Population Division
Aisha Dasgupta, United Nations Population Division
Philipp Ueffing, United Nations Population Division
Vladimira Kantorova, United Nations Population Division
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Session 269. Poster: Intergeneration Support as a Safety Net for Older Adults Living in a Vulnerable Environment
Iliana Kohler, University of Pennsylvania
Yumiko Kamiya, United Nations Population Division
Karoline Schmid, United Nations Population Division
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Session 282. Session: Projecting mortality
Organiser:
Thomas Spoorenberg, United Nations Population Division
Chair:
Shripad Tuljapurkar, Stanford University
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Session 297. Paper: Probabilistic Projection of Subnational Total Fertility Rates
Hana Sevcikova, University of Washington
Adrian Raftery, University of Washington
Patrick Gerland, United Nations Population Division