Is the pro-poor premium exemption policy of Ghana’s NHIS eliminating disparities among the elderly? • Vincent Kuuire, University of Western Ontario ; Eric Tenkorang, Memorial University ; Andrea Rishworth, University of Waterloo ; Isaac Luginaah, University of Western Ontario ; Alfred Yawson, University of Ghana

To control or not to control? A modeller’s dilemma • Michel Mouchart, Université Catholique de Louvain ; Guillaume Wunsch, Université Catholique de Louvain ; Federica Russo, University of Amsterdam

The total fertility rate in Germany until 2040 – a stochastic principal components projection based on age-specific fertility rates • Patrizio Vanella, Leibniz Universität Hannover

Ideal family size measured by an adapted Coombs scale – first findings from a Czech survey • Ladislav Rabusic, Masaryk University ; Beatrice Chromková Manea, Masaryk University

The spatialities of ageing in Britain: is residential age segregation increasing? • Albert Sabater, University of St Andrews ; Elspeth Graham, University of St Andrews ; Nissa Finney, University of St Andrews

Traces of the second demographic transition in East Asia: cohabitation and marriage patterns in China • Barbara E. Fulda, Technische Universität Chemnitz

Sources and perspectives of mortality reduction in Russia • Elena Zemlyanova, Federal Research Institute for Health Organization and Informatics, Russia ; Alla E. Ivanova, Federal Research Institute for Health Organization and Informatics, Russia

Education, fertility postponement and causality: the role of family background factors • Felix C. Tropf, University of Oxford ; Jornt Mandemakers, Wageningen University

Fertility changes in Poland - cohort approach • Wioletta Grzenda, Warsaw School of Economics ; Ewa Fratczak, Warsaw School of Economics

A closer look at the future demography of European regions - New results from the Eurostat population projections at regional level • Giampaolo Lanzieri, European Commission, Eurostat

Neighborhood effects on family size • Janna Bergsvik, Statistics Norway ; Sara Cools, BI Norwegian Business School ; Rannveig K. Hart, Statistics Norway and University of Oslo

Clustering Italian families across population censuses: a space-time exploration • Marcantonio Caltabiano, Università di Messina ; Emanuela Dreassi, Università di Firenze ; Emilia Rocco, Università di Firenze ; Daniele Vignoli, Università di Firenze

Distance between children and parents after a separation – which children have a close distance to the absent parent? • Karin Lundström, Statistics Sweden ; Anna Nyman, Statistics Sweden ; Maria Brandén, Stockholm University ; Jani Turunen, Stockholm University

Improved statistics on children and their families in Sweden • Anna Nyman, Statistics Sweden ; Karin Lundström, Statistics Sweden

Japan’s official subnational population projections accuracy: comparative analysis of projections in Japan, English-speaking countries and the EU • Masakazu Yamauchi, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan ; Shiro Koike, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan ; Kenji Kamata, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan

Demographic impacts on housing demand in Germany • Philipp Deschermeier, Cologne Institute for Economic Research ; Ralph Henger, Cologne Institute for Economic Research

Educational attainment in the 20th century: using data from historical censuses and statistical yearbooks to reconstruct and validate a new global dataset on education • Jakob Eder, Vienna Institute of Demography and Austrian Academy of Sciences ; Markus Speringer, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) ; Anne Goujon, Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU) ; Samir K.C., Shanghai University and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) ; Michaela Potančoková, Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU) ; Ramon Bauer, Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU) and Universität Wien

Trends and differentials in mortality from communicable diseases in South Africa, 1997-2013 • Eric O Udjo, University of South Africa

Fertility behavior in Azerbaijan: on the demographic-economic paradox • Maximilian Stiefel, University of California, Santa Barbara

Cause specific mortality convergence and divergence tendencies among selected European countries: methods of analysis and current trends of development • Pavel Zimmermann, University of Economics, Prague (VSE) ; Klara Hulikova Tesarkova, Charles University in Prague ; Dan Kašpar, Charles University in Prague

Are power structures and empowerment reasons for the traditional division of household tasks within couples? An inter-European comparison • Ruth Abramowski, Universität Salzburg

Genetic programming through foetal starvation in chronically under-developed region of Sunderban, India: foetal origin hypothesis versus predictive adaptive response • Zakir Husain, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur ; Mousumi Dutta, Presidency University

Avoidable mortality in Russia and the EU: similarities and differences • Tamara P. Sabgayda, Federal Research Institute for Health Organization and Informatics, Russia ; Victoria G. Semyonova, Federal Research Institute for Health Organization and Informatics, Russia

Health and functioning in the exceptionally long-lived in Catalonia (Spain) • Manuela Alcañiz, Universitat de Barcelona ; Aïda Solé-Auró, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Educated Iranian women in favor of having girls: CART classification approach • Mahsa Saadati, National Population Studies and Comprehensive Management Institute, Iran ; Arezoo Bagheri, National Population Studies and Comprehensive Management Institute, Iran

Opposites attract: is there evidence of status exchange patterns in ethnic intermarriages? Sweden 1991-2009 • Annika Elwert, Lund University ; Martin Dribe, Lund University

The case of religiosity, nationalism and fertility among Jews in Israel revisited • Evgenia Bystrov, Technische Universität Chemnitz

Differential utilization in reproductive health care: Northern versus Southern India • Koyel Sarkar, Université Catholique de Louvain

Small-area population projections by socio-economic heterogeneity and residence for the state of Gujarat • Markus Speringer, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) ; Samir K.C., Shanghai University and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) ; Pramod Singh, Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)

Demographic factors and regional diversity behind the recent increase of renter-occupied households in Spain: a multilevel exploration • Alda B. Azevedo, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and University of Lisbon ; Julián López-Colás, Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED), UAB ; Juan A. Módenes, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Intergenerational effects of active labour market policies • Cordula D. Zabel, Institute for Employment Research (IAB) ; Eva Kopf, Institute for Employment Research (IAB)

The determinants of the fertility desires of the children of immigrants living in Italy • Silvia Pierobon, Università di Padova ; Alessandra Minello, European University Institute ; Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna, Università di Padova

Bowling together: scientific collaboration networks of European demographers • Raya Muttarak, Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU) ; Guy J. Abel, Asian Demographic Research Institute ; Valeria Bordone, University of Southampton ; Emilio Zagheni, University of Washington, Seattle

Longevity as a result of resilience • Marcela Petrova Kafkova, Masaryk University ; Martin Lakomý, Masaryk University

Mobility intentions of students: the influence of family and dating relations • Tom De Winter, Vrije Universiteit Brussel ; Helga A. G. de Valk, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Is wealth inequality associated with a double malnutrition burden in Pakistan? A multilevel analysis • Shammi Luhar, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

It deepens like a coastal shelf - educational mobility and social capital in Germany • Fabian Stephany, University of Cambridge and Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU)

Labour market insecurity and union dissolution in Italy • Elena Chincarini, BAGSS, University of Bamberg

Postponement of the old age threshold: when is the entry into old age? • Maria Bilo, Sapienza Università di Roma

Living arrangements in Sub-Saharan Africa between ethnicity and modernization • Giuseppe Gabrielli, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II ; Anna Paterno, Università degli Studi di Bari ; Pietro Sacco, Università degli Studi di Bari

Spousal violence and health care utilization for sick children in Nigeria • Sulaimon Adedokun, Obafemi Awolowo University

More years of life, more years of work: active ageing challenges and businesses age management practices • Pietro Checcucci, ISFOL ; Alessandra De Rose, Sapienza Università di Roma ; Filomena Racioppi, Sapienza Università di Roma

The interplay between employment, economic instability and fertility quantum: Portugal in a comparative European perspective • Lídia P. Tomé, Universidade de Évora ; Maria Mendes, Universidade de Évora

Islam and fertility at the end of the first demographic transition: the case of North Caucasus • Konstantin Kazenin, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration ; Vladimir Kozlov, National Research University Higher School of Economics

The similarity of marriage and cohabitation in question: new family forms in Switzerland • Valérie-Anne Ryser, Swiss Foundation for Research in the Social Sciences (FORS) ; Jean-Marie Le Goff, Université de Lausanne

How does birth order and number of siblings effect fertility? A within-family comparison using Swedish Register Data • Kathrin Morosow, Stockholm University ; Martin Kolk, Stockholm University

Prediction of the modal age at death by means of Lee – Carter model. Application to Slovak data • Karol Pastor, Comenius University in Bratislava

Cardiovascular health among the Czech population at the beginning of 21st century • Michala Lustigova, Charles University in Prague ; Dagmar Dzurova, Charles University in Prague

Diffusion process of fertility transition in Japan: regional analysis using spatial panel econometric model • Kenji Kamata, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan

Death causes of resident population and migrants in megalopolis • Alla E. Ivanova, Federal Research Institute for Health Organization and Informatics, Russia ; Elena Zemlyanova, Federal Research Institute for Health Organization and Informatics, Russia ; Sergey V. Ryazantsev, Institute of Social and Political Research, Russian Academy of Sciences

Recent immigration, territorial patterns and commuting in Spain: a metropolitan perspective • Jordi Bayona-i-Carrasco, Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED), UAB ; Marc Ajenjo, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Similar, but still different? Heterogamy in study discipline among highly educated couples and their risk of divorce • Lindsay Theunis, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ; Christine Schnor, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ; Jan Van Bavel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Racism and ageism in health care - a comparison between Germany, the Netherlands and Indonesia • Karina Hoekstra-Wibowo, Leibniz Universität Hannover

A poverty trap. Fertility control due to short-term economic stress in rural Aragón (Spain) 1801-1975 • Francisco José Marco-Gracia, Universidad de Zaragoza

Trend in orphanhood among children and young adults under 25 in France since 1999 • Cécile Flammant, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Regional differences and trends of life expectancy, self-perceived health, reported activity limitations and chronic morbidity in Latvia during 2005-2014 • Natalja Dubkova, University of Latvia

Retirement from the labour market: current European gender patterns and trends • Antía Domínguez-Rodríguez, Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED), UAB ; Pau Miret-Gamundi, Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED), UAB ; Pilar Zueras, Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED), UAB

This is a man’s world? Changes in income predict sex ratio at birth • Ohto Kanninen, Labour Institute for Economic Research, Finland ; Aleksi Karhula, University of Turku

The migration and integration of Moroccan and Ukrainian migrants in Italy: policies and measures • Anna Di Bartolomeo, European University Institute ; Giuseppe Gabrielli, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II ; Salvatore Strozza, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Linguistic adjustment among Israeli immigrants in Germany • Uzi Rebhun, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Does social comparison affect immigrants’ happiness and life satisfaction? A European perspective • Manuela Stranges, Università della Calabria ; Alessandra Venturini, University of Turin ; Daniele Vignoli, Università di Firenze

Is it possible to talk about a polarized-prolonged transition epidemiological model in Venezuela? An analysis of Venezuelan epidemiological profile in the years 2000-2010 • Jenny Garcia, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Managing transitions in European labour markets – the case of young Spanish migrants in Germany • Susanne Stedtfeld, Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) ; Andreas Ette, Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) ; Lenore Sauer, Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB)

Life satisfaction of people aged 50+ in Poland - evidence from the panel data • Maja Rynko, Warsaw School of Economics ; Anita Abramowska-Kmon, Warsaw School of Economics

Labour market and old-age transfers: measuring the cohort effects of the pension reforms in Poland using APC approach • Pawel A. Strzelecki, Warsaw School of Economics ; Agnieszka Chlon-Dominczak, Warsaw School of Economics ; Wojciech Latkowski, Warsaw School of Economics

Multilevel analysis of fertility determinants of rural women 15-49 years Iran • Reza Noubakht, University of Tehran ; Ali Ghasemi Ardahaee, National Population Studies and Comprehensive Management Institute, Iran ; Mohamadreza Boroumandzade, University of Tehran ; Hossain Hamidi, Payame Noor University

Trends in the relative distribution of wages by gender and cohorts in Latin America • Ana Hermeto, Cedeplar, UFMG

Dissolution of committed cohabiting relationships in the Netherlands • Saskia te Riele, Statistics Netherlands ; Niels Kooiman, Statistics Netherlands

Fertility of women in the Czech Republic by marital status and level of education in the period 1991–2011 • Tomas Fiala, University of Economics, Prague (VSE) ; Jitka Langhamrova, University of Economics, Prague (VSE) ; Kornélia Cséfalvaiová, University of Economics, Prague (VSE) ; Jana Vrabcova Langhamrova, University of Economics, Prague (VSE)

Estimating the completeness and timeliness of birth registration in Turkey with an emphasis on adolescent births • Faruk Keskin, Hacettepe University

Modelling modal age by various smoothing methods with regard to the asymmetry in mortality: the case of the Czech Republic 1950–2014 • Martina Miskolczi, University of Economics, Prague (VSE) ; Jitka Langhamrova, University of Economics, Prague (VSE) ; Jana Vrabcova Langhamrova, University of Economics, Prague (VSE)

Perceptions of filial responsibilities towards the care needs of elderly parents: gender and cultural cleavages in immigrant families of Maghrebine origins in Italy • Michela Semprebon, Università di Bologna ; Marco Albertini, Università di Bologna

The sequence of occurrences of the starting socio-demographic events in the life course of Russians • Ekaterina S. Mitrofanova, National Research University Higher School of Economics

The links among living arrangements and fertility in Germany. The role of Living Apart Together (LAT) on fertility intentions and realized fertility • Nicoletta Signoretti, Sapienza Università di Roma