Population Studies Centre, University of Western Ontario

Members' Publications

2009 Publications

Danièle Bélanger and Khuat Thi Hai Oanh. 2009. “Second Trimester Abortions and Sex Selection of Children in Northern Urban Vietnam.” Population 63:2: 163-171.

Ken R. Smith, Alain Gagnon, Richard M. Cawthon, Geraldine Mineau, Ryan Mazan, and Bertrand Desjardins. 2009. “Familial aggregation of survival and late female reproduction” Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 64A ( 7): 740–744

Alain Gagnon, Ken R. Smith, Marc Tremblay, Hélène Vézina, Paul-Philippe Paré, and Bertrand Desjardins. 2009. “Is there a trade-off between fertility and longevity? A comparative study of women from three large historical demographic databases accounting for mortality selection” American Journal of Human Biology. 21:533–540, Published online March 19, 2009.

Danièle Bélanger and Li Xu. 2009. “Agricultural Land, Gender and Kinship in Rural China and Vietnam: A Comparison of Two Villages.” Journal of Agrarian Change 9:2, 204-230.

Alain Gagnon and Ryan Mazan. 2009. “'Does exposure to infectious diseases in infancy affect old age mortality?' Evidence from a pre-industrial population” Social Science and Medicine. 68: 1609–1616, Published online March 9, 2009.

Ryan Mazan, Alain Gagnon and Bertrand Desjardins. 2009. “The Measles Epidemic of 1714-1715 in New-France” Canadian Studies in Population. 36:295-319.

Danièle Bélanger and Andrea Flynn. 2009. “The Persistence of Induced Abortion in Cuba: Exploring the Notion of an ‘Abortion Culture’.” Studies in Family Planning Vol. 40:1.

2008 Publications

Beaujot, Roderic and Zenaida Ravanera. 2008. Family Change and Implications for Family Solidarity and Social Cohesion. Canadian Studies in Population, 35(1):73-101.

Erfani, Amir and Kevin McQuillan. 2008 . “Rapid Fertility Decline in Iran: Analysis of Intermediate Variables,” Journal of Biosocial Science, 40(3):459-478.

Gagnon, Alain, Ryan Mazan, Bertrand Desjardins, and Ken R. Smith (2008) "Post-reproductive survival in a natural fertility population", in T. Bengtsson and G.P. Mineau (editors): Kinship and Demographic Behavior in the Past, International Studies in Population, vol. 7, Springer, pp 225-241.

Gyimah, S. Obeng, Takyi, B.K. & Eric Tenkorang (2008). Denominational affiliation and fertility behavior in an African context: An examination of couple data from Ghana. Journal of Biosocial Science 40, 3: 445-458.

Takyi, Baffour K., W. Bediako Lamousé-Smith, Gabriel Fosu & S. Obeng Gyimah. (2008). “Migration and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa” in Toyin Falola & Matthew M. Heaton (eds.) Health Knowledge and Belief Systems in Africa. Carolina Academic Press.

2007 Publications - See the Population Studies Centre Annual Report 2007


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