The Population Council’s Poverty, Gender, and Youth program seeks to understand and address the disparities in opportunity that arise during adolescence, the critical requirements for reaching a successful, productive adulthood, the causes and consequences of gender inequality, and the social dimensions of poverty in developing countries.
Submissions from 2003
Evidence-based development of health and family planning programs in Bangladesh and Ghana, James F. Phillips, Tanya C. Jones, Frank K. Nyonator, and Shruti Ravikumar
How indicators of socioeconomic status relate to physical functioning of older adults in three Asian societies, Zachary Zimmer, Napaporn Chayovan, Hui-Sheng Lin, and Josefina N. Natividad
Marriage in transition: Evidence on age, education, and assets from six developing countries, Agnes R. Quisumbing and Kelly Hallman
Marriage in transition: Evidence on age, education, and assets from six developing countries [Arabic], Agnes R. Quisumbing and Kelly Hallman
« Mon père pensait autrement » : des garçons nigérians réfléchissent à l'égalité entre les sexes, Françoise Girard
My father didn't think this way': Nigerian boys contemplate gender equality, Françoise Girard
Population and development: An introductory view, Geoffrey McNicoll
Population and development: An introductory view [Arabic], Geoffrey McNicoll
Population policy: A concise summary, Paul Demeny
Primary schooling in sub-Saharan Africa: Recent trends and current challenges, Cynthia B. Lloyd and Paul C. Hewett
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Armenia, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Bangladesh, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Benin, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Bolivia, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Brazil, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Burkina Faso, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Cameroon, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Central African Republic, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Chad, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Colombia, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Comoros, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Côte d'Ivoire, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Dominican Republic, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Egypt, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Ethiopia, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Ghana, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Guatemala, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Guinea, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Haiti, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: India, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Indonesia, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Jordan, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Kazakhstan, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Kenya, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Kyrgyzstan, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Madagascar, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Malawi, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Mali, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Morocco, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Mozambique, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Namibia, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Nepal, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Nicaragua, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Niger, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Nigeria, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Pakistan, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Paraguay, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Peru, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Philippines, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Rwanda, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Senegal, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: South Africa, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Tanzania, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Togo, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Turkey, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Uganda, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Uzbekistan, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Zambia, Population Council
Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Zimbabwe, Population Council
The Colors of Change: Participation in School Upgrading in Egypt [Arabic], Linda Herrera
The feasibility of computer-assisted survey interviewing in Africa: Experience from two rural districts in Kenya, Paul C. Hewett, Annabel Erulkar, and Barbara Mensch
The Ghana Community-based Health Planning and Services Initiative: Fostering evidence-based organizational change and development in a resource-constrained setting, Frank K. Nyonator, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, James F. Phillips, Tanya C. Jones, and Robert A. Miller
The living arrangements of older adults in sub-Saharan Africa in a time of HIV/AIDS, Zachary Zimmer and Julia Dayton
Wage work and marriage: Perspectives of Egyptian working women, Sajeda Amin and Nagah Hassan Al Bassusi
Wage work and marriage: Perspectives of Egyptian working women [Arabic], Sajeda Amin and Nagah Hassan Al Bassusi
Women's denial of having experienced female genital cutting in northern Ghana: Explanatory factors and consequences for analysis of survey data, Elizabeth F. Jackson, Patricia Akweongo, Evelyn Sakeah, Abraham Hodgson, Rofina Asuru, and James F. Phillips
Submissions from 2002
Are we not peasants too? Land rights and women's claims in India, Bina Agarwal
'Bus fare, please': The economics of sex and gifts among adolescents in urban South Africa, Carol E. Kaufman and Stavros E. Stavrou
Changes in functional limitations and survival among the elderly in Taiwan: 1993, 1996, and 1999, Zachary Zimmer, Linda G. Martin, and Ming-Cheng Chang
Childcare, mothers' work, and earnings: Findings from the urban slums of Guatemala City, Kelly Hallman, Agnes R. Quisumbing, Marie T. Ruel, and Benedicte de la Briere
Childcare, mothers' work, and earnings: Findings from the urban slums of Guatemala City [Arabic], Kelly Hallman, Agnes R. Quisumbing, Marie T. Ruel, and Benedicte de la Briere
Demographic factors in East Asian regional integration, Geoffrey McNicoll
Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Burkina Faso 1999, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Burkina Faso 1998–1999, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Colombia 1995, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Comoros 1996, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Haiti 1994, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Kazakstan 1995, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Kyrgystan 1997, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Nepal 1996, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Nicaragua 1998, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Nigeria 1999, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Paraguay 1990, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Philippines 1998, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Rwanda 1992, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Tanzania 1999, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Turkey 1993, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Uzbekistan 1996, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Zambia 1996, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Zimbabwe 1999, Population Council
How community structures of time and opportunity shape adolescent sexual behavior in South Africa, Carol E. Kaufman, Shelley Clark, Ntsiki Manzini, and Julian May
How long do we live?, John Bongaarts and Griffith Feeney
Letting Girls Play: The Mathare Youth Sports Association's football program for girls, Martha Brady and Arjmand Banu Khan
Living arrangements and socio-demographic conditions of older adults in Cambodia, Zachary Zimmer and Sovan Kiry Kim
Pregnant or positive: Adolescent childbearing and HIV risk in South Africa, Naomi Rutenberg, Carol E. Kaufman, Kate Macintyre, Lisanne Brown, and Ali Mehyrar Karim
Premarital sex in Vietnam: Is the current concern with adolescent reproductive health warranted?, Barbara Mensch, Wesley H. Clark, and Dang Nguyen Anh
Responding to Cairo: Case Studies of Changing Practice in Reproductive Health and Family Planning, Nicole Haberland and Diana Measham
Social organization and reproductive behavior in southern Ghana, Dominic K. Agyeman and John B. Casterline
The effect of gender differences in primary school access, type, and quality on the decision to enroll in rural Pakistan, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Cem Mete, and Zeba Sathar
The elderly and AIDS: Coping strategies and health consequences in rural Tanzania, Julia Dayton and Martha Ainsworth