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
Estimating mean lifetime, John Bongaarts and Griffith Feeney
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
Family size and support of older adults in urban and rural China: Current effects and future implications, Zachary Zimmer and Julia Kwong
Gender-role attitudes among Egyptian adolescents, Barbara Mensch, Barbara L. Ibrahim, Susan M. Lee, and Omaima El-Gibaly
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
Negotiating leadership roles: Young women's experiences in rural Egypt, Rania Salem, Barbara L. Ibrahim, and Martha Brady
Population and development: An introductory view, Geoffrey McNicoll
Population and development: An introductory view [Arabic], Geoffrey McNicoll
Population policy: A concise summary, Paul Demeny
Population policy dilemmas in Europe at the dawn of the twenty-first century, Paul Demeny
Primary schooling in sub-Saharan Africa: Recent trends and current challenges, Cynthia B. Lloyd and Paul C. Hewett
Schooling opportunities for girls as a stimulus for fertility change in rural Pakistan, Zeba Sathar, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Cem Mete, and Minhaj ul Haque
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 impact of educational quality on school exit in Egypt, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Sahar El Tawila, Wesley H. Clark, and Barbara Mensch
The living arrangements of older adults in sub-Saharan Africa in a time of HIV/AIDS, Zachary Zimmer and Julia Dayton
The reporting of sensitive behavior by adolescents: A methodological experiment in Kenya, Barbara Mensch, Paul C. Hewett, and Annabel Erulkar
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
Capacitación y apoyo de científicos en población de países en desarrollo: Un informe de panel—Resumen y recomendaciones, Jane Menken, Ann K. Blanc, and Cynthia B. Lloyd
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
Formation et soutien pour les scientifiques démographiques des pays en développement: Rapport du groupe d'experts—Sommaire et recommandations, Jane Menken, Ann K. Blanc, and Cynthia B. Lloyd