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.

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Submissions from 2002

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How community structures of time and opportunity shape adolescent sexual behavior in South Africa, Carol E. Kaufman, Shelley Clark, Ntsiki Manzini, and Julian May

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How long do we live?, John Bongaarts and Griffith Feeney

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Letting Girls Play: The Mathare Youth Sports Association's football program for girls, Martha Brady and Arjmand Banu Khan

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Living arrangements and socio-demographic conditions of older adults in Cambodia, Zachary Zimmer and Sovan Kiry Kim

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Pregnant or positive: Adolescent childbearing and HIV risk in South Africa, Naomi Rutenberg, Carol E. Kaufman, Kate Macintyre, Lisanne Brown, and Ali Mehyrar Karim

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Premarital sex in Vietnam: Is the current concern with adolescent reproductive health warranted?, Barbara Mensch, Wesley H. Clark, and Dang Nguyen Anh

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Responding to Cairo: Case Studies of Changing Practice in Reproductive Health and Family Planning, Nicole Haberland and Diana Measham

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Social organization and reproductive behavior in southern Ghana, Dominic K. Agyeman and John B. Casterline

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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

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The elderly and AIDS: Coping strategies and health consequences in rural Tanzania, Julia Dayton and Martha Ainsworth

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The end of the fertility transition in the developing world, John Bongaarts

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Training and Support of Developing-Country Population Scientists: A Panel Report, Jane Menken, Ann K. Blanc, and Cynthia B. Lloyd

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Training and support of developing-country population scientists: A panel report—Summary and recommendations, Jane Menken, Ann K. Blanc, and Cynthia B. Lloyd

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Universal sexuality education in Mongolia: Educating today to protect tomorrow, Delia Barcelona, Laura Laski, and Caitlin Gerdts

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What about us? Bringing infertility into reproductive health care, Okonofua Friday and Bishakha Datta

Submissions from 2001

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Determinants of educational attainment among adolescents in Egypt: Does school quality make a difference?, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Sahar El Tawila, Wesley H. Clark, and Barbara Mensch

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Determinants of educational attainment among adolescents in Egypt: Does school quality make a difference? [Arabic], Cynthia B. Lloyd, Sahar El Tawila, Wesley H. Clark, and Barbara Mensch

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Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Bénin 1996, Population Council

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Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Cameroun 1998, Population Council

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Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Côte d’Ivoire 1994, Population Council

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Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Mali 1995–1996, Population Council

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Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Maroc 1992, Population Council

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Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Niger 1998, Population Council

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Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Republique Centrafricaine 1994–1995, Population Council

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Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Sênêgal 1992-1993 et 1997, Population Council

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Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Tchad 1996–1997, Population Council

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Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Togo 1998, Population Council

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Ecological degradation, rural poverty, and migration in Ethiopia: A contextual analysis, Markos Ezra

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El Poder en las Relaciones Sexuales: Inicio de un diálogo entre profesionistas en salud reproductiva, Population Council and Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG)

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Bangladesh 1996, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Benin 1996, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Bolivia 1998, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Brazil 1996, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Burkina Faso 1993, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Cameroon 1998, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Central African Republic 1994–1995, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Chad 1996–1997, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Côte d'Ivoire 1994, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Egypt 1995, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Ghana 1998, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Guatemala 1995, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: India 1992–1993, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Indonesia 1997, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Jordan 1997, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Kenya 1998, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Madagascar 1997, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Malawi 1992, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Mali 1995–1996, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Morocco 1992, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Mozambique 1997, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Namibia 1992, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Niger 1998, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Nigeria 1990, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Pakistan 1990–1991, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Peru 1996, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Senegal 1992–1993 and 1997, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Tanzania 1996, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Togo 1998, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Uganda 1995, Population Council

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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Zimbabwe 1994, Population Council

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From Patna to Paris: Providing safe and humane abortion, Carmen Barroso, Martha Brady, Batya Elul, Shelley Clark, Sneh Vishwanath, and Sunanda Rabindranathan

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Household size and composition in the developing world, John Bongaarts

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Household size and composition in the developing world [Arabic], John Bongaarts

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Immunization status and child survival in rural Ghana, Philomena Nyarko, Brian Wells Pence, and Cornelius Debpuur

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Living arrangements of older adults in the developing world: An analysis of DHS household surveys, John Bongaarts and Zachary Zimmer

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Living arrangements of older adults in the developing world: An analysis of DHS household surveys [Arabic], John Bongaarts and Zachary Zimmer

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Obstacles to contraceptive use in Pakistan: A study in Punjab, John B. Casterline, Zeba Sathar, and Minhaj ul Haque

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Poverty and public services in developing-country cities, Paul C. Hewett and Mark R. Montgomery

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Social networks and contraceptive dynamics in southern Ghana, Mark R. Montgomery, Gebre-Egziabher Kiros, Dominic K. Agyeman, John B. Casterline, Peter Aglobitse, and Paul C. Hewett

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Sola no eres nada, juntas flotamos: El Movimiento Manuela Ramos, Judith Bruce and Debbie Rogow

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The end of the fertility transition in the developed world, John Bongaarts

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The reporting of sensitive behavior among adolescents: A methodological experiment in Kenya, Barbara Mensch, Paul C. Hewett, and Annabel Erulkar

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Whose education counts? The impact of grown children's education on the physical functioning of their parents in Taiwan, Zachary Zimmer, Albert I. Hermalin, and Hui-Sheng Lin

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Youth Livelihood Opportunities in Egypt, Safaa El-Kogali and Nagah Hassan Al Bassusi

Submissions from 2000

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A comparative analysis of anti-trafficking intervention approaches in Nepal, Catrin Evans, Pankaja Bhattarai, Celine Daly, Vaishali Sharma Mahendra, and Nick Langton

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Adolescent Girls' Livelihoods. Essential Questions, Essential Tools: A Report on a Workshop, Carey Meyers

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Adolescent Girls' Livelihoods. Essential Questions, Essential Tools: A Report on a Workshop [Arabic], Carey Meyers

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Adolescent pregnancy and parenthood in South Africa, Carol E. Kaufman, Thea de Wet, and Jonathan Stadler

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Alone you are nobody, together we float: The Manuela Ramos Movement, Judith Bruce and Debbie Rogow

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A participatory evaluation of the life-skills training programme in Myanmar, UNICEF and Population Council

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Future trends in contraception in the developing world: Prevalence and method mix, John Bongaarts and Elof D.B. Johansson

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Gender and generation in household labor supply in Jordan, Mary Kawar

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Gender and generation in household labor supply in Jordan [Arabic], Mary Kawar

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Greater investments in children through women's empowerment: A key to demographic change in Pakistan?, Valerie L. Durrant and Zeba Sathar

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Local level authorities and local action in Greater Khartoum, Sudan [Arabic], Gamal M. Hamid

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Managing population-environment systems: Problems of institutional design, Geoffrey McNicoll

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Schooling opportunities for girls as a stimulus for fertility change in rural Pakistan, Zeba Sathar, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Cem Mete, and Minhaj ul Haque

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Socialization to gender roles and marriage among Egyptian adolescents, Barbara Mensch, Barbara L. Ibrahim, Susan M. Lee, and Omaima El-Gibaly

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Some preconditions for fertility decline in Bengal: History, language identity, and an openness to innovations, Alaka Malwade Basu and Sajeda Amin

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Spatial variation in contraceptive use in Bangladesh: Looking beyond the borders, Sajeda Amin, Alaka Malwade Basu, and Rob Stephenson

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The effects of schooling incentive programs on household resource allocation in Bangladesh, Mary Arends-Kuenning and Sajeda Amin

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The potential role of contraception in reducing abortion, John Bongaarts and Charles F. Westoff

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The School Environment in Egypt: A Situation Analysis of Public Preparatory Schools, Sahar El Tawila, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Barbara Mensch, Hind Wassef, Zeinab Gamal, Wesley H. Clark, and Rania Sakr

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The School Environment in Egypt: A Situation Analysis of Public Preparatory Schools [Arabic], Sahar El Tawila, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Barbara Mensch, Hind Wassef, Zeinab Gamal, Wesley H. Clark, and Rania Sakr

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Unmet need for family planning in developing countries and implications for population policy, John B. Casterline and Steven W. Sinding

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Unmet need for family planning in developing countries and implications for population policy [Arabic], John B. Casterline and Steven W. Sinding

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Women street vendors: The road to recognition, Monique Cohen

Submissions from 1999

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Aprendiendo Sobre Sexualidad: Una Manera Practica de Comenzar, Sondra Zeidenstein and Kirsten Moore

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Completing the demographic transition, John Bongaarts and Rodolfo A. Bulatao

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Fertility preferences and contraceptive change in developing countries, Bamikale J. Feyisetan and John B. Casterline