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 2002
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
The end of the fertility transition in the developing world, John Bongaarts
Training and Support of Developing-Country Population Scientists: A Panel Report, Jane Menken, Ann K. Blanc, and Cynthia B. Lloyd
Training and support of developing-country population scientists: A panel report—Summary and recommendations, Jane Menken, Ann K. Blanc, and Cynthia B. Lloyd
Universal sexuality education in Mongolia: Educating today to protect tomorrow, Delia Barcelona, Laura Laski, and Caitlin Gerdts
What about us? Bringing infertility into reproductive health care, Okonofua Friday and Bishakha Datta
Submissions from 2001
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ecological degradation, rural poverty, and migration in Ethiopia: A contextual analysis, Markos Ezra
El Poder en las Relaciones Sexuales: Inicio de un diálogo entre profesionistas en salud reproductiva, Population Council and Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG)
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Bangladesh 1996, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Benin 1996, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Bolivia 1998, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Brazil 1996, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Burkina Faso 1993, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Cameroon 1998, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Central African Republic 1994–1995, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Chad 1996–1997, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Côte d'Ivoire 1994, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Egypt 1995, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Ghana 1998, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Guatemala 1995, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: India 1992–1993, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Indonesia 1997, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Jordan 1997, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Kenya 1998, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Madagascar 1997, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Malawi 1992, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Mali 1995–1996, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Morocco 1992, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Mozambique 1997, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Namibia 1992, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Niger 1998, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Nigeria 1990, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Pakistan 1990–1991, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Peru 1996, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Senegal 1992–1993 and 1997, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Tanzania 1996, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Togo 1998, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Uganda 1995, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Zimbabwe 1994, Population Council
From Patna to Paris: Providing safe and humane abortion, Carmen Barroso, Martha Brady, Batya Elul, Shelley Clark, Sneh Vishwanath, and Sunanda Rabindranathan
Household size and composition in the developing world, John Bongaarts
Household size and composition in the developing world [Arabic], John Bongaarts
Immunization status and child survival in rural Ghana, Philomena Nyarko, Brian Wells Pence, and Cornelius Debpuur
Living arrangements of older adults in the developing world: An analysis of DHS household surveys, John Bongaarts and Zachary Zimmer
Living arrangements of older adults in the developing world: An analysis of DHS household surveys [Arabic], John Bongaarts and Zachary Zimmer
Obstacles to contraceptive use in Pakistan: A study in Punjab, John B. Casterline, Zeba Sathar, and Minhaj ul Haque
Poverty and public services in developing-country cities, Paul C. Hewett and Mark R. Montgomery
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
Sola no eres nada, juntas flotamos: El Movimiento Manuela Ramos, Judith Bruce and Debbie Rogow
The end of the fertility transition in the developed world, John Bongaarts
The reporting of sensitive behavior among adolescents: A methodological experiment in Kenya, Barbara Mensch, Paul C. Hewett, and Annabel Erulkar
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
Youth Livelihood Opportunities in Egypt, Safaa El-Kogali and Nagah Hassan Al Bassusi
Submissions from 2000
A comparative analysis of anti-trafficking intervention approaches in Nepal, Catrin Evans, Pankaja Bhattarai, Celine Daly, Vaishali Sharma Mahendra, and Nick Langton
Adolescent Girls' Livelihoods. Essential Questions, Essential Tools: A Report on a Workshop, Carey Meyers
Adolescent Girls' Livelihoods. Essential Questions, Essential Tools: A Report on a Workshop [Arabic], Carey Meyers
Adolescent pregnancy and parenthood in South Africa, Carol E. Kaufman, Thea de Wet, and Jonathan Stadler
Alone you are nobody, together we float: The Manuela Ramos Movement, Judith Bruce and Debbie Rogow
A participatory evaluation of the life-skills training programme in Myanmar, UNICEF and Population Council
Future trends in contraception in the developing world: Prevalence and method mix, John Bongaarts and Elof D.B. Johansson
Gender and generation in household labor supply in Jordan, Mary Kawar
Gender and generation in household labor supply in Jordan [Arabic], Mary Kawar
Greater investments in children through women's empowerment: A key to demographic change in Pakistan?, Valerie L. Durrant and Zeba Sathar
Local level authorities and local action in Greater Khartoum, Sudan [Arabic], Gamal M. Hamid
Managing population-environment systems: Problems of institutional design, Geoffrey McNicoll
Schooling opportunities for girls as a stimulus for fertility change in rural Pakistan, Zeba Sathar, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Cem Mete, and Minhaj ul Haque
Socialization to gender roles and marriage among Egyptian adolescents, Barbara Mensch, Barbara L. Ibrahim, Susan M. Lee, and Omaima El-Gibaly
Some preconditions for fertility decline in Bengal: History, language identity, and an openness to innovations, Alaka Malwade Basu and Sajeda Amin
Spatial variation in contraceptive use in Bangladesh: Looking beyond the borders, Sajeda Amin, Alaka Malwade Basu, and Rob Stephenson
The effects of schooling incentive programs on household resource allocation in Bangladesh, Mary Arends-Kuenning and Sajeda Amin
The potential role of contraception in reducing abortion, John Bongaarts and Charles F. Westoff
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
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
Unmet need for family planning in developing countries and implications for population policy, John B. Casterline and Steven W. Sinding
Unmet need for family planning in developing countries and implications for population policy [Arabic], John B. Casterline and Steven W. Sinding
Women street vendors: The road to recognition, Monique Cohen
Submissions from 1999
Aprendiendo Sobre Sexualidad: Una Manera Practica de Comenzar, Sondra Zeidenstein and Kirsten Moore
Completing the demographic transition, John Bongaarts and Rodolfo A. Bulatao
Fertility preferences and contraceptive change in developing countries, Bamikale J. Feyisetan and John B. Casterline