Presentations
2006
Dirgha J. Ghimire and Lynette Hoelter. 2006. “Social Change, Community Context, Land Use, and First Birth Timing in an Agricultural Setting.” Paper presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, March 30-April 1, Los Angeles, CA.
Douglas S. Massey, William G. Axinn, and Dirgha J. Ghimire. 2006. “Environmental Change and Out-Migration: Evidence from Nepal.” Paper presented at the Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Merida, Mexico.
E. Sutherland. 2006. “Natural Resource Responsibility and Seasonal Patterns in Contraceptive Behavior: Evidence from Nepal.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, March 31-April 2, Los Angeles, CA.
2005
Sundar S. Shrestha and Prem Bhandari. 2005. “Environmental Security and Labor Migration in Nepal.” Paper to be presented at the XXV International Population Conference of the IUSSP, July 18-23, Tours, France.
Arland Thornton, Dirgha J. Ghimire, and Colter Mitchell. 2005. “The Measurement and Prevalence of Developmental Thinking about the Family: Evidence from Nepal.” Paper presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, March 31-April 2, Philadelphia, PA.
2004
Prem Bhandari. “More Hands or More Inputs? Relationship between Population and Agriculture in Nepal.” Paper presented at the 2004 Population Reference Bureau Workshop, March 31, Boston, MA.
Prem Bhandari and Sundar S. Shrestha. “Mass Media, Gender, and Contraception in Nepal.” Paper presented at the 2004 Southern Demographic Association Annual Meeting, October 14-16, Hilton Head Island, SC.
Prem Bhandari, S. S. Shrestha, and N. Chhetri. "Child Labor and Forest Resource Collection: Variation in Individual Fertility Preferences in Nepal." Paper presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, April 1-3, Boston, MA.
Sarah Brauner, William G. Axinn, and Dirgha J. Ghimire. “Social Change, Health Services, and Fertility Transition.” Paper presented at the 2004 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, August 14-17, San Francisco, CA.
Dirgha J. Ghimire. “The Social Context of First Birth Timing in Nepal.” Paper presented at the 2004 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Boston, MA, April 1-3.
Sundar S. Shrestha and Prem Bhandari. “Cost of Children, Gender, Household Economic Structure and Individual Fertility Preferences.” Paper presented at the 2004 Southern Demographic Association Annual Meeting, October 14-16, Hilton Head Island, SC.
Scott T. Yabiku. "Land Use and Marriage Timing." Paper presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, April 1-3, Boston, MA.
2003
Lisa D. Pearce, William G. Axinn, and Indra Chuadary. "Turning Influential Data Points into Ethnographic Informants: Elaborating Links between Population Dynamics and Environmental Consumption." Paper presented at the 2003 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, May 1-3, Minneapolis, MN.
Keith D. Robinson. “The Influence of Attitudes toward Contraception on the Adoption of Permanent Methods to End Childbearing.” Paper presented at the 2003 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, May 1-3, Minneapolis, MN.
Scott T. Yabiku. 2003. “Neighbors and Neighborhoods: Effects on Marriage Timing.” Paper presented at the 2003 annual meeting of the Population Association of America, May 1-3, Minneapolis, MN.
Dharma R. Dangol. 2003. “Economic Uses of Common Land Plant Resources in Western Chitwan, Nepal.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Himalayan Biodiversity, February 26-28, Kathmandu.
2002
William G. Axinn and Dirgha J. Ghimire . "Population and Environment: The Impact of Fertility on Land Use in an Agricultural Society." Paper presented at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, May 9-11, Atlanta, GA.
William G. Axinn and Jennifer S. Barber. "Population and Land Use: A Sociological Perspective." Paper presented at the conference "Human Actions and Land Use/Land Cover Change", East-West Center/University of Hawaii, January 2-9, Honolulu, HA.
Jennifer S. Barber, Susan Murphy, and Natalya Verbitsky. "Adjusting for Time-Varying Confounding in Survival Analysis." Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association of America, August 16-19, Chicago, IL.
Prem Bhandari. Determinants of Individual Attitudes Toward Contraceptive Use in an Agricultural Society. Poster presented at the Eighth Annual College of Agricultural Sciences Graduate and Undergraduate Research Exhibition, March 20-21, The Pennsylvania State University.
Purandhar Dhital, Joan S. Thomson and Constance A. Flanagan. Educational Participation of Early Adolescents, Chitwan, Nepal. Poster Presented at the 2002 Social Research on Adolescents Biennial meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Sundar S. Shrestha and Sujan L. Shrestha. Migration and Collection of Continuous Data on Demographic Events. Poster presented at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, May 9-11, Atlanta, GA.
Scott Yabiku, William G. Axinn, and Dirgha J. Ghimire. “School Quality and Marriage Timing.” Previous version of paper presented at the 2002 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, May 9-11, Atlanta, GA.
2001
Purandhar Dhital, Joan S. Thomson and Constance A. Flanagan. “Extra-parental Education and Educational Participation of Primary School Age Children, Chitwan, Nepal.” Paper presented at the 2001 AIAEE conference, April 4-7, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Purandhar Dhital, Joan S. Thomson and Constance A. Flanagan. Extended Household Education and Educational Participation of Primary School Age Children, Chitwan, Nepal. Poster presented at 17th Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, The Pennsylvania State University.
Dirgha J. Ghimire, William G. Axinn and Arland Thornton. "Effects of Premarital Non-Family Experiences on Participation in Spouse Selection in an Arranged Marriage Society." Paper presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, March 29-31,Washington, D.C.
Lisa D. Pearce. "Religion's Role in Shaping Childbearing Preferences: The Impact of Hinduism and Buddhism." Paper presented at the 2001 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, March 29-31, Washington D.C.
Scott Yabiku. "Marriage Timing and Social Change in Nepal." Paper presented at the 2001 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, March 29-31, Washington D.C.
Scott T. Yabiku. “Non-family Experiences and Marriage in a Setting of Rapid Social Change.” Paper presented at the 2001 annual meeting of the Population Association of America, March 29-31, Washington, D.C.
2000
William G. Axinn, Jennifer S. Barber and Ann E. Biddlecom. "Social Change, Household Size and Environmental Consumption." Paper presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, March 23-25, Los Angeles, CA.
Jennifer S. Barber, Ann E. Biddlecom and William G. Axinn. "Neighborhood Social Change and Perceptions of Environmental Degradation." Paper presented at the 2000 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, August 12-16, Washington, D.C.
Jennifer S. Barber, Lisa D. Pearce, Indra Chaudhury, and Susan Gurung. "Voluntary Associations and Fertility Limitation." Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association of America, August 12-16, Washington, D.C.
Ann E. Biddlecom, William G. Axinn and Jennifer S. Barber. "Environmental Effects on Reproductive Preferences: A Case Study in Nepal." Paper presented at the 2000 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, March 23-25, Los Angeles, CA.
Kishor Gajurel, L. Jensen and C. S. Stokes. Landholding and Fertility Motives: The Case of Nepal. Poster presented at the 2000 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, March 23-25, Los Angeles, CA.
Amy M. Pienta, Jennifer S. Barber and William G. Axinn. 2000. "Social Change and Living Arrangements Among the Elderly." Paper presented at the 2000 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, March 23-25, Los Angeles, CA.
1999
Willaim G. Axinn and Jennifer S. Barber. "The Spread of Mass Education and Fertility Limitation." Paper presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, March 27-29, New York, NY.
Jennifer S. Barber. "Communities and Attitudes: The Influence of Nonfamily Institutions and Experiences on Dispositions Toward Marriage." Paper presented at the 1999 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Associations, August 6-10, Chicago, IL.
Jennifer S. Barber. "Ideational Influences on the Transition to Parenthood: Attitudes Toward Childbearing and Competing Alternatives." Paper presented at the 1999 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, March 27-29, New York, NY.
Kishor Gajurel. “Women and Family Size Norm: Do Women's Participation in Non-formal Institutions Limit Desire for Children?” Paper presented at the 1999 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, New York, March 27-29, New York, NY.
1998
Kishor Gajurel and Stephen Matthews. Family Planning Service Availability in Nepal: The Case of Chitwan District. Poster presented at the 1998 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, April 2-4, Chicago, IL.
Kishor Gajurel and Stephen Matthews. The Spatial and Temporal Variation of Family Planning Service in Chitwan District, Nepal. Poster presented at the 1998 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, April 2-4, Chicago, IL.
1997
Muyiwa Oladosu. The Role of Men in Household Decision Making, Reproduction and Family Planning: A Study of the Gurungs in Chitwan Nepal. Poster presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, March 27-29, Washington D.C.
1996
Willaim G. Axinn, Jennifer S. Barber and Dirgha J. Ghimire. "The Neighborhood History Calendar: A Data Collection Method Designed for Dynamic Multilevel Modeling." Paper presented at the 1996 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, May 9-11, New Orleans, LA.
1995
Jennifer S. Barber, Ganesh P. Shivakoti, William G. Axinn and Kishor Gajurel. "Sampling Strategies for Less Developed Countries: A Detailed Example from Rural Nepal." Paper presented at the 1995 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, April 6-8, San Francisco, CA.