Domestic violence in the Central Region, Ghana • Charles Adu-Gyamfi, University of Cape Coast ; Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, University of Cape Coast

Underutilized methods: decomposition applied to the influence of the age of mother at childbirth on trends in mortality in Benin • Yédodé Ahokpossi, Centre de Formation et de Recherche en matière de Population (CEFORP)

Family solidarity around the elderly in Benin • Elise Chantale Ahovey, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Economique du Bénin (INSAE)

Practical steps to integrating population issues into sub national development plans in Uganda • Edith Akiror, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Uganda

Validating the place of Onchocerciasis in migration: the case of endemic communities in Kwara State, Nigeria • Oyekanmi Babatimehin, Obafemi Awolowo University ; Temitope Babatimehin, Federal Government College, Ikirun, Osun State, Nigeria

Living conditions and academic quality of students in tertiary institutions in Southwest Nigeria • Omotosho Babatunde, University of Ado-Ekiti ; Olukunle Omotoso, Management Sciences for Health

Why continue to give birth outside health training when it's free? • Aristide Romaric Bado, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS) ; Fadima Bocoum ; Seni Kouanda, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS)

The impact of fertility scenarios on health and education sectors in Rwanda using RAPID Model • Francis Bahizi, Independent Consultant

The experience of side effects among users of modern contraceptive methods in southern Ghana • Claire E. Bailey, University of Southampton ; Zoe Matthews, University of Southampton

The dynamics of living arrangements for older people in two Nairobi Slums • Jennifer Baird, University of Southampton

The determinants of the practice of voluntary testing by students from top schools and universities in Abidjan • Massoma Bakaoyko

Condom use at first sex among unmarried sexually active young men in Nigeria: An assessment of ethnic variations • Funmi Banjo, Obafemi Awolowo University ; Sunday T. Omoyeni, Obafemi Awolowo University

Is it that women stay at home so that resolves the problem of unemployment? • Ibtihel Bouchoucha, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) et CERPOS ; Zahia Ouadah-Bedidi, URMIS, Université Paris-Diderot

Immigration and development of the food in the South West of Ivory Coast • Anne Marcelle Douka, Université de Cocody-Abidjan ; Yvonne K. Bosso, Ministère du Plan et du Développement de Cote d'lvoire

Maternal deaths and decision-making process of care during pregnancy in a health training in Burkina Faso • Seydou Drabo, University of Oslo

Communication about family planning on desired fertility: the case of Rwanda • Esther W. Dungumaro, University of Dar es Salaam ; Willy Gasafari, Kigali

Strategies necessary to assist HIV positive women (PLWHA) experiencing domestic violence in Abia State of Nigeria • Ezinne Enwereji, Abia State University

Caring for an elderly parent in Cameroon: structuring of logical support and family assistance • Esther Crystelle Eyinga Dimi, Institut de Formation et de Recherche Démographiques (IFORD) ; Marcel Bogmis, Bureau Central des Recensements et des Etudes de Populations (BUCREP)

Climate change, agricultural production and effects on the population: case of Cameroon • Félicien Fomekong, Institut National de la Statistique du Cameroun ; Ghislaine Ngono, Institut National de la Statistique du Cameroun

Contribution of feminist theories to the ambiguous status of women by motherhood • Elisabeth Fourn Gnansounou, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Benin ; Armelle Oga, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Benin

Worst forms of child labour: the psychosocial study of children scavenging in the waste dump site of Addis Ababa • Eshetu Genemo

Those who do not migrate: choice or constraint? Another facet of the migration of young girls in Mali • Véronique Hertrich, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Mélanie Jacquemin, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Impact of the treated nets on malaria among children less than five years: case of RD Congo • Jacky Kabwe, Institut National de la Statistique, Kinshasa ; Perpétue Madungu Tumwaka, Institut National de la Statistique, Kinshasa ; Elisabeth Kayiba Mbelu, Institut National de la Statistique, Kinshasa

How social agents are to identify the poor in regional hospitals in Burkina Faso? • Kadidiatou Kadio, IRSS; SERSAP ; Camille Schoemaker-Marcotte, Université de Montréal ; Paul André Somé, Independent Consultant ; Valéry Ridde, Université de Montréal

Analysis of HIV/AIDS prevalence and treatment progress in Uganda • Alex Kagumba, Popdev Consult

The schooling of children of poor families: a secondary analysis of data from the 2007 EDS/DRC† • Elisabeth Kayiba Mbelu, Institut National de la Statistique, Kinshasa ; Jacky Kabwe, Institut National de la Statistique, Kinshasa ; Perpétue Madungu Tumwaka, Institut National de la Statistique, Kinshasa

Poverty and prevalence of diseases parasites among children under five years depending on the type of environment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo • Felly Kinziunga, Université de Kinshasa ; Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, University of Warwick ; Paul Denis Nzita Kikhela, Université de Kinshasa

Determinants of declining marriage in South Africa:1995-2006 • Grace Kumchulesi, University of Malawi

Demographic and Socioeconomic determinants of contraceptive use in Uganda: Evidence from the 2011 Health, Behavior and Communication Survey Data • Juliana Kyomugisha, Makerere University ; Gideon Rutaremwa, Makerere University

The impact of contraceptive use and its outcomes on the change in school participation in 350 districts of 26 African countries, 1995-2010 • Abiba L.P. Longwe, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen ; Jeroen Smits, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

Malaria and poverty in Bangui • Moyangar Madjitoloum, Institut de Formation et de Recherche Démographiques (IFORD)

The rituals of birth to Oran.Essai of anthropological approach • Asma Marouf

To save the life of our mothers, our sisters and our girls in Niger, it must be put in place a mechanism to collect data on indicators of Violence based on gender (VBG) • Djibrilla Modieli Amadou, Institut National de la Statistique (INS-Niger)

Thinking on age structural transition in Southern Africa: short and long term consequences • Nader Motie Haghshenas, Population Studies and Research Center in Asia and the Pacific ; Behnoush Bahrami, Independent Researcher ; Shiva Naderi Delpak, Independent Researcher

Population and reproductive health in National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) for climate change in Africa • Clive Mutunga, Population Action International ; Karen Hardee, Futures Group International

Religious institutions and the reduction of neonatal and infant mortality: case analysis of Koza in the North - Cameroon 1953-2011 Adventist Hospital • Thérèse Mvoto, Université de Ngaoundéré

Generic Intervention along with targeted Intervention for prevention HIV among general population- learning from Home base HIV prevention program in Maharashtra (MSACS) INDIA • Rajesh Nainakwal, WeConcern Research Training and Development Organisation ; Manisha Nainakwal, Ministry of Health and Family welfare, New Delhi

Evaluation of the strategy of the Ministry of Social Affairs of the Congo: Centre of Insertion and Reinsertion of Vulnerable Children (CIREV) cases • Agathe Marianne Yvette Ntolani, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Analyses et les Politiques Economiques (CERAPE)

Envisioning ‘Eldorado’ in the ‘Western world’: The lures and expectations of training as a nurse in sub-Saharan Africa • Akachi C. Odoemene, Redeemer's University

Gender-based violence and family planning practice in Nigeria: An exploration of the linkages between intimate partner violence and contraceptive use among married women • Adekunbi Omideyi, Obafemi Awolowo University ; Sunday T. Omoyeni, Obafemi Awolowo University

Physical access and utilization of primary health care services in rural Nigeria • Douglason G. Omotor, Delta State University

Spatial patterns and trends of Ghana’s contemporary urbanization: polarization reversal or urban primacy? • George Owusu, University of Ghana

Children's awareness and attitude towards the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the Cape Coast Metropolitan area of Ghana • Samuel Asiedu Owusu, University of Cape Coast

Construction of an integrated socio-demographic and economic data base • Anne-Sophie Robilliard, IRD, DIAL, Dakar ; Mathias Kuepie, CEPS/INSTEAD

Explanatory factors of domestic labour in Yaoundé • Kouassi De Syg Seke, Institut de Formation et de Recherche Démographiques (IFORD)

Panorama of the use of contraceptive methods in 5 countries of West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Guinea • Kouassi De Syg Seke, Institut de Formation et de Recherche Démographiques (IFORD)

Infant feeding practices in Cape Coast: a sociological approach • Solomon Sika-Bright, University of Cape Coast ; Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, University of Cape Coast ; Collins K. Ahorlu, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research ; Peter Aglobitse, University of Cape Coast

Developmental idealism and family life in Malawi • Arland Thornton, University of Michigan ; Rachael S. Pierotti, University of Michigan ; Linda Young-DeMarco, University of Michigan ; Susan Watkins, University of California, Los Angeles

Trends and patterns of under-5 vaccination in Nigeria, 1990 – 2008: What manner of progress? • Boniface A. Ushie, University of Ibadan ; Olufunke Fayehun, University of Ibadan ; Dave Ugal, University of Ibadan

The determinants socio-economic and contextual women international emigration in Cameroon • Alice Rosine Wado Kenne Tchakote ; Younoussi Zourkaleini, Institut de Formation et de Recherche Démographiques (IFORD)

Intergenerational households and well being of the older persons' in Nigeria • Elias O. Wahab, Lagos State University

Contribution in advanced reproductive health strategy: case of the mobile unit in the health district of Katiola (NOCs) • Drissa Yeo, Ministère du Plan de Côte d’Ivoire

Evolution and determinants of the schooling of children in Burkina Faso between 1993 and 2003† • S. Pascal Zabre, Secrétariat Permanent du Conseil National de Population