September 2012– Vol. 25, No. 2 Table of Contents Title of piece Page Back in New Orleans: Call for Papers Issued for PAA 2013 1 New Applied Demography Poster Session for 2013 PAA Meeting 2 2012 Southern Demographic Association Meetings Set for Colonial Williamsburg 3 2012 World Data Sheet: Future Population Growth, Effect of Chronic Diseases Among Highlights 4 New KIDS COUNT Report: Despite Economic Declines, Progress in Child Education and Health 6 Upcoming Penn State Symposium to Focus on Emerging Research Methods 7 Website of Interest: Applied Demography Toolbox 7 Katherine R. Smith Appointed Executive Director of COPAFS 8 In Jeopardy: U.S. House of Representatives Votes To Eliminate ACS 8 Announcement: Specialist Meeting on Spatial Thinking Across the College Curriculum 9 Position Openings: University of Minnesota 10 Call for Papers: Population Research and Policy Review Special Issue 11 Leaving Our Hearts in San Francisco: Highlights of PAA 2012 (Photo Essay) 12 Applied Demography Population Association of America – Committee on Applied Demography Newsletter BACK IN NEW ORLEANS: CALL FOR PAPERS ISSUED FOR PAA 2013 February 3, 2013, will be a major date on the year’s sporting calendar. For on that date, Super Bowl XLVII— the annual game that determines the season’s National Football League champion—will take place in New Orleans. It will be the city’s 10th time as the site of the game, tying it with Miami as the Super Bowl’s most frequent host. But Super Bowl XLVII—not to mention the annual Mardi Gras festivities that follow later in February— won’t be the only major events to hit “the Big Easy” in 2013. On April 11-13, demographers from all over the world will gather in New Orleans for the annual Population Association of America (PAA) meetings. (For the record, this will be the fifth time PAA has been in New Orleans; the city last hosted the meetings in 2008.) With the meetings only months away, PAA has issued its call for papers. As in previous years, there is an applied demography track, as well as several other sessions of potential interest to applied demographers. All submissions need to be made online at the 2013 Annual Meeting Program website, (http://paa2013.princeton.edu/). After logging into the site, authors will requested to (1) enter the title, author(s), and a short (150-word) abstract; and (2) upload an extended (2-4 page) abstract or completed paper (either in Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word format). Authors may have their paper/abstract considered by two organizers, but they must indicate their first and second choices on the submission form. They also must indicate whether or not they would like their paper to be considered for a poster session. No participant may appear on the PAA program more than twice. The deadline for submitting papers/abstracts is 11:59 PM (Pacific Time) on September 21, 2012. The following sessions are of special interest to applied demographers: Applied Demography Sessions (Topic 11) Session 1101 – “Applied Demography Posters” (Organizer: William O'Hare, independent consultant, [email protected]). For more details, please see Dr. O’Hare’s article on page 2. Photos by Kelvin Pollard, Population Reference Bureau (PRB).
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September 2012– Vol. 25, No. 2
Table of Contents
Title of piece Page
Back in New Orleans: Call for Papers Issued for PAA 2013 1
New Applied Demography Poster Session for 2013 PAA Meeting 2
2012 Southern Demographic Association Meetings Set for Colonial Williamsburg 3
2012 World Data Sheet: Future Population Growth, Effect of Chronic Diseases Among Highlights 4
New KIDS COUNT Report: Despite Economic Declines, Progress in Child Education and Health 6
Upcoming Penn State Symposium to Focus on Emerging Research Methods 7
Website of Interest: Applied Demography Toolbox 7
Katherine R. Smith Appointed Executive Director of COPAFS 8
In Jeopardy: U.S. House of Representatives Votes To Eliminate ACS 8
Announcement: Specialist Meeting on Spatial Thinking Across the College Curriculum 9
Position Openings: University of Minnesota 10
Call for Papers: Population Research and Policy Review Special Issue 11
Leaving Our Hearts in San Francisco: Highlights of PAA 2012 (Photo Essay) 12
Applied Demography Population Association of America – Committee on Applied Demography Newsletter
BACK IN NEW ORLEANS: CALL FOR PAPERS ISSUED FOR PAA 2013
February 3, 2013, will be a major date on the year’s
sporting calendar. For on that date, Super Bowl XLVII—
the annual game that determines the season’s National
Football League champion—will take place in New
Orleans. It will be the city’s 10th time as the site of the
game, tying it with Miami as the Super Bowl’s most
frequent host.
But Super Bowl XLVII—not to mention the annual
Mardi Gras festivities that follow later in February—
won’t be the only major events to hit “the Big Easy” in
2013. On April 11-13, demographers from all over the
world will gather in New Orleans for the annual
Population Association of America (PAA) meetings. (For
the record, this will be the fifth time PAA has been in
New Orleans; the city last hosted the meetings in 2008.)
With the meetings only months away, PAA has issued
its call for papers. As in previous years, there is an
applied demography track, as well as several other
sessions of potential interest to applied demographers.
All submissions need to be made online at the 2013
Annual Meeting Program website,
(http://paa2013.princeton.edu/). After logging into the
site, authors will requested to (1) enter the title, author(s),
and a short (150-word) abstract; and (2) upload an
extended (2-4 page) abstract or completed paper (either in
Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word format). Authors may
have their paper/abstract considered by two organizers,
but they must indicate their first and second choices on
the submission form. They also must indicate whether or
not they would like their paper to be considered for a
poster session. No participant may appear on the PAA
program more than twice.
The deadline for submitting papers/abstracts is 11:59
PM (Pacific Time) on September 21, 2012.
The following sessions are of special interest to
applied demographers:
Applied Demography Sessions (Topic 11)
Session 1101 – “Applied Demography Posters”
(Organizer: William O'Hare, independent consultant,
Other Submissions (Topic 12) Session 1201 – Other Topics – please submit only if no other session is appropriate (Organizer: Christine A.
Bachrach, Duke University and University of Maryland, [email protected]).
Session 1202 – Poster Sessions (Organizer: Duncan Thomas, Duke University, [email protected]). Please use for
poster submissions that might not be appropriate for Session 1101, “Applied Demography Posters.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: There might be other sessions of interest to many applied demographers. A complete list, along with more details about the submission process, is available at the 2013 Annual Program website (http://paa2013.princeton.edu).
NEW APPLIED DEMOGRAPHY POSTER SESSION FOR 2013 PAA MEETING By William P. O’Hare Independent Consultant and Chair, PAA Committee on Applied Demography
I want to draw your attention to a new facet of the PAA program for the 2013 conference. The 2013 PAA program offers a special
session for poster submissions in applied demography. It is Session 1101, listed under the “Applied Demography” topic on page 12
of the 2013 PAA Call for Papers. The full document is available online at http://paa2013.princeton.edu/hps/CallForPapers2013.pdf.
This new initiative is the result of the Committee on Applied Demography’s work with the PAA 2013 Conference program
committee in an attempt to provide new opportunities to increase involvement in the PAA program for two groups of researchers.
The first group consists of applied demographers who work in organizations that generally do not produce the kind of academic
papers that typically get accepted into regular PAA conference sessions. We believe a poster session may be more appropriate for
presenting the kind of work being done in many non-academic environments. The second group is made up of graduate students or
newly-minted PhDs who have an interest in applied demography.
We hope this special poster session for people in applied demography will provide an opportunity for such researchers to get more
involved in the PAA conference. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me ([email protected]).
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Applied Demography – Call for Submissions
APPLIED DEMOGRAPHERS… Do you have some earth-shattering research? Have you got a groundbreaking publication that’s just been released? Are you looking to hire a cracker-jack research assistant?
HOW ABOUT SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES? Short articles, book reviews, blurbs of upcoming (or recently released) publications, job announcements…they’re all welcome. We also request contact information (in case we need to reach you to clarify something). Please send all submissions to:
Kelvin Pollard, Editor, Applied Demography, Population Reference Bureau (PRB), 1875 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 520, Washington, DC 20009-5728 (phone: 202-939-5424; fax: 202-328-3937; e-mail: [email protected])
Remember, Applied Demography is YOUR newsletter! Help make it great!
2012 SOUTHERN DEMOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION MEETINGS SET FOR COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
Founded a quarter century after the 1607 settlement of nearby Jamestown, Williamsburg, Va., is considered among
America’s most historic cities. It served as Virginia’s colonial capital from 1699 through 1780, making it one of the centers of
political activity in the years leading to the American Revolution. The College of William and Mary, established in 1693, is
the country’s second oldest higher-education institution in the United States (only Harvard, founded in 1636, is older). The
restored historical area of the city, Colonial Williamsburg, is a popular tourist destination.
Pre-registration for the meetings is US$205; full-time students may register for US$105. Included in the registration are: (1)
attendance and participation at all sessions; (2) one luncheon event; (3) a no-host reception and group dinner; and (4) SDA
membership for 2013, including Volume 32 of the SDA’s professional journal Population Research and Policy Review.
Participants can register for the meetings (or join SDA for 2013 if they are unable to attend) by visiting the SDA meeting
registration page at http://sda-demography.org/join/JoinSDA.php. Members register for the meeting via a web form, and they
will have the option of paying by credit card via the online service PayPal (which involves an additional US$2.50 handling
fee), or mailing the SDA a check. (Members choosing the “web/credit card” option will be taken to PayPal’s website to
complete the payment.) The SDA requests that participants use the web payment option only if they intend to use their credit
card to make an immediate payment. SDA urges that persons interested in attending the meetings please pre-register.
HOTEL INFORMATION: The Williamsburg Hospitality House (located just two blocks from Colonial Williamsburg and
across the street from the College of William and Mary) is the official hotel for this year’s conference. Participants can make
their reservations by either (1) booking their rooms online by going to the 2012 SDA meeting web page
(http://sda-demography.org/sda_2012_meeting.php) and clicking on the “Hotel Registration” link, or (2) calling the hotel
directly at 1-800-932-9192. The room rates are US$96 (plus local taxes) per night for single or double occupancy. SDA urges
all participants to make their reservations as early as possible.
EDITOR’S NOTE: For further information about the meetings or the hotel, interest persons can visit the 2012 SDA meeting web page (http://sda-demography.org/sda_2012_meeting.php).
Four behavioral risk factors account for most NCDs: tobacco use, unhealthy diet, insufficient physical activity, and
harmful use of alcohol. These behaviors “are often exacerbated by urban living and the developing world is the
urbanizing world,” noted Baldwin.
But these are behaviors that can be changed. “There are many examples of effective programs but programs need to be
tailored to specific settings,” she said. Targeting youth and adolescence when behaviors such as alcohol and tobacco use
begin is one of the most cost-effective approaches and “reaps benefits for decades.” In Baldwin’s view, it is “preferable
to support positive behaviors early in life rather than wait a few decades and try to change entrenched habits.”
From 7 Billion to 8 Billion in 12 Years?
World population reached 7 billion in 2011, and now totals almost 7.1 billion. The Data Sheet clearly illustrates a
continuing rapid expansion in world population. Sub-Saharan Africa will grow at the fastest rate and is projected to add a
“truly astounding” 1.2 billion people by 2050, according to Haub. With a current population of 4.3 billion, Asia will
likely experience a much smaller proportional increase than Africa, but will still add about 1 billion people by 2050—
determined in large part by what happens in China and India. Latin America and the Caribbean is the developing region
with the smallest proportional growth expected by 2050, from 599 million today to 740 million, largely due to fertility
declines in several of its largest countries such as Brazil and Mexico.
When will world population reach 8 billion? “Quite likely within 12 years” of reaching 7 billion, said Haub. The timing
depends on what happens to birth rates in developing countries and the availability of family planning, he explained.
While there is a strong desire for more than two children in many countries, there are many women—particularly women
in the poorest share of their country’s population—who want to limit or space their children but do not have access to
family planning.
Other highlights from the 2012 World Population Data Sheet:
Worldwide, the total fertility rate (TFR, or average number of children per woman) is 2.4., and 4.4 in the poorest
countries. TFRs range from a low of 1.1 in countries such as Latvia and Taiwan, to a high of 7.1 in Niger.
To further illustrate the slower growth and rapid aging in the U.S. population: Between 2010 and 2011, the number of
people under age 18 declined by 190,000, while the number of people ages 65 and older increased by 917,000.
American women now average 1.9 children, down from 2.1. children several years ago.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2012 World Population Data Sheet and related materials—including the July 19 webinar, an interactive map, a video, and a series of fact sheets and graphics—are available at www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2012/world-population-data-sheet.aspx.
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The Data Book also highlights major disparities among American children along racial and ethnic lines. Even as
children of color grow in numbers, representing the majority of U.S. births, they continue to lag behind their white
counterparts by almost every measure:
In 2010, American Indian (49 percent) and black (49 percent) children were nearly twice as likely as their
white counterparts (25 percent) to have no parent with secure employment.
While 58 percent of white fourth-graders had yet to achieve reading proficiency in 2011, more than 80
percent of their Latino, African-American, and American Indian classmates lagged in this area.
While only 6 percent of white children had no health insurance in 2010, more than twice as many American
Indian and Latinos shared the same plight (18 percent and 14 percent, respectively).
In 2010, 66 percent of black youths lived in single-parent families, exceeding their American Indian (52
percent), Latino (41 percent), white (24 percent), and Asian (16 percent) peers.
The KIDS COUNT Data Book includes the latest data on child well-being for every state, the District of Columbia and
the nation. This information is available in the KIDS COUNT Data Center, which also contains the most recent national,
state and local data on hundreds of other measures of child well-being. The Data Center allows users to create rankings,
maps and graphs for use in publications and on websites, and to view real-time information on mobile devices.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Through the KIDS COUNT Data Center, users can download the 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book, access hundreds of other measures of child well-being, and view real-time information on portable devices. Users can visit the Data Center at http://datacenter.kidscount.org.
UPCOMING PENN STATE SYMPOSIUM TO FOCUS ON EMERGING RESEARCH METHODS
“Emerging Methods in Family Issues” will be the focus of Penn State’s 20th Annual Symposium on Family Issues, to be
held October 8-9, 2012, on the University Park campus. The Symposium is known for an interdisciplinary approach to
topics of interest to family scholars as well as a focus on policies.
Advances in research on families will rely on innovations in design, measurement, data collection, and data analysis that
allow researchers to capture the multi-level complexities of family systems. Methods for studying families are often drawn
from research focused on individuals. A theme throughout the symposium will be whether and to what extent the same
kinds of methods can be applied across levels of analysis—from individuals, to pairs of family members (dyads), to larger
family groups. In considering this issue, speakers will address the question of whether new and/or alternative approaches
are needed to address the complexities of family phenomena.
The symposium will focus on four methodological issues: strategies for quantitative analysis of family development and
change; approaches to analyzing families as systems; approaches to measuring family dynamics; and new directions in the
implementation and evaluation of family-focused social policies and preventive interventions.
The Symposium is supported annually by a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and
Human Development, as well as departments and centers at Penn State. For more information and to register, visit the
symposium website (www.pop.psu.edu/events/national-symposium-on-family-issues), or contact Carolyn Scott
EDITOR’S NOTE: Stakeholders can keep up with developments on this and related issues through PAA’s Government and Public Affairs Committee (www.populationassociation.org/government-affairs), and can get on the list to receive news and action alerts by sending an e-mail with their contact information to PAA’s Member Services ([email protected]). Additional information on developments is available through The Census Project (www.censusproject.org), an initiative sponsored by the Communications Consortium Media Center in Washington, D.C.
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POSITION OPENINGS: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Assistant or Associate or Full Professor, Population Studies/Demography Tenure-Track or Tenured Faculty Positions (Requisition Number 179661)
The University of Minnesota invites applications for two or more open-rank, full-time, tenure-track or tenured
faculty positions. We seek demographers or population researchers who can actively contribute to the research and
training missions of the University, the Minnesota Population Center (MPC), and its affiliated colleges and academic
units. For each position, the tenure home will be in Applied Economics, Geography, History, Public Affairs, Public
Health (Epidemiology and Community Health and Health Policy and Management), Sociology or another unit affiliated
with the MPC.
Responsibilities We seek demographers with established or emerging lines of high-quality population research. That research may be on
any number of substantive areas within demography including (but not limited to) fertility, mortality, migration,
historical demography, labor force dynamics, household and family dynamics, education and human capital, population
and the environment, neighborhoods and urbanization, aging, and population approaches to health disparities and health
policy. Successful applicants will be expected to continue and expand their own independent research initiatives and to
work with others to cultivate new interdisciplinary collaborations. Regardless of their substantive research focus, we
anticipate that successful applicants will show potential for obtaining external funding (e.g., from NIH or NSF) to
support their independent and collaborative research projects. Applicants should be prepared to advise doctoral and post-
doctoral students and to teach courses on (a) formal demographic methods and (b) some of the following topics: fertility,
mortality, migration, world population issues and problems, demography and public policy, economic demography, and
advanced quantitative methods. Appointments will be made at the appropriate rank depending upon qualifications and
experience and consistent with collegiate and University policy.
Required/Preferred Qualifications Requirements include: (1) a doctoral degree in demography or a discipline closely aligned with population research (e.g.,
economics, geography, public health, sociology); (2) demographic research and training experiences; (3) a strong
publication record in relevant peer-reviewed journals; (4) evidence of potential for obtaining independent external
research funding; and (5) evidence of potential for teaching graduate and undergraduate courses on substantive areas
within demography including (but not limited to) fertility, mortality, migration, historical demography, labor force
dynamics, household and family dynamics, education and human capital, population and the environment,
neighborhoods and urbanization, aging, and population approaches to health disparities and health policy.
Program/Unit Description
MPC is a University-wide Center that provides a vibrant and highly collaborative interdisciplinary environment for
population researchers from many disciplinary backgrounds (www.pop.umn.edu). With core support from NICHD, the
center provides shared infrastructure for demographic research and training and coordinates collaborative research across
the University. MPC researchers (who come from 26 academic units across 10 colleges in the University) have long
worked to improve the shared data infrastructure that underlies all demographic research. The methods we pioneered for
recovering, integrating, documenting, and disseminating census and survey data are transforming cross-national and
cross-temporal demographic analysis: MPC data infrastructure is shifting the landscape of population research by
opening new opportunities for dynamic, comparative, and multilevel analyses. Although best known for its large-scale
demographic data infrastructure projects, MPC houses numerous substantive, interdisciplinary research projects on
population, health, education, the environment, the labor market, and related issues. The University of Minnesota
features several very strong social science units and has one of the top public health schools in the country. As a result, in
the past decade MPC’s substantive research portfolio has expanded to rival those of larger and longer-established
population research centers.
The University of Minnesota provides equal access to and opportunity in its program, facilities, and employment without
regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status,
veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. MPC and its affiliated units support the work-
life balance of their faculty and staff, have a history of accommodating dual academic career couples, and encourage
applications from women and members of under-represented groups.
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LEAVING OUR HEARTS IN SAN FRANCISCO HIGHLIGHTS OF PAA 2012
Activity at the Population Reference Bureau display
(top photo) and during one of the poster sessions
(bottom photo).
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THE EXHIBIT AREA As always, the exhibit area
buzzed with activity during the meetings.
APPLIED DEMOGRAPHY RECEPTION
PAA’s Committee on Applied Demography held a reception on Thursday evening, May 3. As seems to be the case every year, participants had a very good time. The committee extends a hearty thank you to the Annie
E. Casey Foundation, the Population Reference Bureau, and PAA’s Committee on Government Affairs
for co-sponsoring the event.
Laura Speer (Annie E. Casey Foundation), Wendy Baldwin (Population Reference
Bureau), and CAD chair Bill O’Hare all welcomed the participants.
WELCOME BACK TO THE “CITY BY THE BAY”
…as nicknamed in Tony Bennett’s immortal 1962 standard (which marks its 50-year anniversary in 2012!)
Participants at the reception enjoying themselves.
AT THE PAA MIXER Held the night before the formal PAA sessions, PAA’s Annual Mixer provides a time for getting
together with old friends…and possibly meeting some new ones!
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This year’s keynote speakers, from left to right: Warren Brown
(Cornell University), Ken Hodges (Nielsen), and Clarissa Ozuna
(University of Texas at San Antonio).
San Francisco’s Embarcadero. (Like many
streets in the city, its name is carved on the
sidewalk.)
Union Square downtown—near the PAA hotel.
One of San Francisco’s top upscale clothiers, Wilkes Bashford (whose regular customers include
former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown). Lorrin Mullins and Jeff Garelick (L-R, center photo)
provided impeccable service to visitors John McHenry (Demographic Data for Decision Making,
Inc.) and Kelvin Pollard (Population Reference Bureau) (L-R, right photo).
Passing through two of the city’s best-known sections—Chinatown (left photo) and
North Beach (right photo).
All photos courtesy of Kelvin Pollard, Population Reference Bureau.
AROUND THE CITY Even with its many hills, San Francisco is considered one of America’s most walkable cities, and it certainly
was the case in these photos… all accessed via shoe leather (smile)!
THAT’S ALL, FOLKS! Until 2013 in New Orleans!
PAA President Daniel Lichter (left), President-Elect Christine
Bachrach (center) and CAD Chair Bill O’Hare (right) addressed
the participants.
APPLIED DEMOGRAPHY BREAKFAST Held on Friday morning, May 4, this year’s Applied Demography Breakfast
had three keynote speakers: Warren Brown of Cornell University, Ken Hodges of Nielsen, and Clarissa Ozuna, then a Ph.D. student at the University of
Texas at San Antonio. The presenters discussed the history, current activities, and future of applied demography, all in an effort to give younger
demographers a better sense of the field and to learn of ways that CAD can assist them over the next several years.
Ms. Ozuna in particular suggested three possible means of assistance to younger demographers: (1) by providing a forum for graduate students to present at PAA (such as a graduate applied demography section); (2) by
continuing to support other "student-friendly" conferences such as the Southern Demographic Association and the Applied Demography Conference; and (3) by creating more opportunities to collaborate with senior researchers.
The famed Fisherman’s Wharf and one of its best known restaurants,
Alioto’s. Both were referenced in a song titled “Fisherman’s Wharf,”
featured on Peggy Lee’s 1962 album Blues Cross Country.
A trio of San Francisco landmarks: The Transamerica Pyramid, Alcatraz Island (aka “The
Rock”), and the Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill.
An iconic San Francisco sight—a cable car.
(I couldn’t leave out such a photo, could I?)
EDITORIAL INFORMATION Readers are encouraged to suggest topics and to respond to articles in Applied Demography with letters to the editor. Please address all