Enhancing adolescents’ reproductive health awareness in Egypt • Salah Abou El Enein, Pathfinder International ; Andy Cole, Pathfinder International ; Manal Eid, Pathfinder International

Adolescents' expectations of stakeholders role in their sexual and reproductive health in Nigeria • Adunola Adepoju, University of Lagos

Sexual violence against women in marital dyads, prevalence and reproductive health consequences: A situation among the Ijesa of South-Western Nigeria • Adebayo O. Ajala, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research ; Uche Isiugo-Abanihe, University of Ibadan

The causes and consequences of early marriage in the Amhara region of Ethiopia • Bogalech Alemu, Pathfinder International ; Jennifer Wilder, Pathfinder International

The hazard of female first marriage in Mozambique • Carlos Arnaldo, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane ; Sandra D. Goncalves, University of Cape Town

Analysis of the vital statistics of the city of Abidjan for the year 2005 • Massoma Bakaoyko ; Eugène Yapo ; Lucien Kouassi ; Anne Marie Rachelle Djangone-Mian, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

The risk of HIV/AIDS among the poor families in rural communities in South Western Nigeria • Luqman Bisiriyu, Obafemi Awolowo University ; Alfred Adewuyi, Obafemi Awolowo University

The prevalence and consequences of gender-based violence: violence against the students of the University of Kinshasa (DRC) • Sylvain Gamaliel Bjimina Luadia

Sexual behaviour and sexuality • Zakaliyat Bonkoungou ; Siaka Lougue, Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD)

Homosexuality in Africa: myth or reality? Case of Togo • Virgile Capo-Chichi, Population Services International (PSI) ; Sethson Kassegne, Population Services International (PSI)

A methodology for indirectly estimating the impact of HIV/AIDS on household structure and characteristics in Sub-Saharan Africa • Proud Dzambukira, Harvard University ; Paulsen Mrina, Harvard University ; Michael Levin, Harvard University

Assessment and monitoring of changes in interest of pastoralists in selling their livestock for their livelihood diversification in Ngorongoro District, Tanzania • Michael Emanuel Haule

Strategies for improving the nutrition of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in the rural areas of Abia State, Nigeria • Ezinne Enwereji, Abia State University

Informal trade as an instrument to fight urban poverty and promote new orders of social stratification: Studying the involvement of women in informal economic activities in Maputo , Mozambique • Sonia Frias Piepoli, ISCSP - Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

Level, trend and factors of divorce in Burkina Faso • Bilampoa Gnoumou Thiombiano, Université de Montréal ; Thomas LeGrand, Université de Montréal ; Bruno D. Schoumaker, Université Catholique de Louvain

Determinants of consanguineous marriages in the region of the Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen (Morocco) • Hinde Hami, Université Ibn Tofail ; Abdelmajid Soulaymani, Université Ibn Tofail ; Abdelrhani Mokhtari, Université Ibn Tofail

Trust, commitment, fidelity, and condom use among young adults in Tanzania • Megan Klein Hattori, Brown University

Using improved predictors of condom use to better target Swazi youth with regular partners • Megan Klein Hattori, Brown University ; Navendu Shekhar, Population Services International (PSI) ; Dhaval S. Patel, Society for Family Health/ Population Services International

Adolescent high-risk behaviours and its determinants in North-West province of South Africa • Sabiti Ishmael-Kalule, North-West University, South Africa ; Yaw Amoateng, Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa (HSRC) ; Narayanan V Prakash, North-West University, South Africa

Factors associated with sexual behaviour among Public University students in Tanzania • John Jeckoniah, Sokoine University of Agriculture

Couples’ level of education and gender differences in disclosure of HIV status in Ibadan, Nigeria • Ayodele S Jegede, Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan

New public policy of decentralization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, population and development in the context of globalization. • Charlotte Kabedi Ilunga, University of Kinshasa

Forced first sexual intercourse among young people in Kinshasa: socio-demographic characteristics of partners, context of "negotiations" and risks of STIs/HIV and/or unwanted pregnancies • Barthélemy Kalambayi Banza, Université de Kinshasa

Promoting safer sexual practices among street children in Kinshasa in the era of HIV • Lupwana Kandala, LUCIO

Adolescent early marriage in northern Nigeria: Evidence to effective programmatic intervention • Andrew S Karlyn, Population Council ; Annabel Erulkar, Population Council

Sexual behaviour of youth education and HIV/AIDS in Togo • Sethson Kassegne, Population Services International (PSI) ; Agbessi Amouzou, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

HIV prevention among youth in Internally Displaced People’s (IDP) camps: Experiences from Uganda • Peter Kintu, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) ; Alex Mugume, Uganda Programme for Human and Holistic Development (UPHOLD) ; Samson Kironde, Uganda Programme for Human and Holistic Development (UPHOLD) ; Denis Kibwola, Straight Talk Foundation

Souls of life: Looking at the role of older people in maintaining and protecting African culture • Stephen R Kodwo, Virginia Commonwealth University

Is there any relationship between knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention and transmission and safe sexual behaviour? The case of young people in Botswana • Gobopamang Letamo, University of Botswana

Perceived peer influence on sexual behaviour among secondary schools adolescents in Tanzania • Paulina Mabuga, University of Dar es Salaam

Determinants of female family headship in Sub-Saharan Africa • Dionisia Maffioli, Università degli Studi di Bari ; Giuseppe Gabrielli, Università di Bari ; Piero Sacco, Università di Bari

Bush meat hunting, rural food security and livelihood in Uluguru Mountains Tanzania • Gladys Mahiti, Sokoine University of Agriculture

Civil registration system and census exercise in Nigeria: The challenges of demographic estimation • Chuks J Mba, University of Ghana

Family environment of children and adolescents Burkina Faso: profile and evolution • Yode Miangotar, Université de Montréal

Partner reduction and partner faithfulness reduce risk of HIV infection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Cameroon, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zimbabwe • Vinod Mishra, Macro International Inc. ; Rathavuth Hong, Macro International Inc. ; Bernard Barrere, Macro International Inc.

Adolescent childbearing in Cameroon: An analysis of trends, determinants and health consequences • Louise Moyo ; Samuel Kelodjoue, Université de Dschang

Indirect estimation of maternal mortality in Kenya • Austin Mueke, University of Nairobi

Interventions to mitigate gender-based violence: Experiences from Uganda • Alex Mugume, Uganda Programme for Human and Holistic Development (UPHOLD) ; Beatrice Muwa, Uganda Programme for Human and Holistic Development (UPHOLD) ; Josephine Kasaija, Uganda Programme for Human and Holistic Development (UPHOLD) ; Lydia Buzaalirwa, Uganda Programme for Human and Holistic Development (UPHOLD) ; Peter Kintu, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)

The timing and role of initiation rites in preparing young people for adolescence and responsible sexual and reproductive health behaviour in Malawi • Alister Munthali, University of Malawi

Factors affecting Kenyan adolescents' childbearing desires • Andrew Muriuki, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee ; Marjorie Sable, University of Missouri at Columbia

Intergenerational equity in Kenyan social security and poverty reduction • Samuel Mwangi, Miami University

Young and Innocent? Sexual activity among young adolescents in the era of HIV and AIDS in Uganda • Stella Neema, Makerere University

Food security and household vulnerability in a South African context of high HIV prevalence • Busisiwe Nkosi, Health Economics and AIDS Research Division (HEARD) ; Mary Bachman DeSilva, Boston University

Vital registration systems in Africa: Strategizing towards viability • Ethelbert Nwokocha, University of Ibadan

Incidence of violence based on gender on programs of economic and social development: case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo • Paul Denis Nzita Kikhela, Université de Kinshasa

Interrogating the nexus of gender inequality, sexuality and survival: Reflections on the sociology of Mbọmchi • Akachi C. Odoemene, University of Ibadan ; Chinwe M Agamegwa, Igoloafrika Youth Foundation

Care giving and stress: Experiences of people taking care of elderly relations in Southern Nigeria • Uzoma O Okoye, University of Nsukka, Nigeria

Adolescent sexuality and sexuality education in South-Western Nigeria: Combining quantitative and participatory methodologies • Tolulope M. Ola, Department of Sociology, Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Ado-Ekiti ; Abosede Oludare, University of Ibadan

The role of the age at marriage in the decline in fertility in Algeria? • Zahia Ouadah-Bedidi, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

For batter or worse…? Patterns and variations in women’s experience of and attitudes towards spousal violence in marital and dating relationships • Serai D. Rakgoasi, University of the Witwatersrand

Impact of sexual and reproductive health education on adolescents beaviour towards HIV/AIDS transmission in Morogoro Municipal in Tanzania • Wambuka Rangi, Open University of Tanzania (OUT)

Does exposure to Adolescent Reproductive Health Programmes lead to desired outcomes? Findings from the 2006 African Youth Alliance (AYA) survey in Uganda • Gideon Rutaremwa, Makerere University

Risk and protective factors: Linkages to youth’s perception of vulnerability to HIV/AIDS infection • Yetty Shobo, Pennsylvania State University

Knowledge, attitude and practice of sex workers vis à vis of HIV/AIDS in the context of the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire • Lazare Sika, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d'Economie Appliquée (ENSEA) ; Anne Marie Rachelle Djangone-Mian, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) ; Kone Siaka ; Flore Bia Gueu

The contribution of informal sector to poverty reduction in Mwanza City: The case study of food vendors in Pamba ward • Fausto G.B. Simime, Intitute of Rural Developmen Planning - Dodoma (IRDP) ; Kilobe Benedict, Institute of Rural Development Planning (IRDP) Dodoma

Development and issues of population in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: look at the (PRSP) Poverty Reduction Strategy paper • Jacques Tshibwabwa Kuditshini, University of Kinshasa

The evolution of the age to the first union in Burkina Faso: what effects of free unions and the standard of living of the household? • Younoussi Zourkaleini, Université de Ouagadougou