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Families and Households: Implications for Men, Women and Children's Health

Wednesday, 13 July 2016: 10:45-12:15
Location: Elise Richter Saal (Main Building)
RC41 Sociology of Population (host committee)

Language: English

Although many studies have been conducted on the relationship between family/household and individual family members’ health, much remains unexplored on how family and household structure and intra-family relations influence the health of individual members. As the structure and relations in families are changing, the relationship between families/households and individual members’ health is also being influenced in different ways. 
The session seeks to attract empirical research on single parenting, single-person household, female-supported households, inter-ethnic or inter-racial marriages, polygyny/monogamy, step families, lay and gay family forms, sibling-ship, gender relations in the home, and their relationship with men, women and children’s health. Comparative analysis of family forms with respect to members’ health is encouraged.
Session Organizer:
Favour L.C. NTOIMO, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Posters:
Relationship Quality with Adult Children: Gender and Cognitive Limitations Among Older Adults
Patricia THOMAS, Purdue University, USA; Debra UMBERSON, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Effect of Gender-Based Violence on Mental Health Among a Sample of Haitian Women
Anshul SAXENA, Florida International University, USA; Michele JEAN-GILLES, Florida International University, USA; Rhonda ROSENBERG, Florida International University, USA; Jessy DEVIEUX, Florida International University, USA
Social and Health Status of Aged People of Ahmedabad
Chandrikaben RAVAL, Gujarat University, India
Utilization of Maternal Health Care in Yemen
Thankam SUNIL, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA; Lisa ZOTTARELLI, San Antonio College, USA; Vijayan PILLAI, University of Texas at Arlington, USA