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Abstracts

SecondDayofDemography

Ghent,21March2017

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ProgrammeDayofDemography20179h30 Registration(Firstfloor)

9h45 Welcome(Room:RectorVermeylen)

10h00 Parallelsessionsround1

Chair:JohnLievens Session1:Householdsandfamilytransitions1Room:RectorVermeylenRonLesthaeghe TheRiseofCohabitationintheAmericas:TheCongruenceoftwo

Patterns.Yolien De Hauw, ChristineSchnor,LindsayTheunis,DidierWillaert,JanVanBavel

Educationalassortativemating intermsofhisandherfieldofstudy.

JorikVergauwen Theeffectofeldercareongeographicproximity:doesuptakeofcare by parents affect geographical distance between parentsandchildren?

Dominique van Roon, CarelHarmsen

Startingandendingcohabitationrelationships:Derivationfromregisters.

Chair:BasVanHeur Session2:UrbanisationRoom:PriorzaalElsVerhasselt,ElsBauwens Naardestadofweguitdestad?(2016)Ilya Kashnitsky, Joop de Beer,LeovanWissen

UrbanizationandregionaldifferenceinageinginEurope.

MathieuBuelens Spatialityofteenagepregnanciesinurbanareas:socioeconomicand/orcontextualinfluence?

PatrickLusyne DemografischedatabijStatisticsBelgium:standvanzakenenvooruitblik.

11h00 Coffeebreak(Room:Kloostergang)

11h30 KeynotelectureFredPearce-Couldpeakpopulationbecloserthanwethink?(Room:RectorVermeylen)

12h30 Lunchbreak(Room:Kloostergang)

13h30 Parallelsessionsround2

Chair:BartVandePutte Session3:MigrationRoom:OudeInfirmerieEdwin Pelfrene, IngridSchockaert,EdithLodewijckx

WhydoforeignerscometoBelgiumanditsregions?Ananalysisoffirstresidencepermitsbyreason,2010-2015.

Emilien Dupont, Amelie VanPotelberge, Bart Van de Putte,JohnLievens,FrankCaestecker

DivorcewithinTurkishandMoroccancommunitiesinBelgium.

Layla Van den Berg, DimitriMortelmans

PatternsofrelationshipdissolutionamongmigrantpopulationsinBelgiumandtheroleofhouseholdcomposition.

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Chair:DimitriMortelmans Session4:Householdsandfamilytransitions2Room:RectorVermeylenLindsay Theunis, ChristineSchnor,JanVanBavel

Similar, but Still Different? Heterogamy in Study DisciplineamongPowerCouplesandtheirRiskofDivorce.

NaomiBiegel Socio-demographicdifferentialsintheuseofmultiplechildcarearrangementsinBelgium.

Christine Schnor, Clara Mulder,DidierWillaert,JanVanBavel

Educational assortative mating and household formation:FindingsfromBelgiancensusandregisterdata.

Chair:SylvieGadeyne Session5:HealthandMortality1Room:PriorzaalSolveig A. Cunningham,HadewijchVandenheede

Metabolichealthamongforeign-bornpeopleinBelgiumandthecontextofreception.

KatrijnDelaruelle Educationalinequalitiesingeneralandmentalhealth:doesthecurriculartrackingsystemmatter?

Laura Van den Borre, PatrickDeboosere

Occupational variations in the health worker effect: self-reportedhealth.

14h30 Coffeebreak(Room:Kloostergang)GeneralassemblyVVD(formembers)(Room:Priorzaal)

15h00 Parallelsessionsround3Chair:EdwinPelfrene Session6:SegregationanddiscriminationRoom:OudeInfirmerieAd Coenen, Bart Van de Putte,Pieter-PaulVerhaeghe

Ethnicresidentialsegregation:afamilymatter?AnIntegrationofHouseholdCompositionCharacteristicsandWhiteAvoidance.

LenaImeraj,SylvieGadeyne Getting educated…What role do parents and neighbourhoodhold in the intergenerational transmission of human capitalamongethnicminoritygroupsinBelgianurbanareas?

Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe, KoenVanderBracht

Candiscriminationbereducedbyinducingcompliance?Aquasi-experimentinrentalhousingdiscrimination.

Chair:AlessandraTrimarchi Session7:FertilityandfamilyformationRoom:PriorzaalChristine Schnor, MarikaJalovaara

The increase in non-marital childbearing and its link toeducationalexpansion.

JonasWood,KarelNeels LocalChildcareAvailabilityandDual-EarnerFertility.ChristineSchnor,DavidPelletier Childbearingwithin cohabitation and family stability: Testing

the role of diffusion using data from 15 European countries,Canada,andtheUS.

Chair:HanneloreDeGrande Session8:Healthandmortality2Room:RectorVermeylenTina Van Rossem, PatrickDeboosere,IsabelleDevos

TheBrussels’graveyard.MortalityintheBelgiancapitalattheturnofthetwentiethcenturyinacomparativeperspective.

BarbaraWillems The education gradient in preventive healthcare, a consistentphenomenonacrossEurope?

Solveig A Cunningham, ChrisCunningham, George Howard,VirginiaJHoward

Bankcrisesinchildhoodandlater-lifecardiovasculardisease.

16:00 Closingdrink(Room:Kloostergang)

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Session1:Householdsandfamilytransitions110h00-RectorVermeylenChair:JohnLievensRonLesthaeghe-Em.Prof.VrijeUniversiteitBrusselTheRiseofCohabitationintheAmericas:TheCongruenceoftwoPatterns.Thispaperconsidersthecongruenceoftwopatternsbehindtheoftenspectacularriseofcohabitation in North, Central and South American nations. These patterns arerespectivelytheolder“Patternofdisadvantage”(PD)andthenew“Seconddemographictransition” pattern (SDT). The former is typical for the poorer, endogenous and lesseducatedsegmentsofthepopulation,whereasthelatteremergedsincethe1980sinallsocialstrataandmostnoticeablyamongthebettereducatedwhitepopulation.TheSDT-componentisalsoresponsibleforthecatchingupofcohabitationamongthewhiteupperstrata.TheliteratureoftenpitsthePDagainsttheSDT,butourempiricalevidenceshowsthatitisnotacaseofAversusB,butofAandB.Inthepast,bothpatternsofcohabitationweretransientstates,butage-specificcohortprofilesbyeducationnowindicatethatthecohabitationstateismoreandmoreprolongedoverthelifecourseforallsocialclasses.The data stemmostly from the IPUMS archive of individual census records, but aresupplementedbysurveydataaswell.Thegeography isasdetailedaspossiblewithinnations,which,togetherwithlargesamplesizes,permitsdetailedtwo-levelcontextualanalysesforasubsetofcountries(US,Brazil,Columbia,Mexico).ThepaperisalsoafurtherinterpretationofthefindingspresentedinthenewlypublishedbookbyEsteve&Lesthaeghe(eds),2016:CohabitationandMarriageintheAmericas–Geo-historicalLegaciesandNewTrends”,SpringerOpenAccessBooks.

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Session1:Householdsandfamilytransitions110h00-RectorVermeylenChair:JohnLievensYolienDeHauw-KULeuvenEducationalassortativematingintermsofhisandherfieldofstudyYolienDeHauw,ChristineSchnor,LindayTheunis,DidierWillaertandJanVanBavelNowadays inmostWesternsocieties,morewomen thanmenhave tertiaryeducation.However,manywomencontinuetochoosetraditionalfemalestudydisciplines.Withtheeducationalexpansion,unionsinwhichwomenareequallyorevenbettereducatedthanmen have become common.While this is often taken as a sign of increasing genderequality,wehypothesizethatgender-traditionalpatternsofassortativematingpersistthroughthegender-basedchoiceofstudysubject.Usingdataonnewly-formedcouplesfromtheBelgiumCensusandregisterdata(2001-2006),weexaminehowwoman’sstudydisciplinerelatetoherpartnerchoice.Wefocusonhighlyeducatedwomenwhopartnereitherasimilareducatedoramediumeducatedmanandwecomparewoman’sandman’sfieldofstudy.Ourresearchquestioniswhetherhypogamyreallyisanexpressionofnon-traditionalpreferences,asoftenstatedinliterature,whenlookingatthecouple’sfieldsofstudy.

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Session1:Householdsandfamilytransitions110h00-RectorVermeylenChair:JohnLievensJorikVergauwen-UniversiteitAntwerpenTheeffectofeldercareongeographicproximity:doesuptakeofcarebyparentsaffectgeographicaldistancebetweenparentsandchildren?JorikVergauwenandDimitriMortelmansAbetterunderstandingofintergenerationalsolidaritywithinfamiliesisconsideredtobecrucial toaddresscareneedsofageingpeople.Notonlydoesfamilysupport forolderpeopledecreasethepubliccostsofageingsocieties,butitalsoaddstothewell-beingofdependentolderadultsastheypreferageinginplace.Numerousstudieshaveidentifiedgeographical distance between parents and their adult children as an importantdeterminantofcareprovision.Mostresearchregardsgeographicproximityasanaspectoftheopportunitystructureofchildrentoprovidehelpandcare.Hence,itcontributestotheexplanationofthelevelofintergenerationalsupportdependingparentsreceive.Thispaperstudieswhetherchangesindistancebetweenparentsandchildrenrelatetouptakeof care by parents. In other words, we aim to examine whether care needs of olderparentsimpactgeographicalproximity.Movesthatincreasegeographicalproximitymayraisetheavailabilityofcare.MultinomiallogisticregressionanalysisisperformedondatafromtheSurveyofHealth,AgeingandRetirementinEurope(SHARE)for12Europeancountries. SHARE provides unique possibilities to observe the geographical distancebetweenparentsandtheirchildren.Inaddition,itgivesdetailedinformationonthecarethatparentsreceive.Preliminaryresultssuggestaweakrelationshipbetweentheuseofinformalandformalcareontheonehandandproximitychangesontheother.

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Session1:Householdsandfamilytransitions110h00-RectorVermeylenChair:JohnLievensDominiquevanRoon-CentraalBureauvoordeStatistiekStartingandendingcohabitationrelationships:Derivationfromregisters.DominiquevanRoonandCarelHarmsen(StatisticsNetherlands,TheHague)Manycouplesstartlivingtogetherordecidetobreakupwithoutanofficialmarriageordivorce.Adatabasecontaininginformationderivedfromregistersonstartandenddatesof all cohabitation relationships is not readily available yet. Building such a databaseshouldbepossiblebyusingdataonmarriagesandbirths,dataonmovingintoa(nother)housetogetherandonwherepeoplelive,anddataonfiscalpartnerships.Thepossibilityoflinkingthefiletootherregisterswillallowextensiveresearchintothephenomenonofcohabitation.Wewilldiscussthemethodologybehindtheconstructionofthisfile.Howdowedealwithambiguousaddresses(suchasaddressesatwhichtwopersonslivethatarenotseenasacoupleinanyregister)andwiththe,forthispurpose,overlydetailedinformationaboutpeople’smovesinthemunicipalpopulationregister(administrativenoise)?

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Session2:Urbanisation10h00-PriorzaalChair:BasVanHeurElsVerhasselt-StadGentNaardestadofweguitdestad?(2016)ElsVerhasseltenElsBauwensEenstudieoverprofielenenmotievenvannieuweinwonersenstadsverlaters.Er wordt gestart met de kennis over het migratiejaar 2012 op basis vanverhuisstatistieken.Dehiatenindekenniszijngekend.Demeestvoordehandliggendezijn gebrekkige profielen en geen zicht op motieven voor verhuisgedrag. Een aantalonderzoeksvragen vloeien daaruit voort.Wie zijn de instromers en stadsverlaters inGent?Welktypehuishoudensszijnhetdiedestadverlatenenwelktypeinwonerskomtjuist naar de stad wonen? Zijn er leeftijdsspecifieke motieven bloot te leggen? Zijnmotieven gelinkt aan specifiekemomenten in de levenscyclus? Blijven studenten ookechtplakkeninGent?TrekkengezinnenweguitGent,oftweeverdieners?IsGentloutereenstartersstad?Kunnenweverhuishistoriekentraceren?StadGentheefteenbevragingoptouwgezetbijeenruimesteekproefvanpersonendiein 2012 in- of uitgestroomd zijn. Het gaat hier enkel om binnenlandsemigratie. Hetresultaatvandestudieissamengevatindestudie'Naardestadofweguitdestad?'-Gentincijferseditie2016.Migratiepatronenen-motievenvoordebinnenlandsemigratienaarenuitGentwordenverdergekaderdindebredere,Vlaamsecontext, ingebedinde literatuuren ineerderwoononderzoek.Na de focus op de resultaten van de bevraging, geleid door de centrale en afgeleideonderzoeksvragen, brengt een afsluitend deel een overzicht van mogelijkevervolgtrajecten.Er is een visualisatietool opgezet om bevindingen op een eenvoudige manierconsulteerbaartemaken.https://stad.gent/over-gent-en-het-stadsbestuur/pers-en-publicaties/publicaties-van-en-ism-stad-gent/onderzoeks-en-cijferrapporten/gent-cijfers-reeks/naar-de-stad-weg-uit-de-stad-2016

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Session2:Urbanisation10h00-PriorzaalChair:BasVanHeur IlyaKashnitsky-NederlandsInterdisciplinairDemografischInstituutUrbanizationandregionaldifferenceinageinginEuropeIlyaKashnitsky,JoopdeBeer,LeovanWissen

Even though all European countries experience population ageing, there are relativedifferencesinthespeedoftheprocessacrosscountriesandregions.Adeclineintheshareoftheworkingagepopulationcanbeexpectedtohaveadownwardeffectoneconomicgrowth. Thus differences in population ageing across regions may affect economicprospects.Onecandistinguishtwocontrastinghypothesesaboutregionaldifferencesinpopulationageing.First,itseemsreasonabletoexpectconvergenceinageingattheendof the Demographic Transition in Europe: European countries move along theDemographicTransitionpathwithvaryingtimingandpace,andthedifferencesshoulddiminishbytheendoftheprocess.Alternatively,theprocessofurbanizationislikelytocontributetoadivergentpatternofageing:Urbanizedregionstendtoattractpopulationatworkingages,whileruralregionsareleftwithahigherproportionofpeopleoutofthelabor market. We examine whether urbanization lead to diverging regionaldevelopmentsofpopulationstructuresinEurope.Weanalyzepopulationdynamicsofthe261NUTS-2regionsofEU-27over theperiod2003-2013.Weuse themethodologicalapproachofconvergenceanalysis,quiterecentlybroughttodemographyfromthefieldof economic research. The preliminary results suggest that, despite our expectation,urbanizationcontributestoconvergenceinageingratherthandivergence.

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Session2:Urbanisation10h00-PriorzaalChair:BasVanHeur MathieuBuelens-UniversitélibredeBruxellesSpatialityofteenagepregnanciesinurbanareas:socioeconomicand/orcontextualinfluence?Fertilitypostponementislargelyduetopostponementoffirstbirth(now28,7yearsoldintheEU).Theseconddemographictransitionandtheshiftfromincidentaltoplannedparenthoodcontributedtomakeitthesocialnorm.HoweverinNorth-westernEuropeteenagefertilitylevelhavebeenstableforthepastthreedecades.Thesepregnanciesareoften seen as a (social and economic) problem and teenagemothers stigmatised forhaving made an non-normative choice at this time of individual autonomy, self-realisation and social recognition. Five categories of variables influencing teenagepregnanciesarestudiedintheliterature:socio-demo-economic,politic,cultural,personalandthecontextualeffect.UsingCrossroadsBankforSocialSecurityindividualdataonwomenbetween15and49yearsoldin2010,thisstudyaimstoprofilewhoarethewomengivingbirthbeforetheirtwentiesinBrusselsandAntwerp'sregions.Withsuchdataset,itthusfocusesonsocio-demo-economic variables. Average timing of childbearing and their coherencewithinsocioeconomicgroups,generationsandneighbourhoodsareportrayedinafirstattempttodefinetheoverridingvariablesofteenagepregnancies.Thisresultisthenusedtobuildstep-wisemultipleregressionmodelson individualcharacteristics.Finally, inordertostudyneighbourhoodcontextualeffects,weusethecomplementarilyofcompositionandcontextualeffectsanalysis.Unlike theBritishexception inNorth-westernEurope, inBelgium it's less the fertilitylevelthantheoutstandingdifferencebetweenrelativelyhighearlyfertilityratesinurbanneighbourhoodsandnormativefertilitytimingsinsuburbanareaswhichdriveattention.Thiscommunicationgoalistobetterunderstandwhereornotthisspatialdiscontinuityis solely due to a composition effect or partly due to the existence of local normsdisapprovingevenmoreorreadytoacceptnon-normativefertilitychoices.

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Session2:Urbanisation10h00-PriorzaalChair:BasVanHeur PatrickLusyne-AlgemeneDirectieStatistiek–StatisticsBelgiumDemografischedatabijStatisticsBelgium:standvanzakenenvooruitblikDeAlgemeneDirectieStatistiek–StatisticsBelgium(voormaligNationaalInstituutvoordeStatistiek)kenteenerglangetraditieinhetbeherenentoeleverenvandemografischeen sociaal-demografische data voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek. Statistischeproductenlijnen die bij de ADS-SB lopen, betreffen onder andere een hele reeksdemografische statistieken gebaseerd op het rijksregister, de census en aanverwantedatabasesenverschillendegrotesocialeenquêteszoalsdeEU-SILCendeEnquêtenaarArbeidsKrachten.DeADS-SBheeftbovendienindeloopvandelaatstejarendedataflowsdieaandebasisliggenvanzowatalledemografischestatistiekengrondighertekend.Dezehervormingisniet zonder slag of stoot verlopen maar loopt nu op haar einde. De resulterendedatabasestructuren zijn een belangrijke opportuniteit, ze maken wetenschappelijkevalorisatieshaalbaardievoordienondenkbaarwaren.Zozijnbijvoorbeeldlongitudinalecross-thematischemicrodatadenormaanhetworden.Wewillenmetdezepaperdebredereonderzoeksgemeenschapopdehoogtestellenvandeze opportuniteiten. We geven tenslotte ook een inkijk op onze plannen voor detoekomst.

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Session3:Migration13h30-OudeInfirmerieChair:BartVandePutteEdwinPelfrene-StudiedienstVlaamseRegeringWhydoforeignerscometoBelgiumanditsregions?Ananalysisoffirstresidencepermitsbyreason,2010-2015.EdwinPelfrene,IngridSchockaertandEdithLodewijckxInternationalmigrationnowadaysiskeyinthepublicdebate.WhydopeoplemovetoEurope?Dotheirmigrationmotivesmatchlocalneeds?Forthatpurpose,theEuropeanUnion initiated a uniform registration system of residence permits by reason, to beappliedinthememberstates.Datafortheperiod2010-2015showsthatBelgiumcomesclosetotheEU-averageintermsofthenumberoffirstpermitsgrantedto‘thirdcountrynationals’(TCN’s)inrelationtoitspopulationsize.Nevertheless,abouthalfofthefirstpermits in thatperiodweregranted inBelgium for ‘Familyreasons’ (53%vs. theEU-average of 31%). Then come ‘Other reasons (including Asylum)’ (25% vs. 23%),‘Educationalreasons’(12%vs.21%)and‘Remuneratedactivitiesreasons’(9%vs.26%).A comparison with the Netherlands also shows that ‘Educational reasons’ and‘Remuneratedactivities’donotparticularlysurfaceupinBelgium.Ananalysisoffirstpermitsgrantedtoforeignimmigrantsoftheyear2011thatarestillresidentinthecountryatthestartof2013,showsthatmostofthemsettledinFlanders(41%)orBrussels(38%),leavingasmallergroupintheWalloonRegion(21%).ForeignEU-citizensofthatstudygroupwithresidenceinFlanderswereprimarilymotivatedforreasons of ‘Remunerated activities’ (50% of valid cases) or ‘Family’ (33%). TCN’s bycontrast came for ‘Family reasons’ (61%), ‘Asylum’ (13%), ‘Other reasons (includingregularization)’ (9%), ‘Education’ (10%) and ‘Remunerated activities’ (6%). Many ofthemtookresidenceinthelargercities.OstendstandsoutwithalotofTCN’sthatcametoBelgiumforreasonsof‘Asylum’.Leuvenbycontrastisthe‘educationalplacetobe’forhalfofitsnewforeignresidents.

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Session3:Migration13h30-OudeInfirmerieChair:BartVandePutteEmilienDupont-UniversiteitGentDivorcewithinTurkishandMoroccancommunitiesinBelgiumEmilien Dupont, Amelie Van Potelberge, Bart Van de Putte, John Lievens, FrankCaesteckerEventhoughdivorceisawide-spreadphenomenoninBelgium,itsimplicationsarefar-reaching.Thisisespeciallytrueformigrants.ThispaperfocusesonthedivorceofTurkishandMoroccanmigrantsinBelgium.Broadly,divorcehasbeenlessprevalentwithinthesegroups.Wedistinguishbetween thedivorcerisksof threemarriage types:amarriageestablished through marriage migration, a local intra-ethnic marriage, and a mixedmarriage.ThispaperusesdatafromtheBelgianNationalCensusandexaminestheaforementionedmarriagetypesestablishedbetween2001and2005.Thesemarriageswerefolloweduntil2011thelatest.Log-rateeventhistoryanalyseswereperformedtodiscernthedivorcerisks of each marriage type within the Turkish and Moroccan group, distinguishingbetweenmen(NTurkishgroup=4,613;NMoroccangroup=9,9171)andwomen(NTurkishgroup=4,755;NMoroccangroup=7,785).Theoveralldivorcerisksaswellasthedivorcerisksassociatedwitheachmarriagetypewerealsocomparedtothoserisks15yearsago. OurresultsshowthatdivorcerateshavedoubledfortheTurkishandMoroccangroupswithinthecourseof15years.Thisriseindivorceratesappliestoeverymarriagetypeandisespeciallynotableamongmixedmarriages.DivorcesaremoreprevalentamongtheMoroccangroup,whichisprobablycausedbyalreadyhigherdivorcerisksinMoroccocoupledtoloosersocialcontrolmechanisms.Mixedmarriageshavethehighestdivorcerisksamongbothgroups,probablybecauseoftheculturaldifferencesandweaksocialsupport. The risks are slightly lower for marriages established through marriagemigration.Despite therisksassociatedwithmarriagemigration,partnersestablishingthesemarriages aremore culturally alike and often have social support. Local intra-ethnicmarriagesarethemoststable,becausetheyarealsosupportedandthepartnersresembleeachotherthemost.

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Session3:Migration13h30-OudeInfirmerieChair:BartVandePutteLaylaVandenBerg-UniversiteitAntwerpenPatternsofrelationshipdissolutionamongmigrantpopulationsinBelgiumandtheroleofhouseholdcompositionLaylaVandenBerg,andDimitriMortelmansWithincreasingdivorceratesobservedsincethe1960s,alargenumberofstudieshasfocusedondescribingandexplainingrelationshipdissolutionpatterns.Whereastheoriesexplainingtiming,propensityandpredictorsofrelationshipdisruptionhavemainlybeendevelopedwiththemajoritypopulationinmind,therehaverarelybeenstudiesamongmigrant populations. This is remarkable since migrant populations often differ fromnativepopulationswithrespecttopatternsoffamilyformation,householdcompositionand socio-economic position. In Belgium, non-European migrant populations inparticularhavelowerratesofunmarriedcohabitationandoftenenterintoaco-ethnicunion.Inaddition,researchhasindicatedahigherfertilityrateandhigherincidenceofmultigenerational households which include grandparents alongside parents andchildren. Non-European migrants also experience more disadvantages on the labourmarket and in the educational system. The interplay of these characteristics amongmigrantgroupsprovidesagoodopportunitytostudyexistingtheoriesonrelationshipdissolution. Studying these theories among different subgroups allows us to indicatewhether they are universally applicable or need to be nuanced when dealing withminority populations. First, this paper describes patterns of relationship dissolutionamong migrant populations in Belgium. We describe both timing and propensity ofrelationshipdisruptionandcomparefirstandsecondgenerationmigrantsofdifferentorigin groups to the native Belgian population. Second, we analyze to what extenthousehold composition is associated with varying relationship dissolution risks. Wecontribute to the existing literature by paying specific attention to more complexhousehold forms such as multigenerational households. Due to the specificcharacteristicsofmigrantpopulations,weexpecttheroleofhouseholdcompositiontodifferbetweenmigrantandnon-migrantpopulations.

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Session4:Householdsandfamilytransitions213h30-RectorVermeylenChair:DimitriMortelmansLindsayTheunis-KULeuvenSimilar,butStillDifferent?HeterogamyinStudyDisciplineamongPowerCouplesandtheirRiskofDivorceLindsayTheunis,ChristineSchnorandJanVanBavelStudies on the determinants of divorce have mainly focused on one dimension ofeducational achievement, namely the level of education. We believe that the field ofeducationmightbejustasrelevantforunionstabilityasthelevelofeducation.Inthispaper,weexaminevariationindivorcerisksamongmarriagesinwhichbothspousesarecollegeeducated, theso-calledpowercouples.Thespecificcombinationsofhusband’sand wife’s field of study within this group are expected to lead to different divorceoutcomes.DrawingonuniqueBelgianCensusandRegisterdata,weappliedpiecewiseconstanthazardmodelstoanalyzedissolutionratesof25,153powercouples.Theresultssuggest that a male breadwinner is still important for marital stability, even amongpowercouples-themostgender-egalitariangroupinsociety.Marriageswithahusbandgraduated in a strong male-dominated field have significant lower divorce risks,irrespectiveofthewife’sfieldstudy.

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Session4:Householdsandfamilytransitions213h30-RectorVermeylenChair:DimitriMortelmansNaomiBiegel-UniversiteitAntwerpenSocio-demographicdifferentialsintheuseofmultiplechildcarearrangementsinBelgiumNaomiBiegelandKarelNeelsIn the past decades, increased female labour market participation and demographicchange stimulated research on the effects of formal childcare arrangements used byfamilies.However,littleisknownabouttheprevalenceanduseofmultiple(concurrent)childcarearrangementsinBelgium.Aspopulationheterogeneityinuptakeof(in)formalchildcarehasoftencauseddifficultytoassesstheeffectsofformalchildcareprovisionone.g.maternal labourmarketparticipationorchildbearing, looking intohowtheuseofmultiple childcare arrangements is related to socio-demographic characteristics isparticularlyrelevant.Thisapproachallowsustogaininsightintowhatextentinformalchildcare is complementary or rather necessary for familieswith different householdstructures, educational levels, labour market positions and migration backgrounds.PreviousresearchwasmainlyconductedintheUSAandAustraliaandmostlyfocusedontheeffectsofmultiplechildcarearrangementsoncognitiveandbehaviouraldevelopmentofchildren.Someresearchindicatesthattheuseofmultiplechildcarearrangementsisrelated to parental education, labour market position, age of the child and loneparenthood.WeattempttocontributetotheexistingliteraturebyexploringdifferentialchildcarestrategiesinBelgium,givingspecialattentiontothetypesofchildcarethatarebeingused(formalandinformal).WewilluseGGSandEU-SILCdata.

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Session4:Householdsandfamilytransitions213h30-RectorVermeylenChair:DimitriMortelmansChristineSchnor-KULeuvenEducationalassortativematingandhousehold formation:Findings fromBelgiancensusandregisterdataChristineSchnor,ClaraMulder,DidierWillaert,andJanVanBavelThispaperinvestigatesthespecificroleofeducationalassortativematingintheprocessofhouseholdformation.Studiesontheroleofdistanceinpartnerchoicehavefoundthatpersons choose spatially homogamous partners, measured by calculating distancesbetweenpartnersbeforecohabitation.Thisstudy linksgeographicalanddemographicresearch by studying the link between the educational composition of newly formedcouplesandresidentialmobility.Ourresearchquestionis:Doeseducationalassortativemating influence the place where the couple forms its first common household?Weassume that education informs about the power relation within the couple which isreflected in the decision ofwhere the couple settles down.We expect that themoreeducatedpartnerismorelikelytostayinhis/herenvironment,whereasthelesseducatedpartner ismore likely tomove. Beyond that,we expect that themore educated bothpartnersare,thelesslikelyitisthattheyarefromthesamemunicipalityandthattheywillstaythere.TheavailabilityofuniqueintegralmicrodatafromtheBelgianpopulationcensusandregisterwithdetailededucationalinformationenablesustostudyhouseholdformationamongallnewcohabiters.Firstresultsconfirmourhypotheses.Nexttoeffectsofabsoluteeducation,weseeimportantdifferencesbyrelativeeducationaldifferences:Ifsheismoreeducated,hemovestoherplaceortheymovetoathirdplace.Ifheismoreeducated,sheismovingtohisplace,ortheycomefromthesamemunicipalityandformahouseholdthere.Next,wewillevaluategenderdifferences,assumingthatthereisnosuchdifferenceamongthechildless,whereasthereisagendereffectifonepartnerisaparent:childrenaremostoftenstayingwiththemother,andinconsequence,womenwillbemorelikelytostayintheirmunicipality.

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Session5:HealthandMortality113h30-PriorzaalChair:SylvieGadeyneSolveigA.Cunningham-HubertDepartmentofGlobalHealth,EmoryUniversity,Atlanta,USAMetabolic health among foreign-born people in Belgium and the context ofreceptionSolveigA.Cunningham,HadewijchVandenheedeStudieshaveshowndifferencesinobesityanddiabetesamongforeign-bornandnative-bornpeople,withrisksamongimmigrantsincreasingwithtimesincearrival.Researchfromcountrieswithrelativelylowprevalenceofmetabolicdiseasesinthenative-bornpopulation,suchasBelgium,hasbeenlimited.Belgiumisauniquesettinginwhichtoexplorehowhealthchangesaftermigrationbecauseofthedistinctregionalcontextsofreception across Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels, with immigrants encounteringdifferentlanguages,norms,products,opportunities,andhealthcaresystems.Weusedpooleddatafromthe5nationallyrepresentativeHealthInterviewSurveywavesfrom1997-2013,whichincludeadults’self-reporteddataondiabetesdiagnosis,height,weight,andcountryofbirth.Weexamineddifferencesbyplaceofbirthandemployedsurvey-adjusted logistic regression models controlling for potentially relevantdemographic and socioeconomic circumstances. To examine the implications of thecontextofreception,wealsointeractedplaceofbirthandregionofresidence.AmongBelgian-bornpeople,13.2%wereobeseand4.5%haddiabetes,comparedwith14.5% obese and 6.2%with diabetes among foreign-born people. After adjusting forother characteristics, people born in Turkey, Morocco, and other Asian and Africancountries had higher odds of having diabetes and obesity than Belgian-born people,highest for people fromTurkey at OR=3.2 and 1.7, respectively. Considering regionaldifferences,Belgian-bornpeopleinFlanders,andforeign-bornpeoplefromneighboringcountries,NorthernEurope,NorthAmerica,andAustralia livinganywhere inBelgiumhadthelowestrisksofmetabolicdiseases;Southern-andEastern-Europe-bornpeoplehadhigheroddsofdiabetesandobesity if theylivedinBrusselsorWallonia,whereaspeopleborninTurkey,Morocco,andotherAfricanandAsiancountrieshadhigheroddsiftheylivedinFlanders.TheseregionaldifferencessuggestthatcontextsofreceptioninBelgiummayentaildifferentpatternsofassimilationandhealthrisksforimmigrants.

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Session5:HealthandMortality113h30-PriorzaalChair:SylvieGadeyneKatrijnDelaruelle-UniversiteitGentEducationalinequalitiesingeneralandmentalhealth:doesthecurriculartrackingsystemmatter?There is a common view in literature that educational tracking amplifies socialinequalitiesinawiderangeofoutcomes.Thecurrentstudyaimstoexaminewhetherthisbeliefholdstrueforeducationaldisparitiesinhealth.Takinganinstitutionalperspective,itspecificallyexplorestheextenttowhichdifferencesinnationaltrackingsystemsmatterfortherelationshipbetweeneducationontheonehand,andgeneralandmentalhealthon theother.Toshed lighton this,weuse informationof theEuropeanSocialSurvey(round6 and7:2012-2014) for individuals25 to40yearsof age (N=17,175) in25Europeancountries.Thenationaltrackingsystemisdefinedbyafactorthatcapturestheageofselection,thenumberofdifferentschooltracks,andthelengthofdifferentiatedcurriculumatthecountry-level.Moreover,generalhealthisassessedbyself-ratedhealthscores,whereasmentalhealthismeasuredusingtheshortenedCenterforEpidemiologicStudiesDepressionScale(CES-D8).Theestimatedtwo-levelhierarchicalmodelsshowthat tracking is indeed associatedwith larger educational inequalities in both healthoutcomes.Lower-educatedindividualsfareworseintermsofgeneralandmentalhealththan their higher-educated counterparts in all countries, however the strength ofassociationismuchhigherincountrieswithahighly-trackedsystem(e.g.Germany,TheNetherlands,andBelgium)thanincountrieswithamorecomprehensiveone(e.g.UnitedKingdom, Denmark, and Norway). These results underscore the counter-effectivebackgroundofcurriculartrackingintacklingsocialinequalitiesinhealth.

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Session5:HealthandMortality113h30-PriorzaalChair:SylvieGadeyneLauraVandenBorre-VrijeUniversiteitBrusselOccupationalvariationsinthehealthworkereffect:self-reportedhealth.Laura Van den Borre and Patrick Deboosere

Occupational health research is complicated by the Healthy Worker Effect (HWE),referring to the continuous selection process of healthy individuals in theworkforce.DifferencesinHWEhavebeenscarcelyconsideredforspecificoccupationalgroups.ThisstudyfollowsthetotalBelgianworkforceof1991andinvestigatesvariationsinself-reportedhealthforspecificoccupationalgroups10yearslater.The1991and2001Belgiancensuseswerelinked.Thetotalworkingpopulation(25-60years)isselectedfromthe1991census.Occupationaltypeandindustryofemploymentarecombinedtocompose238and131occupationalgroupsforapproximately1.8millionmenand1.2millionwomen.Logisticregressionanalysesareperformedforself-reportedhealth in 2001 (1= (very) good health; 0= fair or (very) bad health). The referencepopulationconsistsof thesex-specificpopulationatwork in1991and2001.Ageandactivitystatusin2001areincludedascontrolvariables.Oddsratiosarehighestformedicalhealthprofessionalssuchasdoctors(men2.01[1.90-2.12]; women 2.03 [1.82-2.27]); dentists (men 1.92 [1.69-2.17]; women 1.79 [1.51-2.13]);andpharmacists(men1.54[1.36-1.73];women1.77[1.57-2.00]).Forwomen,thelowest odds ratios for reporting (very) goodhealth are found among cleaners.All 19typesof femalecleanershavesignificantly loweroddsratiosranging from0.77 [0.73-0.82]to0.44[0.42-0.47].Formen,thelowestoddsratiosarefoundamongcleaners,butalsoamongseveraltypesofconstructionworkers.66%ofmenand67%ofwomenarestillatactivein2001.Oddsratiosareconsistentlyhigherforthosestillactivelyemployedin2001.However,relativedifferencesinself-reportedhealthremainlarge,eveninthenon-workingpopulationin2001.Thework force consists of thehealthiest individuals, but large variation inperceivedhealthexistsacrosstheoccupationalspectrum.Thesedifferencesseemtopersistsevenwhenmakingthetransfertotheinactivepopulation.

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Session6:Segregationanddiscrimination15h00-OudeInfirmerieChair:EdwinPelfreneAdCoenen-UniversiteitGentEthnic residential segregation: a family matter? An Integration of HouseholdCompositionCharacteristicsandWhiteAvoidanceWhiteflightandwhiteavoidance,thetendenciesofethnicmajorityhouseholdstomoveout and avoid moving in to ethnically diverse neighbourhoods, are two often citedreasonsforthepersistenceofethnicresidentialsegregation.Thesetheoriesconsiderthepresenceofethnicminorities in theneighbourhoodasaneighbourhoodcharacteristichouseholdstakeintoaccountwhendeciding(where)tomove(to).Thisarticlefurtherdevelopsthesetheoriesbyintegratingthemwithlifecycleandhouseholdcompositioncharacteristics. These characteristics play an important role formobility decisions asresidentialpreferencesarestronglyrelatedtothehouseholdcomposition.Toinvestigatetheimportanceofhouseholdandlifecyclecharacteristics,weusetheBelgianCensusof2011 and perform a conditional logitmodel on the Belgian nest leavers living in themetropolitanareasofAntwerp,Brussels,Charleroi,GhentandLiège,thefivelargestcitiesof Belgium.We find that different household types respond differently to the ethniccomposition of their neighbourhood: households with children are significantly lesslikelytoliveindiverseneighbourhoodsthanhouseholdswithoutchildren.Furthermore,officially cohabiting households without children differ from unmarried childlesshouseholdsinmostcitieswhilemarriedhouseholdswithchildrendifferfromunmarriedand officially cohabiting households with children. We therefore conclude that it isimportant to incorporate both partnership status and the presence of childrenwhenstudyingwhiteflightandavoidance.

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Session6:Segregationanddiscrimination15h00-OudeInfirmerieChair:EdwinPelfreneLenaImeraj-VrijeUniversiteitBrusselGetting educated… What role do parents and neighbourhood hold in theintergenerationaltransmissionofhumancapitalamongethnicminoritygroupsinBelgianurbanareas?LenaImerajandSylvieGadeyneUrbanareasinWesternsocietiesaremarkedbypersistentsocialinequalities,resultinginadistinctpatternofsocioeconomicsegregation.Giventhatsocioeconomicandethnicfragmentation often go hand in hand, the process of class reproduction acrossgenerationsindifferentmigrantcommunitiesappearsofgreatconcern.Theliteratureonsocial reproduction andmobility increasingly devoted attention to the individual andcontextualdeterminantsofhumancapitaltransmissionfromonegenerationtothenext.There is, however, a dearth of research that simultaneously includes the individual,parentalandgeographicaldimensionwithinthisresearcharea.Thisstudyaddressesthisgapandaimstorevealhoweducationalattainmentdiffersacrossethnicminoritygroups,familiesandspace,usingBelgianurbanareasasacasestudy.Spatialanalyses–usingGeographicInformationSystem(GIS)–andmultilevelproportionaloddsmodellingarebasedonthecensusesfrom1991and2001.Itisfoundthatyoungadults’migrantandfamily background and the immediate residential environment together shapedifferentialopportunitiestoeducationalsuccess.Therefore,theyareallcrucialfactorsinexplaining differential patterns of class reproduction, which potentially exacerbatespatialpatternsofsocioeconomicsegregation.

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Session6:Segregationanddiscrimination15h00-OudeInfirmerieChair:EdwinPelfrenePieter-PaulVerhaeghe-UniversiteitGentCan discrimination be reduced by inducing compliance? A quasi-experiment inrentalhousingdiscrimination.KoenVanderBracht,Pieter-PaulVerhaegheThis study examines whether discrimination can be reduced through inducingcompliancetoregulationsbyobservingthepotentialdiscriminator’sbehavior.Weexpectcompliancetoformalrulesorsocialexpectationswhenpeopleareobserved.Weappliedthis observation-compliance effect to a unique quasi-experiment on ethnicdiscrimination in the rental housingmarket in Belgium.We performed twowaves ofcorrespondencetests(Ntime1=754andNtime2=882),separatedbyanannouncementtolandlordsandrealestateagentsthattheirbehaviorwouldbeobserved.Acomparisonof these uninformed and informed correspondence tests revealed that the mereannouncementoffurtherdiscriminationtestsresultedinlessunequaltreatmentbasedonethnicitybyrealestateagents,butnotbyprivatelandlords.Thesefindingssuggestthat policy makers could follow an observation-compliance strategy to tackle ethnicdiscrimination.Keywords:Racism;Discrimination;Quasi-experiment;Rentalhousing;Compliance

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Session7:Fertilityandfamilyformation15h00-PriorzaalChair:AlessandraTrimarchiChristineSchnor-KULeuvenTheincreaseinnon-maritalchildbearinganditslinktoeducationalexpansionChristineSchnor,MarikaJalovaaraAmongtheremarkablechangesinfamilydynamicsthathaveoccurredintheWesternworld during the past decades is the substantial increase in childbearing outsidemarriage.Literatureusuallystressesthelinkofnon-maritalchildbearingtolowmaternaleducation and the disadvantaged life path this link may imply. With the concurrenteducationalexpansion,however, lowesteducatedmothershavebecomeasmallgroupandcanhardlybethemaindriveroftheincreaseinnon-maritalchildbearing.Thisarticleanalyzeshowchangesintheeducation-specificratesofnon-maritalchildbearingandinthe educational distribution of parents contributed to the increase in non-maritalchildbearingamongFinnishfirst-timeparentsin1970–2009.Wesuspecttheincreaseinnon-maritalchildbearingthathasbeenobservedonthemacroleveltobedrivenbythemediumeducated,becausethisgrouphasbeenlargeinsize,showedstrongincreasesinnon-marital childbearing, and has becomemore similar to lower social strata. Usingregisterdata anddecomposition approach,we show that theoverall increase innon-maritalfirstbirthswasmostlydrivenbythelargegroupsofsecondaryeducatedwomenandmen, and the growing group of lower tertiary educated women. If 3-categoricaldefinition of education is applied, then highly educatedmothers have been themaindriveroftheincreaseinnon-maritalchildbearinginthemorerecentperiods.Thelowesteducated continued tohavehighest proportions of non-marital first childbearing, buttheir contribution to the overall increase was small due to diminishing group size.Contributionofthehighesteducatedincreasedbuttheystillhavelowestratesofnon-maritalchildbearing.Weconcludethatincreasesinnon-maritalchildbearingandaverageeducationalattainmentcangotogetherwithaconsistentnegativelinkofeducationandnon-marital childbearing. The medium educated make an important contribution tofamilychangesanddeservemoreattentioninresearch.

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Session7:Fertilityandfamilyformation15h00-PriorzaalChair:AlessandraTrimarchiJonasWood-UniversiteitAntwerpenLocalChildcareAvailabilityandDual-EarnerFertilityJonasWoodandKarelNeelsThetheoreticallywell-groundedhypothesisthattheavailabilityofformalchildcarehasapositiveimpactonchildbearinginthedevelopedworldhasbeenpartofthepopulationliterature fora long time.Whereas the transformationofwomen’s roles in the labourforcecreatedatensionbetweenworkandfamilylife,theincreasingavailabilityofformalchildcareinmanydevelopedcountriesisassumedtoreconcilethesetwolifedomainsashighopportunitycostsofchildrearingtasksarepreventedandmotherandworkerrolesbecome more compatible. However, previous empirical studies on the associationbetweenchildcareavailabilityandfertilityprovideambiguousresults.Thisarticlearguesthatthesemixedfindingsoccur-atleastpartly-duetovariationinthemethodsappliedandanumberofmethodologicalissueswhichremainlargelyunaccountedfor.Asaresult,thisstudyusesdetailedlongitudinalcensusandregisterdataforthe2000sinBelgiumcombinedwith childcare coverage rates for 588municipalities, to assess the relationbetween localchildcareavailabilityontheonehandand first,secondandthirdbirthsamongdualearnercouplesontheother.Takingintoaccounttheendogenousplacementof formalchildcareandselectivemigration,ourfindings indicateclearandsubstantialpositive effects of local formal childcare provision on birth hazards, especially whenconsideringthetransitiontoparenthood.Inaddition,thisarticlequantifiestheimpactoflocalformalchildcareavailabilityonfertilityattheaggregate-levelandshowsthatinthecontext of low and lowest-low fertility levels in the developed world, the continuedextensionofformalchildcareservicescanbetooltostimulatechildbearingamongdualearnercouples.Keywords:RegionalFertility;Familypolicy;Childcare;Dualearners;Europe

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Session7:Fertilityandfamilyformation15h00-PriorzaalChair:AlessandraTrimarchiChristineSchnor-KULeuvenandVrijeUniversiteitBrusselChildbearingwithincohabitationandfamilystability:Testingtheroleofdiffusionusingdatafrom15Europeancountries,Canada,andtheUSChristineSchnorandDavidPelletierResearchshowsthatnonmarried(cohabiting)coupleshavehigherseparationrisksthanmarriedones.Inrecentdecades,proportionsofthesecohabitingcouplesandofchildrenborn tononmarriedparentshave increasedsubstantially.This studyaims toevaluatewhether this trend has contributed to a increase in overall family instability. Usingindividualsurveydataandcontextualinformationfrom15Europeancountries,CanadaandtheUS(HarmonizedHistoriesfromEuropeanGGS,GermanPairfam,CanadianGSS,andAmericanNLFSG),webuiltamultilevelmodelinordertocomparetheunionstabilityofmothersthathadtheirfirstchildinthe1990sindifferentnationalsettings.Preliminaryfindings show that the diffusion of nonmarital births in a country is, on average,associated with an increase of family disruptions. During the process, however, thestabilityofcohabitingfamiliesgrowsrelativelyclosertothatofmarriedfamilies.Indeed,there exist a dynamic mechanism by which the reduction of cohabiting families’instability counterbalances in part their growing share among all families during thecourse of the diffusion process. Beyond that average, there exist a great diversity ofsituationdepending,forinstance,onwhethercountrieshadalreadyalargeproportionofout-of-marriagebirthsatthestartofobservation.

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Session8:Healthandmortality215h00-RectorVermeylenChair:HanneloreDeGrandeTinaVanRossem-VrijeUniversiteitBrusselandUniversiteitGentTheBrussels’graveyard.MortalityintheBelgiancapitalattheturnofthetwentiethcenturyinacomparativeperspectiveTinaVanRossem,PatrickDeboosere,andIsabelleDevosHistoricalresearchhasrevealedlargedifferencesinnineteenth-centuryurbanmortalityrates(seeforinstanceKesztenbaum&Rosenthal,2011;Szreter,2005).InBelgium,theinhabitants of the capital city of Brussels in particular experienced a severe healthpenalty.UsingpopulationcensusesandtheregisterofvitaleventsLeMouvementdelaPopulation et de l’Etat Civil, we compare in this paper the age- and cause-specificmortalitylevelsbetweenBrussels,the17largestBelgiancitiesandthe7largestBrussels’suburbswithmorethan25,000inhabitantsfortheperiodbetween1890and1910.Untilnow, the diseases responsible for themortality differences betweenBrussels and theotherBelgiancitieshavelargelybeenneglected.Yet,theavailabilityofdetailedcause-specificmortalitydataforBelgiancitiesishighlyuniqueandmayhelpunravellingsomedeterminantsoftheBrussels’healthdisadvantage.Theresultsshowthat-comparedtoBrussels-lifeexpectancywasindeednearly5yearshigherinothercitiesandnearly10years higher in its suburbs. The age- and cause-specific decomposition, based on themethodofArriaga,demonstratesthattheBrussels’penaltywasmainlycausedbyhighmortality of enteritis at young ages and of pulmonary tuberculosis at adult ages. Byinvestingurbancharacteristics,wefurthermorerevealthatalargepartoftheBrussels’disadvantagewasrelatedtoacombinationofbadfeedingpractices,hazardousworkingcircumstances,crowdingandthepresenceoflargeinstitutionssuchashospitals.ReferencesKESZTENBAUMLionel,ROSENTHALJean-Laurent,2011,“Thehealthcostoflivinginacity:ThecaseofFranceattheendofthe19thcentury”,ExplorationsinEconomicHistory,48(2),pp.207-225.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2010.12.002SZRETER Simon, 2005, Health and wealth: studies in history and policy, Rochester,UniversityofRochesterPress,506p.

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Session8:Healthandmortality215h00-RectorVermeylenChair:HanneloreDeGrandeBarbaraWillems-UniversiteitGentTheeducationgradientinpreventivehealthcare,aconsistentphenomenonacrossEurope?Objectives:Themainintentionofthisresearchistoextendandgobeyondthelimited,one-sided, individualistic focus of the existing scientific literature on educationalinequalitiesintheuptakeofpreventivehealthcare,byprovidingamorecomprehensiveoverviewofthevariationsintheeducationgradientby:(1)simultaneouslyfocussingonabroadrangeofsevenpreventivemeasures:cervicalsmeartest,manualbreastexam,mammography, dental check-up, prostate specific antigen test, cholesterol test, andcolorectalcancertest(2)cross-nationallycomparing27Europeancountriesand(3)notignoring the importance of historical and social determinants, including the historiccontextofeachpreventivemeasure.Methods: Analyses are based on data of Eurobarometer 66.2. Depending on thepreventiveoutcome,finalsamplesizesrangesfrom9,831to23,175respondents.Cross-countryandcountry-specificbinomiallogisticregressionsareapplied.Results: (1) Lower educated are more likely to be late preventive users than highereducated, as they are more need-driven. (2) Educational inequalities depend on thespecificdiffusionhistoryofeachpreventivemeasure,acrossandwithincountries.(3)Forwomen,educationallevelcontributesmoretotheuptakeofprevention,thanformen.(4)MosteducationalinequalitiesaresituatedinSouthernandCentral/EasternEurope.Conclusions:ThereisnogeneraleducationalinequalityandnoEuropeanuniformityinthe uptake of preventive healthcare. Although educational inequalities are certainlyexisting,thesearenotonlyoutcome-,butalsocountry-specific.Moreover,ourresearchreveals the importanceof thespecificdiffusionhistoryofeachpreventivemeasure inunderstandingthecross-countryandcross-outcomevariationintheeducationgradient.Furthermore, the relevance of including both absolute and relative inequalitieswhenusingacross-nationalcomparativeperspective,isconfirmed.

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Session8:Healthandmortality215h00-RectorVermeylenChair:HanneloreDeGrandeSolveigACunningham-HubertDepartmentofGlobalHealth,EmoryUniversity,Atlanta,USABankcrisesinchildhoodandlater-lifecardiovasculardiseaseSolveigA.Cunningham,ChrisCunningham,George Howard, VirginiaJ.HowardEconomiccrisesaggravatepovertyandincreasethenumberofhouseholdsexperiencingpoverty.Whilethisistrueformostrecessions,financialcrises,liketheonein2008,maybeparticularlydisruptivebecausethetypicalemploymentandincomeshocksarejoinedbylosesofwealthandaccesstocreditthatcouldotherwisesmoothconsumptionthroughthe downturn. Economic recoveries from financial crises also tend to be slow andprotracted.Thereissomeevidencethatfinancialcrisescanincreasecontemporaneouscardiovasculardiseasemortality,aswellassuicides.Inthispaper,welookforlong-termhealthconsequencesofbankingcrisesintheU.S.UsingolderadultsfromtheREGARDSstudy, a national population-based cohort of African-American andwhite adultswithdetailedlifehistories,weexplorewhetherinuteroorearlychildhoodexposuretobankfailuresduringtheGreatDepressionwasassociatedwithstrokeorothercardiovasculardiseaseinadulthood.Employingarichsetofcontrolvariables,wefindthatindividualsborn in counties with bank failures did not have higher risks of hypertension, heartattacks,orstrokesatages65-86.Thesefindingssuggestthat,thoughasourceofgreatstressanddeprivationatthetime,exposuretoamajorfinancialcrisisdoesnothavelong-termhealthconsequencesforthosewhosurviveit.