The International Union for the Scientific Study pf Population (IUSSP) organizes the International Population Conference once every four years in a different country, in collaboration with a host country institution. This major international event draws some 2,000 population scholars, policy makers, and government officials from around the world to discuss the latest population research and debate pressing global and regional population issues.

Statistics South Africa will host the 28th International Population Conference of the IUSSP in Cape Town, South Africa at the Cape Town International Conference Centre (CTICC) from 29 October to 4 November 2017.

Researchers from DemoSoc Research Group will present their research in presentations and poster sessions: 

Monday, 30 October 2017

• Session: 901-2 "Adverse health behaviors and their consequences"
  01:30 PM - 03:00 PM. Cape Town International Convention Centre - Meeting Room 2.41-2.42
  Chair: Aïda Solé-Auró
   
• Session: 42 "Socio-economic inequality, employment conditions, and second births in Spain"
  02.00 PM - 02.15 PM.  Cape Town International Convention Centre- Meeting Room 1.43-1.44
  Presenter: Pau Baizán
   
• Session: 805-1 "Structural Effects of Female Labor Force Participation"
  03:30 PM - 05:00 PM. Cape Town International Convention Centre - Meeting Room 2.61-2.62
  Presenter: Luize Ratniece
   
• Poster Session: "More Varied and Turbulent? How Life-Course Trajectories of British Men Changed over Three Cohorts"
  12.00 PM – 01.30 PM. Cape Town International Convention Centre – Exhibition Hall 2,  Section A
  Presenter: Alessandro Di Nallo and Luize Ratniece

Tuesday, 31st October 2017

• Session: 911 - Spatial and social inequalities in health and mortality
  03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
  Cape Town International Convention Centre - Meeting Room 1.43-1.44
  Presenter: Aïda Solé-Auró
   
• Poster session: 97 “When are migrant networks important? A comparison of the role of networks in Mexico-US (MMP) and Senegal-Europe (MAFE) migration flows” paper 23
  12:00 to 1:30 PM. Cape Town International Convention Centre- Exhibition Hall 2, Section C.
   

Wednesday, 1 November 2017

• Poster session: Marriage and union formation, families and households
  Poster: “Women’s Relative Earnings and Divorce: Evidence from West Germany”
  12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
  Presenter: Lesia Nedoluzhko
   
• Poster Session: Sexuality and reproductive health III
  12:00 PM - 13:30 PM. Cape Town International Convention Centre - Exhibition Hall 2, Section B.
  Presenter: Luize Ratniece

Thursday, 2 November 2017

• Poster session: Marriage and union formation, families and households
  Poster: “Traditional Marriage Revisited: Correlates and Consequences of Tribal Homogamy in Central Asia”. 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
  Presenter: Lesia Nedoluzhko

Friday, 3 November 2017

• Session : 901-1 "Gender differences in health and mortality"
  10:45 AM - 11:00 AM. Cape Town International Convention Centre - Meeting Room 2.41-2.42
  Presenter: Aïda Solé-Auró