Polarization through Assortative Mating: Is Social Closure among the College Educated Increasing? • Iñaki Permanyer, Center for Demographic Studies (Barcelona) ; Albert Esteve, Center for Demographic Studies (Barcelona) ; Joan Garcia Roman, University of Minnesota

Reading Fertility Stalls in Census Data: The Case of Kenya • Michel Garenne, Institut Pasteur ; Clifford O. Odimegwu, University of the Witwatersrand ; Robert McCaa, University of Minnesota ; Sunday A. Adedini, University of the Witwatersrand and Obafemi Awolowo University ; Garikayi Chemhaka, University of the Witwatersrand

Fertility Decline in Brazil and México: Tempo, Quantum and Parity Composition • Eduardo L. G. Rios-Neto, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) ; Adriana Miranda-Ribeiro, Cedeplar, UFMG

Assessment of the Disability Indicator Available through IPUMS International for the Calculation of Healthy Life Expectancy • Reiko Hayashi, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan