Thursday, April 11 / 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM • Lone Star C (Level 3)

Session 54
Internal Migration, Health, and Well-being

Chair: Maia Call, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center
Discussant: Brian Thiede, Pennsylvania State University

1. How Exposure to Urban Life Shapes Health Outcomes: A Longitudinal Analysis of Older Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China • Weilong Li , University of Pennsylvania.

2. Migration, Living Arrangements and Poverty Among Puerto Rican–Origin Children: Puerto Rico and the United States • Yeris Mayol-Garcia , U.S. Census Bureau.

3. Migration, Urban Living, and Health in Transitioning Contexts: A Fixed-Effects Analysis of Blood Pressure and Self-reported Health Using Nationally Representative Panel Data From South Africa • Chantel Pheiffer , Brown University; Michael J. White, Brown University.

4. Internal Migration, Contraception and Fertility in Turkey • Jeylan Erman , University of Pennsylvania; Julia Behrman, Northwestern University.

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