Household headship as a dimension of transitions to adulthood • Elwood Carlson, Florida State University

Socioeconomic status and net fertility during the fertility decline: a multilevel-comparative study on historical populations • Martin Dribe, Lund University ; J. David Hacker, Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY) ; Francesco Scalone, Università di Bologna

Are all joint families the same? A tour around the globe with historical and IPUMS international data • Siegfried Gruber, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Mikolaj Szoltysek, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Changes in household composition and its demographic driving forces • Leiwen Jiang, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

Single parenthood and intergenerational coresidence in developing countries • Sheela Kennedy, University of Minnesota ; Steven Ruggles, University of Minnesota