Seminars

The Centre for Actuarial Research runs a seminar programme, which provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of research in the field of demography and population studies. These seminars are usually held once every two weeks, except during student vacation. Seminars are usually held on Fridays, between 12:45 and 14:00, in room 2B of the Leslie Commerce Building (also known as 'The Old Mutual Room'). All are welcome to attend. If you have an interest in presenting research, or you would like to be added to the mailing list, please contact Dr Tom Moultrie (Tom.Moultrie@uct.ac.za).

The seminar programme for the first semester of 2008 is as follows:

Friday 22 February:
Correcting the 2007 Community Survey (CS) for systematic and other errors
Rob Dorrington and Tom Moultrie

Friday 7 March:
Used for ill; used for good: A century of collecting data on race in South Africa
Tom Moultrie and Rob Dorrington

Friday 14 March:
Reweighting the OHS and LFS National Household Survey Data to create a consistent series over time: a cross-entropy approach
Nicola Branson

Friday 4 April:
Preparation and weighting of the municipal level data in the 2007 Community Survey
Rob Dorrington and Tom Moultrie

Friday 25 April:
Using traditional reproductive regimes to explain subnational fertility differentials in Zambia
Kambidima Wotela

Friday 9 May:
Orphanhood and Schooling in South Africa: Trends in the vulnerability of orphans between 1993 and 2005
Cally Ardington

Friday 16 May:
Sexual behaviour and sexually transmitted disease in South Africa: a model-based evaluation
Leigh Johnson