Ian Timaeus MA MSc PhD
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I started my career in the software industry but have worked in the Centre/Department of Population Studies since 1980. My first degree is in social anthropology and I like to think of myself as a social scientist, although most of my work is in technical demography.
Publications (complete linked list)
Affiliation
Teaching
I organize the taught course module on Population, Poverty and Environment. I also teach on the modules on Population Studies, Population Dynamics and Projections, and Analysing Survey and Population Data.
Research
Research interests include methods for measuring adult mortality in developing countries, demographic and poverty dynamics, the social and demographic impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and the demography of sub-Saharan Africa more generally, in particular that of South Africa.
Research areas
- Fertility
- Health inequalities
- Social and structural determinants of health
Disciplines
- Demography
Disease and Health Conditions
- HIV/AIDS
Regions
- Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
Countries
- South Africa
Other interests
- Adult Mortality
- Analysis Of Longitudinal Data
- Burden Of Disease
- Child Mortality
- Demographic Estimation
- Demographic techniques and methodology
- INDEPTH
- Livelihoods
- Microeconometrics
- Poverty
- Social Epidemiology
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Selected publications
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On postponement and birth intervals
Timaeus, I.M.; Moultrie, T.A.
Population and Development Review, 2008; 34(3):483-510
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Father figures: the progress at school of orphans in South Africa.
Timaeus, I.M.; Boler, T.;
AIDS, 2007; 21 Suppl 7:S83-93
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Levels and trends of adult mortality
Bradshaw, D.; Timaeus, I.M.
in 'Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa' Jamison, D.T.; Feachem, R.G.; Makgoba, M.W.; Bos, E.R.; Baingana, F.K.; Hofman, K.J.; Rogo, K.O.(2006) World Bank (Washington, D.C.) :31-42
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Methods to Estimate the Number of Orphans as a Result of AIDS and Other Causes in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Grassly, N.C.; Timaeus, I.M.;
Journal of AIDS, 2005; 39(3):365-375
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Levels and causes of adult mortality in rural South Africa: the impact of AIDS.
Hosegood, V.; Vanneste, A.M.; Timaeus, I.M.;
AIDS, 2004; 18(4):663-71
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Adult mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys.
Timaeus, I.M.; Jasseh, M.;
Demography, 2004; 41(4):757-72
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The South African fertility decline: Evidence from two censuses and a Demographic and Health Survey
Moultrie, T.A.; Timaeus, I.M.
Population Studies, 2003; 57:265-283
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Estimation of adult mortality from data on adult siblings
Timaeus, I. M.; Zaba, B.; Ali, M. M.
in 'Brass Tacks: Essays in Medical Demography' ZABA, B.; BLACKER, J.(2001) Athlone Press (London) :43-66
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