1. The Health and Mortality Disadvantage of Never-Married Male in China: Profiles, Causes, and Implications • Haili Liang, South  China  University  of  Technology; Zhen Guo, Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Shuzhuo Li, Xi'an Jiaotong University; Shripad Tuljapurkar, Stanford University.

2. Marriage, Health and Old-Age Support: Risk to Rural Involuntary Bachelors’ Family Development in Contemporary China • Yang Meng, The National Police University for Criminal Justice; Nan Zhang, The National Police University for Criminal Justice; Bo Yang, Shaanxi Normal University; Shuzhuo Li, Xi'an Jiaotong University; Marcus W. Feldman, Stanford University.

3. Is Being Home Alone Bad for Your Health? Findings from Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study (ONS LS) • Jitka Pikhartova, University College London; Nicola Shelton, UCL; Emily Murray, University of Essex.

4. Wage Differential between Mothers and Non-Mothers in Brazil: A Decomposition Study for Selected Age Groups • Iracy Pimenta, University of Porto; Simone Wajnman, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR); Gilvan R. Guedes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais & Indiana University.

5. Understanding the Persistent Inequalities in Job Security Linked to Women’s Employment Trajectories around Motherhood: A Sequence Analysis Approach • Mengyao Wu, University of Salamanca; Alberto Del Rey Poveda, University of Salamanca; Guillermo Orfao, University of Salamanca; Jesús García Gómez, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Centre D'Estudis demogràfics (CED).