1. When do parents bury a child? Uncertainty of offspring loss across the demographic transition • Diego Alburez-Gutierrez, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR); Ugofilippo Basellini, Max Planck Institute for demographic Research; Emilio Zagheni, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR).

2. The dynamic role of household structure on child mortality in southern and eastern sub-Saharan Africa • Ashira Menashe-Oren, Universite catholique de Louvain (UCL); Philippe Bocquier, UCLouvain; Carren Ginsburg, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; Yacouba Compaore, Université Catholique de Louvain; Mark Collinson, University of the Witwatersrand.

3. Levels, Trends, and Factors Associated with Under-5 Excess Mortality among Twins in Sub-Saharan Africa: Studies of National Surveys from 42 Countries • Adama Ouedraogo, Université de Versailles – Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ); Gilles Pison, Muséum National D'histoire Naturelle; Sophie Le Coeur, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Abdramane Soura, Université de Ouagadougou.

4. Identifying New Age Patterns of Under-5 Mortality Using the Under-5 Mortality Database • Andrea Verhulst, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Julio E. Romero-Prieto, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM); Nurul Alam, ICDDR,B; Hallie Eilerts-Spinelli, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Daniel Erchick, Johns Hopkins University; Patrick Gerland, United Nations Population Division; Joanne Katz, Johns Hopkins University; Bruno Lankoande, Université de Ouagadougou; Li Liu, Johns Hopkins University; Gilles Pison, Muséum National D'histoire Naturelle; Georges Reniers, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM); Seema Subedi, Johns Hopkins University; Francisco Villavicencio, Johns Hopkins University; Michel Guillot, University of Pennsylvania & INED.

5. From health to sickness in one generation: The refugee mortality advantage and its disappearance for the children of refugees • Matthew Wallace, Stockholm University; Ben Wilson, Stockholm University.