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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and depression symptoms of young people in the global south: evidence from a four-country cohort study

Journal publish in BMJ Open looking to provide evidence on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of young people who grew up in poverty in low/middle-income countries (LMICs). The research uses logistic regressions to examine associations between mental health and pandemic-related stressors, structural factors (gender, age), and lifelong protective/risk factors (parent and peer relationship, wealth, long-term health problems, past emotional problems, subjective well-being) measured at younger ages.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and depression symptoms of young people in the global south: evidence from a four-country cohort study

Journal publish in BMJ Open looking to provide evidence on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of young people who grew up in poverty in low/middle-income countries (LMICs). The research uses logistic regressions to examine associations between mental health and pandemic-related stressors, structural factors (gender, age), and lifelong protective/risk factors (parent and peer relationship, wealth, long-term health problems, past emotional problems, subjective well-being) measured at younger ages.

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A Lost Year of Learning for Girls in Ethiopia: Evidence From the Young Lives at Work COVID-19 Phone Survey

This policy brief looks at the impact of COVID-19 on girls’ education in Ethiopia, summarising findings from the Young Lives COVID-19 phone survey (consisting of three calls between June–December 2020) in relation to the Younger Cohort in the study, now aged 19. Our findings also highlight the importance of addressing associated gender issues in relation to increasing levels of domestic work and risks of early marriage, as well as worsening mental health, to avoid the longerterm impacts of a lost year of education.

A Lost Year of Learning for Girls in Ethiopia: Evidence From the Young Lives at Work COVID-19 Phone Survey

This policy brief looks at the impact of COVID-19 on girls’ education in Ethiopia, summarising findings from the Young Lives COVID-19 phone survey (consisting of three calls between June–December 2020) in relation to the Younger Cohort in the study, now aged 19. Our findings also highlight the importance of addressing associated gender issues in relation to increasing levels of domestic work and risks of early marriage, as well as worsening mental health, to avoid the longerterm impacts of a lost year of education.

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“A Stranger in All Places”; Patterns and Experiences of Children and Young People Moving From Their Home Communities in Ethiopia

Moving away from home communities has become an increasingly common life experience for many children, adolescents and young people transitioning to adulthood in Ethiopia, to a much greater extent than among their parents’ generation. Much of the literature on migration focuses on the labour migration of young people and on international migration.

“A Stranger in All Places”; Patterns and Experiences of Children and Young People Moving From Their Home Communities in Ethiopia

Moving away from home communities has become an increasingly common life experience for many children, adolescents and young people transitioning to adulthood in Ethiopia, to a much greater extent than among their parents’ generation. Much of the literature on migration focuses on the labour migration of young people and on international migration.

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“I Have a Plan to Go”: Why Children and Young People in Ethiopia Move Away From Home

This policy brief draws on qualitative research relating to children and young people in ten communities (both rural and urban) across five regions who are part of the Young Lives longitudinal study of 3,000 children and young people in Ethiopia.

The analysis reveals that young people leave the family home for many reasons, including education, work and marriage. These movements are often driven by poverty, land scarcity and unemployment, and there are major differences depending on location, age, and gender.

“I Have a Plan to Go”: Why Children and Young People in Ethiopia Move Away From Home

This policy brief draws on qualitative research relating to children and young people in ten communities (both rural and urban) across five regions who are part of the Young Lives longitudinal study of 3,000 children and young people in Ethiopia.

The analysis reveals that young people leave the family home for many reasons, including education, work and marriage. These movements are often driven by poverty, land scarcity and unemployment, and there are major differences depending on location, age, and gender.

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Young Lives is a unique longitudinal study of poverty and inequality following the lives of 12,000 children in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), Peru and Vietnam since 2002. 

Over two decades of research, Young Lives has generated unmatched insights into the dynamics of poverty and inequality in the lives of the children, from their early years, through adolescence, and into young adulthood. Our mission is to deliver ground-breaking research that informs policy on how poverty, intersecting inequalities and new vulnerabilities affect the lives of disadvantaged children and young people and what can be done to improve their life outcomes.

We have just published findings from Round 7 of our long running study, including on young people's education and learning, work and family lives, and health and well-being.  

We have also launched a new Young Lives Research Hub on Climate Change and Environmental Shocks, to generate, for the first time, important policy relevant evidence on the long term effects of shocks, including extreme weather, on human development, across the life-course and across two generations of children and young people. 

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Young Lives core research themes are education and skills, employment, health and well-being and family lives.  Our cross-cutting themes are gender, poverty and inequalities, and shocks and crises. Our themes facilitate analysis and better understanding of what life is like for Young Lives children as they navigate young adulthood in a changing world. 

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Young lives, interrupted: Short-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents in low- and middle-income countries
Young lives, interrupted: Short-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents in low- and middle-income countries
Online edu amid Covid runs into digital divide
Online edu amid Covid runs into digital divide
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