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Equating Cognitive Scores across Rounds and Cohorts for Young Lives in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam

For longitudinal studies such as Young Lives, getting comparable measures of children’s cognitive abilities over time is essential for identifying individual, family, school or contextual variables that affect their development. Few longitudinal studies that follow birth/age cohorts have comparable cognitive measures over time; of those that are available, most are from developed countries and there are almost none from developing countries. For example, studies such as The National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS), the Early Childhood Longitudinal Stud

Equating Cognitive Scores across Rounds and Cohorts for Young Lives in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam

For longitudinal studies such as Young Lives, getting comparable measures of children’s cognitive abilities over time is essential for identifying individual, family, school or contextual variables that affect their development. Few longitudinal studies that follow birth/age cohorts have comparable cognitive measures over time; of those that are available, most are from developed countries and there are almost none from developing countries. For example, studies such as The National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS), the Early Childhood Longitudinal Stud

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COVID-19: a snapshot of the pandemic in Young Lives study countries
COVID-19: a snapshot of the pandemic in Young Lives study countries

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Predictors of school dropout across Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam

Published in GRADE in 2020. In this research paper the authors use the five rounds of Young Lives household surveys in four countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam) to study the characteristics of children who dropped out of school at 22 years of age.

There is also a policy brief (in Spanish) focusing on Peru.

Predictors of school dropout across Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam

Published in GRADE in 2020. In this research paper the authors use the five rounds of Young Lives household surveys in four countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam) to study the characteristics of children who dropped out of school at 22 years of age.

There is also a policy brief (in Spanish) focusing on Peru.

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New Animation - Second Chances: Young Marriage, Parenthood and Cohabitation
New Animation - Second Chances: Young Marriage, Parenthood and Cohabitation

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Young Marriage, Parenthood and Divorce in Zambia

This policy brief highlights findings from the Young Marriage and Parenthood Study (YMAPS), a qualitative study carried out by Child Frontiers between 2018 and 2020 with young married, cohabiting, and divorced adolescents and young people in three communities in the Kalulushi, Mazabuka and Katete districts of Zambia. Almost all of the young people were born and raised in contexts of poverty.

Young Marriage, Parenthood and Divorce in Zambia

This policy brief highlights findings from the Young Marriage and Parenthood Study (YMAPS), a qualitative study carried out by Child Frontiers between 2018 and 2020 with young married, cohabiting, and divorced adolescents and young people in three communities in the Kalulushi, Mazabuka and Katete districts of Zambia. Almost all of the young people were born and raised in contexts of poverty.

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New Podcast: Insights from Young Lives Peru
New Podcast: Insights from Young Lives Peru
Conversations with Young Lives' Data Managers: Part Two
Conversations with Young Lives' Data Managers: Part Two
New Director joins Young Lives today
New Director joins Young Lives today
COVID-19 and the ‘ethics of disruption’
COVID-19 and the ‘ethics of disruption’
Listening to Young Lives at Work COVID-19 Phone Survey: First Call fieldwork has begun!
Listening to Young Lives at Work COVID-19 Phone Survey: First Call fieldwork has begun!
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