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Continuity and Change: Marriage and Parenthood Among Ethiopian Adolescents.

With changes brought about by education and urbanisation, adolescents and young people in Ethiopia have a greater say compared to previous generations in decisions about who, how and when they marry. Yet, despite this, customary and patriarchal norms still regulate marriage processes and practices, especially in rural areas, constraining girls’ and young women’s choices. 

Continuity and Change: Marriage and Parenthood Among Ethiopian Adolescents.

With changes brought about by education and urbanisation, adolescents and young people in Ethiopia have a greater say compared to previous generations in decisions about who, how and when they marry. Yet, despite this, customary and patriarchal norms still regulate marriage processes and practices, especially in rural areas, constraining girls’ and young women’s choices. 

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Young Lives receives further funding from DFID for 'Young Lives at Work'
Young Lives receives further funding from DFID for 'Young Lives at Work'
How management tools can help enhance research impact policy and practice
How management tools can help enhance research impact policy and practice

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Understanding teenage fertility in Peru: An analysis using longitudinal data

Reducing the prevalence of teenage pregnancy remains an elusive goal for public policy in Peru.  In this article, just published in the Review of Development Economics, the authors use longitudinal data from the Young Lives Study in Peru to investigate which early circumstances and life changes might be the risk factors for teenage childbearing—about one out of five girls in the sample was a teenage mother.

Understanding teenage fertility in Peru: An analysis using longitudinal data

Reducing the prevalence of teenage pregnancy remains an elusive goal for public policy in Peru.  In this article, just published in the Review of Development Economics, the authors use longitudinal data from the Young Lives Study in Peru to investigate which early circumstances and life changes might be the risk factors for teenage childbearing—about one out of five girls in the sample was a teenage mother.

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Taking on the challenge of “big data” to enhance the value of longitudinal cohort studies
Taking on the challenge of “big data” to enhance the value of longitudinal cohort studies
Vacancies at Young Lives
Vacancies at Young Lives
Young Lives Workshop: Governance and impact of research in low- and middle-income countries; perspectives of Young Lives Country Directors
Young Lives Workshop: Governance and impact of research in low- and middle-income countries; perspectives of Young Lives Country Directors
Survey: Responses so far on challenges in longitudinal research in LMICs
Survey: Responses so far on challenges in longitudinal research in LMICs
Video series: Professor Aryeh Stein discusses his longitudinal research in Guatemala
Video series: Professor Aryeh Stein discusses his longitudinal research in Guatemala

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Adolescence: A Second Window to Address Child Poverty in Ethiopia

Experiences of adolescence are diverse and changing fast in Ethiopia, a country with the highest proportion (22 per cent) of 15 - 24 year olds in the world. Young Lives research has shown that adolescence provides a second crucial window of intervention to improve children's opportunities and well-being.

Adolescence: A Second Window to Address Child Poverty in Ethiopia

Experiences of adolescence are diverse and changing fast in Ethiopia, a country with the highest proportion (22 per cent) of 15 - 24 year olds in the world. Young Lives research has shown that adolescence provides a second crucial window of intervention to improve children's opportunities and well-being.

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