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Challenges in Measuring the Sequencing of Life Events Among Adolescents in Malawi: A Cautionary Note

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  • Barbara Mensch
  • Erica Soler-Hampejsek
  • Christine Kelly
  • Paul Hewett
  • Monica Grant

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Using data from two rounds of the Malawi Schooling and Adolescent Survey, this research note examines consistency of retrospective reporting on the timing and sequencing of sexual initiation, school leaving, and marriage. The analysis, which compares reporting of events both within and between rounds, indicates substantial inconsistency in reporting of event sequences and highlights difficulties in measuring transitions to adulthood in sub-Saharan Africa with survey data. Copyright Population Association of America 2014

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  • Barbara Mensch & Erica Soler-Hampejsek & Christine Kelly & Paul Hewett & Monica Grant, 2014. "Challenges in Measuring the Sequencing of Life Events Among Adolescents in Malawi: A Cautionary Note," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 51(1), pages 277-285, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:demogr:v:51:y:2014:i:1:p:277-285
    DOI: 10.1007/s13524-013-0269-2
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    1. Jean Digitale & Stephanie Psaki & Erica Soler-Hampejsek & Barbara S. Mensch, 2017. "Correlates of Contraceptive Use and Health Facility Choice among Young Women in Malawi," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 669(1), pages 93-124, January.
    2. Luca Maria Pesando & Nicola Barban & Maria Sironi & Frank F. Furstenberg, 2021. "A Sequence‐Analysis Approach to the Study of the Transition to Adulthood in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 47(3), pages 719-747, September.
    3. Sophia Chae, 2016. "Parental Divorce and Children’s Schooling in Rural Malawi," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 53(6), pages 1743-1770, December.

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