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

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• 作者：Barbara S. Mensch (1)
  Erica Soler-Hampejsek (1)
  Christine A. Kelly (1)
  Paul C. Hewett (2)
  Monica J. Grant (3)
  
• 关键词：Transitions to adulthood ; Longitudinal data ; Inconsistency of self ; reports ; Malawi ; Sub ; Saharan Africa
• 刊名：Demography
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：February 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：51
• 期：1
• 页码：277-285
• 全文大小：2,166 KB
• 作者单位：Barbara S. Mensch (1)
  Erica Soler-Hampejsek (1)
  Christine A. Kelly (1)
  Paul C. Hewett (2)
  Monica J. Grant (3)
  
  1. Population Council, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY, 10017, USA
  2. Population Council, Lusaka, Zambia
  3. Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin鈥揗adison, Madison, WI, USA
  
• ISSN：1533-7790

文摘

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.