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

Barbara Mensch (), Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Christine Kelly, Paul Hewett and Monica Grant

Demography, 2014, vol. 51, issue 1, 277-285

Abstract: 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

Keywords: Transitions to adulthood; Longitudinal data; Inconsistency of self-reports; Malawi; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s13524-013-0269-2

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