Timing and sequencing of events marking the transition to adulthood in two informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 88, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Beguy, Donatien ^a   Kabiru, Caroline W ^a   Zulu, Eliya M ^b   Ezeh, Alex C ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b African Institute for Development Policy AFIDEP   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Event history analysis; First birth; First independent housing; First intercourse; First union; Informal settlements; Kenya; Nairobi; Sequencing; Timing; Transition to adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD; COITUS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COITUS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARTURITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY AREAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052970249     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9547-8     Document Type: Article

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