Sustainable Human Development Across the Life Course : Evidence from Longitudinal Research
This important book presents impactful findings from international longitudinal studies that responded to the Agenda 2030 commitment to "leave no-one behind".It provides actionable strategies for policy makers and practitioners to strengthen the global Sustainable Development Goals framewo...
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Bristol :
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2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- Sustainable Human Development Across the Life Course: Evidence from Longitudinal Research
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Table of contents
- Lsit of Figures, Tables and Boxes
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword: Understanding and Enhancing Human Development Among Global Youth
- On the Unique Value of Developmentally Oriented Longitudinal Research
- Introduction: Measuring Sustainable Human Development Across the Life Course
- The sustainable development challenge
- About this book
- The unique value of the longitudinal design to understand development challenges
- Insights to SDG challenges from longitudinal research
- Challenge 2: Addressing multiple influences by unpacking drivers of well-being
- Challenge 3: Identifying effective timing and sequencing by illuminating trends and trajectories
- Final remarks and chapter summaries
- References
- 1 Exploring the Potential for Gender Norm Change in Adolescent Girls: Evidence from 'Real Choices, Real Lives' Longitudinal, Qu
- Introduction
- The 'Real Choices, Real Lives' cohort study
- Research methodology
- Using longitudinal, qualitative data
- Exploring the gender socialization process
- Main findings
- Longitudinal case studies
- Early adolescence and the non-linear process of disruption
- Social- and structural-level influences of disruption
- Harmful norms of 'masculinity' and persistent obstacles to social norm change
- Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- 2 Unequal Educational Trajectories: The Case of Ethiopia
- Introduction
- Theories and evidence on the mechanisms behind inequality of educational opportunity
- Context of Ethiopia
- Data, variables and research strategy
- Sample
- Variables
- School transitions
- Socioeconomic status
- Cognitive abilities
- Research strategy
- Findings
- The role of socioeconomic status in determining cognitive abilities
- The role of cognitive abilities in determining educational trajectories
- The role of socioeconomic status in determining educational trajectories for children with the same initial cognitive abilities
- Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- 3 Early Life Transitions Increase the Risk for HIV Infection: Using Latent Class Growth Models to Assess the Effect of Key Life Events on HIV Incidence Among Adolescent Girls in Rural South Africa
- Introduction
- Methods
- Study design
- Statistical analysis
- Missing data
- Measures
- Results
- Specific life events and HIV incidence
- Cumulative life events and HIV incidence
- Conclusions
- References
- 4 Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from the Longitudinal Parenting Across Cultures Project
- Introduction
- Participants
- Procedure and measures