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From page 653...
... 653 APPENDIX A Coverage, Definitions, Methods, and Data This appendix describes operational definitions adopted by the panel, approaches to data analysis, and chapter by chapter discussions of the specific data choices made and the reasons for those choices. The first section of the appendix presents data and methodological issues pertaining to the entire report as well as an introduction to Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
From page 654...
... 654 GROWING UP GLOBAL Latin America and the Caribbean plus Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia" (United Nations, 2003d:46)
From page 655...
... APPENDIX A 655 Approaches to Data Analysis Trends: The working group decided to concentrate primarily on data on recent trends, ideally the last two decades of the twentieth century wherever possible. In cases in which recent trend data were not available, we focused primarily on data that were sufficiently recent to characterize contemporary patterns and interrelationships.
From page 656...
... 656 GROWING UP GLOBAL use) , extensively in Chapter 7 on marriage, and exclusively in Chapter 8 on parenthood.
From page 657...
... APPENDIX A 657 Central America (21 percent) (see Table A-2)
From page 658...
... 658 GROWING UP GLOBAL TABLE A-1 List of Countries with Recent DHS Surveys Used in Analysis, Including Estimates of Youth Population, Dates of Surveys, Sample Sizes, and Chapters in Which Data Were Used Youth Population, 10-24 UN Data Household Base 2000 Sample Country Survey Date(s) (in thousands)
From page 659...
... APPENDIX A 659 Female Male Chapters in Which Data Were Used Sample Sample Size 15-49 Size* Education Health Marriage Parenthood 6,430 1,719 Y Y Y Y 10,544*
From page 660...
... 660 GROWING UP GLOBAL Madagascar 1997 5,025 7,171 Malawi 2000 3,722 14,213 Mali 2001 3,652 12,285 Morocco 1992 9,501 6,577 Mozambique 1997 5,848 9,282 Namibia 1992 572 4,101 Nepal 2001 7,152 8,602 Nicaragua 1997 (2001) 1,715 11,528 Niger 1998 3,505 5,928 Nigeria 1999 37,637 7,647 Pakistan 1990-1991 44,432 7,193 Paraguay 1990 1,751 5,683 Peru 2000 8,058 28,900 Philippines 1998 24,319 12,407 Rwanda 2000 2,689 9,696 Senegal 1992-1993 (1997)
From page 662...
... 662 GROWING UP GLOBAL TABLE A-2 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Sorted by Region Most *
From page 663...
... APPENDIX A 663 Sorted by World Bank Income Categories Most * = includes Recent Male Country Income Survey Survey Armenia Low 2000 *
From page 664...
... 664 GROWING UP GLOBAL Pakistan SC/SE Asia 1990-1991 Philippines SC/SE Asia 1998 Vietnam SC/SE Asia 1997 Armenia Soviet 2000 * b Kazakhstan Soviet 1999 *
From page 665...
... APPENDIX A 665 Uzbekistan Low 1996 Vietnam Low 1997 Yemen Low 1991-1992 Zambia Low 1996-1997 * Zimbabwe Low 1999 *
From page 666...
... 666 GROWING UP GLOBAL the potential to be broken down into geographic subgroupings but not by household characteristics, such as wealth. These enrollment data vary in quality according to the quality of the management information systems in each country.
From page 667...
... APPENDIX A 667 clude (1) the fact that the data for the numerator and the denominator of any indicator are based on the same underlying population, thus allowing the construction of proper cohort-specific indicators on a consistent basis over time, (2)
From page 668...
... 668 GROWING UP GLOBAL Chapter 4: Health The panel relied on multiple sources of data for the health chapter, depending on the topic. Data on mortality and morbidity were taken from WHO and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
From page 669...
... APPENDIX A 669 Chapter 6: Citizenship After an initial exploration of a range of data sets including the World Values Surveys, AfroBarometer surveys, LatinoBarometer surveys, and UNICEF young voices surveys, the panel decided to rely primarily on data from the World Values Surveys collected for the first time in a large sample of developing countries in 1995-1998. This survey project is guided by a steering committee representing all regions of the world.
From page 670...
... 670 GROWING UP GLOBAL TABLE A-3 United Nations Database on Marriage Sorted by Region Categories Sorted by Region Census/Survey Census/Survey Country Regiona Year 1 Year 2 Belize Carib/CA 1980 1991 Dominican Republic Carib/CA 1981 1996 El Salvador Carib/CA 1971 1992 Guatemala Carib/CA 1973 1990 Haiti Carib/CA 1989 2000 Mexico Carib/CA 1980 1990 Nicaragua Carib/CA 1971 1998 Panama Carib/CA 1980 1990 Puerto Rico Carib/CA 1980 1990 Trinidad and Tobago Carib/CA 1980 1990 Botswana E/S Africa 1981 1991 Burundi E/S Africa 1979 1990 Comoros E/S Africa 1980 1996 Ethiopia E/S Africa 1984 2000 Kenya E/S Africa 1969 1998 Malawi E/S Africa 1987 2000 Mauritius E/S Africa 1972 1990 Mozambique E/S Africa 1980 1997 Namibia E/S Africa 1960 1991 Rwanda E/S Africa 1978 1996 South Africa E/S Africa 1985 1996 Tanzania E/S Africa 1978 1996 Uganda E/S Africa 1969 1995 Zambia E/S Africa 1980 1999 Zimbabwe E/S Africa 1982 1999 China EA 1987 1999 Bahrain ME 1981 1991 Egypt ME 1986 1996 Jordan ME 1979 1994 Morocco ME 1982 1994 Occ. Palestinian Territory ME 1967 1997 Sudan ME 1983 1993 Tunisia ME 1984 1994 Turkey ME 1980 1990 Argentina SA 1980 1991 Bolivia SA 1988 1998 Brazil SA 1980 1996 Chile SA 1982 1992 Colombia SA 1973 1993 Ecuador SA 1974 1990 Guyana SA 1980 1991 Paraguay SA 1982 1992 Peru SA 1981 1996
From page 671...
... APPENDIX A 671 Sorted by World Bank Income Categories U.N. Marriage Data Census/Survey Census/Survey Country Income Year 1 Year 2 Azerbaijan Low 1989 1999 Bangladesh Low 1981 1991 Benin Low 1979 1996 Burkina Faso Low 1985 1999 Burundi Low 1979 1990 Cambodia Low 1962 1998 Cameroon Low 1987 1998 Central African Republic Low 1975 1994-1995 Chad Low 1964 1996 Comoros Low 1980 1996 Côte d'Ivoire Low 1978 1994 Ethiopia Low 1984 2000 Gambia Low 1983 1993 Haiti Low 1989 2000 India Low 1981 1992-1993 Indonesia Low 1980 1990 Kenya Low 1969 1998 Kyrgyz Republic Low 1989 1999 Malawi Low 1987 2000 Mali Low 1976 1995-1996 Mauritania Low 1988 2000-2001 Mozambique Low 1980 1997 Myanmar Low 1973 1991 Nepal Low 1981 1991 Nicaragua Low 1971 1998 Niger Low 1988 1998 Pakistan Low 1981 1998 Rwanda Low 1978 1996 Senegal Low 1978 1997 Sudan Low 1983 1993 Tanzania Low 1978 1996 Uganda Low 1969 1995 Zambia Low 1980 1999 Zimbabwe Low 1982 1999 Belize Lower Middle 1980 1991 Bolivia Lower Middle 1988 1998 Cape Verde Lower Middle 1980 1990 China Lower Middle 1987 1999 Colombia Lower Middle 1973 1993 Dominican Republic Lower Middle 1981 1996 Ecuador Lower Middle 1974 1990 Egypt Lower Middle 1986 1996 El Salvador Lower Middle 1971 1992 Continued
From page 672...
... 672 GROWING UP GLOBAL Uruguay SA 1985 1996 Venezuela SA 1974 1990 Bangladesh SC/SE Asia 1981 1991 Cambodia SC/SE Asia 1962 1998 India SC/SE Asia 1981 1992-1993 Indonesia SC/SE Asia 1980 1990 Iran SC/SE Asia 1986 1996 Malaysia SC/SE Asia 1980 1991 Maldives SC/SE Asia 1985 1995 Myanmar SC/SE Asia 1973 1991 Nepal SC/SE Asia 1981 1991 Pakistan SC/SE Asia 1981 1998 Philippines SC/SE Asia 1980 1995 Thailand SC/SE Asia 1980 1990 Azerbaijan Soviet 1989 1999 Kazakhstan Soviet 1989 1999 Kyrgyz Republic Soviet 1989 1999 Benin W/M Africa 1979 1996 Burkina Faso W/M Africa 1985 1999 Cameroon W/M Africa 1987 1998 Cape Verde W/M Africa 1980 1990 Central African Republic W/M Africa 1975 1994-1995 Chad W/M Africa 1964 1996 Côte d'Ivoire W/M Africa 1978 1994 Gabon W/M Africa 1961 2000 Gambia W/M Africa 1983 1993 Mali W/M Africa 1976 1995-1996 Mauritania W/M Africa 1988 2000-2001 Niger W/M Africa 1988 1998 Senegal W/M Africa 1978 1997 TABLE A-3 Continued Sorted by Region Categories Sorted by Region Census/Survey Census/Survey Country Regiona Year 1 Year 2 there were 1.4 billion young people ages 10-24 in these 117 countries; 87 percent or 1.2 billion were resident in the 73 countries for which marriage trend data are available. Because of the difficulty of interpreting such large volumes of information, we have aggregated these data by UN geographic groupings.
From page 673...
... APPENDIX A 673 Guatemala Lower Middle 1973 1990 Guyana Lower Middle 1980 1991 Iran Lower Middle 1986 1996 Jordan Lower Middle 1979 1994 Kazakhstan Lower Middle 1989 1999 Maldives Lower Middle 1985 1995 Morocco Lower Middle 1982 1994 Namibia Lower Middle 1960 1991 Occ. Palestinian Territory Lower Middle 1967 1997 Paraguay Lower Middle 1982 1992 Peru Lower Middle 1981 1996 Philippines Lower Middle 1980 1995 Thailand Lower Middle 1980 1990 Tunisia Lower Middle 1984 1994 Argentina Upper Middle 1980 1991 Bahrain Upper Middle 1981 1991 Botswana Upper Middle 1981 1991 Brazil Upper Middle 1980 1996 Chile Upper Middle 1982 1992 Gabon Upper Middle 1961 2000 Malaysia Upper Middle 1980 1991 Mauritius Upper Middle 1972 1990 Mexico Upper Middle 1980 1990 Panama Upper Middle 1980 1990 Puerto Rico Upper Middle 1980 1990 South Africa Upper Middle 1985 1996 Trinidad and Tobago Upper Middle 1980 1990 Turkey Upper Middle 1980 1990 Uruguay Upper Middle 1985 1996 Venezuela Upper Middle 1974 1990 Sorted by World Bank Income Categories U.N.
From page 674...
... 674 GROWING UP GLOBAL Middle Africa, and 38 percent represented in the former Soviet Asia. Note that Eastern Asia consists entirely of China, as data are unavailable for the two other countries, Mongolia and North Korea.

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