The social context of early adolescents in the global early adolescent study
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Date
2021
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Elsevier
Abstract
This paper used data from the Global Early Adolescent Study (GEAS) to provide a
descriptive analysis of how early adolescents’ social environments vary by sex across diverse
cultural settings.The analyses were based on baseline data among 10e14-year old adolescents living in
disadvantaged urban areas in seven sites: Kinshasa (DRC), Shanghai (China), Cuenca (Ecuador),
Lampung, Semarang and Denpasar (Indonesia), and Flanders (Belgium). Except in Kinshasa where
face-to face interviews were used, data were collected using self-administered surveys on mobile
tablets. Social environments were measured by examining factors within five main domains,
including the household and family, school, peers, neighborhoods, and the media. Site-specific
descriptive analyses were performed, using Chi square tests and Student T-tests to identify sex differences in each site.
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Early adolescence, Family influences, Media influences, School and peer factors, Neighborhood factors
Citation
Mmari, K. et al. (2021). The social context of early adolescents in the global early adolescent study. Journal of Adolescent Health, 69(1), S5–S15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.01.024