Transition to Adulthood Project (TTA)
TTA was a longitudinal study of around 4,000 adolescents (aged 12-24 years) growing up in two informal settlements, Korogocho and Viwandani, in Nairobi City (the capital city) of Kenya. The cohort were randomly sampled from the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS) and were first interviewed in 2007-2008.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
4,058 (participants)
Age at first data collection
12 - 24 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2007
Primary Institutions
African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Wellcome Trust
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Ethnography or participant observation
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- None
Engagement
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