Understanding the lives of adolescents and young adults (UDAYA)
UDAYA is a longitudinal study of adolescents’ transition to adulthood in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India. The survey follows adolescents aged 10–19 at wave 1 and aged 13–22 at wave 2 and the households to which they belonged. A total of 10,433 adolescents in Bihar and 10,141 adolescents in Uttar Pradesh were interviewed at wave 1 in 2015–16. Five categories of adolescents were included in the sample: unmarried boys aged 10–14 and 15–19, unmarried girls aged 10–14 and 15–19 and married girls aged 15–19.
Study design
Cohort, Household panel
Number of participants at first data collection
20,574 (participants)
Age at first data collection
10 - 19 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Adolescents in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2015
Primary Institutions
Population Council - Zambia
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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