Young Lives Ethiopia
Young Lives is a unique longitudinal study of poverty and inequality that has been following the lives of 12,000 children in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), Peru and Vietnam since 2001. In Ethiopia, the study has followed the lives of 3,000 children living in 20 sites across Addis Ababa and the other five major regions in Ethiopia: Amhara, Oromia, the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), Sidama and Tigray. The participants are a pro-poor sample in two cohorts: a younger cohort born in 2001-2002 and the older born in 1994-1995.
Study design
Cohort - accelerated
Number of participants at first data collection
1,999 (younger cohort participants)
1,000 (older cohort participants)
Age at first data collection
6 - 18 months (younger cohort participants)
7 - 8 years (older cohort participants)
Participant year of birth
1994 - 1995 (older cohort participants)
2001 - 2002 (younger cohort participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2002
Primary Institutions
Pankhurst Development and Research Consulting PLC (Research, Ethiopia)
University of Oxford (Academic, United Kingdom)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) (Third Sector, Ethiopia)
David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Third Sector, United States of America)
Echidna Giving (Third Sector, United States of America)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) (Government, United Kingdom)
Oak Foundation (Third Sector, Switzerland)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Creative, arts-based and visual methods
- Ethnography or participant observation
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
Engagement
Keywords
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