Unravelling adolescent girls' aspirations in Nepal: Status and associations with individual-, household-, and community-level characteristics.
<h4>Background</h4>Adolescents' aspirations have potential to influence their present and future well-being. Limited knowledge exists on adolescent girls' aspirations and their determinants, particularly in low-income contexts.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Using cros...
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oai:doaj.org-article:3e48bbd2eeb74d7fba634620e0bc1e892021-12-02T20:13:15ZUnravelling adolescent girls' aspirations in Nepal: Status and associations with individual-, household-, and community-level characteristics.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0258416https://doaj.org/article/3e48bbd2eeb74d7fba634620e0bc1e892021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258416https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>Adolescents' aspirations have potential to influence their present and future well-being. Limited knowledge exists on adolescent girls' aspirations and their determinants, particularly in low-income contexts.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Using cross-sectional data, collected in 2018 in Nepal, within the Suaahara II Adolescent Panel Survey, (n = 840), adolescent girls' aspirations in several domains-education, occupation, marriage, fertility, health, and nutrition-were described. Regression models were estimated to explore associations between individual, household and community characteristics and these aspirations for all adolescents and separately for younger (10-14 years) and older (15-19 years) girls. Age, school attendance, and self-efficacy, as well as household wealth, caste/ethnicity, size, and agro-ecological zone of residence were significantly associated with aspirations, although effect sizes and significance varied by aspiration domain and age group.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Findings underscore the curtailing effect of poverty on aspirations and the dynamic nature of aspirations. Initiatives to foster girls' aspirations must address both individual and contextual factors.Dónya S MadjdianKenda CunninghamHilde BrasMaria KoelenLenneke VaandragerRamesh P AdhikariElise F TalsmaPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11, p e0258416 (2021) |
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<h4>Background</h4>Adolescents' aspirations have potential to influence their present and future well-being. Limited knowledge exists on adolescent girls' aspirations and their determinants, particularly in low-income contexts.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Using cross-sectional data, collected in 2018 in Nepal, within the Suaahara II Adolescent Panel Survey, (n = 840), adolescent girls' aspirations in several domains-education, occupation, marriage, fertility, health, and nutrition-were described. Regression models were estimated to explore associations between individual, household and community characteristics and these aspirations for all adolescents and separately for younger (10-14 years) and older (15-19 years) girls. Age, school attendance, and self-efficacy, as well as household wealth, caste/ethnicity, size, and agro-ecological zone of residence were significantly associated with aspirations, although effect sizes and significance varied by aspiration domain and age group.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Findings underscore the curtailing effect of poverty on aspirations and the dynamic nature of aspirations. Initiatives to foster girls' aspirations must address both individual and contextual factors. |
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Dónya S Madjdian Kenda Cunningham Hilde Bras Maria Koelen Lenneke Vaandrager Ramesh P Adhikari Elise F Talsma |
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Dónya S Madjdian Kenda Cunningham Hilde Bras Maria Koelen Lenneke Vaandrager Ramesh P Adhikari Elise F Talsma |
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Unravelling adolescent girls' aspirations in Nepal: Status and associations with individual-, household-, and community-level characteristics. |
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Unravelling adolescent girls' aspirations in Nepal: Status and associations with individual-, household-, and community-level characteristics. |
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Unravelling adolescent girls' aspirations in Nepal: Status and associations with individual-, household-, and community-level characteristics. |
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Unravelling adolescent girls' aspirations in Nepal: Status and associations with individual-, household-, and community-level characteristics. |
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Unravelling adolescent girls' aspirations in Nepal: Status and associations with individual-, household-, and community-level characteristics. |
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unravelling adolescent girls' aspirations in nepal: status and associations with individual-, household-, and community-level characteristics. |
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