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Trajectories of personal agency by gender and pubertal development among adolescents in Kinshasa: Longitudinal evidence from the GlobalEarly Adolescent Study

Linnea Zimmerman
Caroline Moreau
Celia Karp
Kimberly Mihayo
Éric Mafuta
Astha Ramaiya
Saifuddin Ahmed

20243 citationsOpen accessUniversité de Kinshasa (UNIKIN)

Abstract

Young people develop/acquire different forms of agency at different stages of adolescence and development is not uniform across forms. Gender inequalities in agency amplify at puberty, signaling the need to intervene at or before this critical stage of development.

Research topics

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
Child Nutrition and Water Access

Sustainable Development Goals

Gender Equality

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101713

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