TY - JOUR
T1 - Dimensions of Rural-to-Urban Migration and Premarital Pregnancy in Kenya
AU - Xu, Hongwei
AU - Mberu, Blessing U.
AU - Goldberg, Rachel E.
AU - Luke, Nancy
N1 - Funding Information:
The data used in this analysis come from the Urban Life among Youth in Kisumu Project, directed by Nancy Luke, Brown University; Shelley Clark, McGill University; and Eliya Zulu, African Institute for Development Policy. The research was funded by a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (#R21-HD 053587) and supported by the African Population and Health Research Center. The data are available through the Life Histories, Health, and HIV/AIDS Data Laboratory at McGill University ( https://www.mcgill.ca/lifehistoriesandhealth ). The authors thank participants at the IUSSP International Seminar on Youth Migration and Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries for helpful comments on an earlier draft.
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - Rural-to-urban migration is increasingly common among youths in developing countries and could affect sexual activities with consequences for premarital pregnancies. We use life history data collected in Kisumu, Kenya, to investigate how the timing and number of rural-to-urban moves are associated with premarital pregnancy. Among sexually experienced young women aged 18 to 24 (N = 226), 60 percent had moved at least once in the past 10 years and 38 percent had experienced a premarital pregnancy. Results of the event history analysis show that those who experienced one or two moves were at increased risk for premarital pregnancy compared to nonmovers. Also at increased risk were movers whose most recent move occurred in the past 7 to 12 months. Finally, those whose last move occurred at age 13 or younger were also at an elevated risk. Migration brings about specific risks and needs for youths, including the need for sexual and reproductive health education and services, which should be made available and accessible to new urban residents.
AB - Rural-to-urban migration is increasingly common among youths in developing countries and could affect sexual activities with consequences for premarital pregnancies. We use life history data collected in Kisumu, Kenya, to investigate how the timing and number of rural-to-urban moves are associated with premarital pregnancy. Among sexually experienced young women aged 18 to 24 (N = 226), 60 percent had moved at least once in the past 10 years and 38 percent had experienced a premarital pregnancy. Results of the event history analysis show that those who experienced one or two moves were at increased risk for premarital pregnancy compared to nonmovers. Also at increased risk were movers whose most recent move occurred in the past 7 to 12 months. Finally, those whose last move occurred at age 13 or younger were also at an elevated risk. Migration brings about specific risks and needs for youths, including the need for sexual and reproductive health education and services, which should be made available and accessible to new urban residents.
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U2 - 10.1177/0002716213480792
DO - 10.1177/0002716213480792
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84878200724
SN - 0002-7162
VL - 648
SP - 104
EP - 119
JO - Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
JF - Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
IS - 1
ER -