Urban Life among Youth in Kisumu
Nancy Luke, Co-Principal Investigator
Shelley Clark, Co-Principal Investigator
Eliya Zulu, Co-Principal Investigator
This project aims to improve methods of data collection for sexual behavior among young men and women in urban Kisumu, Kenya. Using a life course approach, the project constructs retrospective relationship histories for a random sample of 1275 youth ages 18-24 and interviews these respondents' marital and nonmarital sexual partners to create a unique matched partner sample. Fieldwork spring and summer 2007.
Funding
- National Institutes of Health (NICHD R21 grant #HD053587-01, Luke PI)
- Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University
- Population Research Center, University of Chicago
- Undergraduate Teaching and Research Assistantship (UTRA), Brown University
- Department of Sociology, Brown University
Data and Questionnaires
Available through the Life Histories, Health, and HIV/AIDS Data Laboratory at McGill University.
Publications
Nancy Luke, Shelley Clark, and Eliya Zulu. 2011 forthcoming. "The Relationship History Calendar: Improving the Scope and Quality of Data on Youth Sexual Behavior." Demography 48(3).
Nancy Luke, Rachel Goldberg, Blessing Mberu, and Eliya Zulu. Forthcoming. "Social Exchange and Sexual Behavior in Young Women's Premarital Relationships in Kenya." Journal of Marriage and Family.
Alena Davidoff-Gore, Nancy Luke, and Salome Wawire. 2011. "Dimensions of Poverty and Inconsistent Condom Use among Youth in Urban Kenya." AIDS Care. First published 11 May 2011 (iFirst).
Hongwei Xu, Nancy Luke, and Eliya Zulu. 2010. "Concurrent Sexual Partnerships among Youth in Urban Kenya: Prevalence and Partnership Effects." Population Studies 64(3):247-261.
Caroline Kabiru, Nancy Luke, Chimaraoke Izugbara, and Eliya Zulu. 2010. "The Correlates of HIV Testing and Impacts on Sexual Behavior: Evidence from a Life History Study of Young People in Kisumu, Kenya." BMC Public Health 10:412-423.
Work in Review
Nancy Luke, Hongwei Xu, Blessing Mberu, and Rachel Goldberg. "Migration Experience and Sexual Debut in Urban Kenya: An Event History Analysis." (In review.)
Hongwei Xu, Nancy Luke, and Caroline Kabiru. "Waiting to Have Sex: The Timing of First Sexual Intercourse within Young People's Relationships."
