The social context of early adolescents in the global early adolescent study
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2021Author
Mmari, Kristin
Cooper, Diane
Moreau, Caroline
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This paper used data from the Global Early Adolescent Study (GEAS) to provide a
descriptive analysis of how early adolescents’ social environments vary by sex across diverse
cultural settings.The analyses were based on baseline data among 10e14-year old adolescents living in
disadvantaged urban areas in seven sites: Kinshasa (DRC), Shanghai (China), Cuenca (Ecuador),
Lampung, Semarang and Denpasar (Indonesia), and Flanders (Belgium). Except in Kinshasa where
face-to face interviews were used, data were collected using self-administered surveys on mobile
tablets. Social environments were measured by examining factors within five main domains,
including the household and family, school, peers, neighborhoods, and the media. Site-specific
descriptive analyses were performed, using Chi square tests and Student T-tests to identify sex differences in each site.