What shapes gender attitudes among adolescent girls and boys? Evidence from the UDAYA Longitudinal Study in India.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The role of gender norms in shaping education and work opportunities, distribution of power and resources, and health and wellbeing is well recognised. However, rigorous studies in low- and middle-income countries on when and how norms change over time and what factors shape adolescents' and young adult's gender attitudes are limited. This paper explores the factors that determine adolescents' gender attitudes, as well as patterns in gender attitude shifts over time among younger and older adolescent boys and girls in India.

Data and methods

Data presented in this paper were drawn from a unique longitudinal study of adolescents aged 10-19 (Understanding the lives of adolescent and young adults-UDAYA study) in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India, condu

SUBMITTER: Patel SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7971892 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature