Session 100:
Adolescent Fertility and Reproductive Health in Africa
Chair: Sarah Harbison, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Discussant: Anastasia J. Gage, Tulane University
The Transition of Adolescent Girls to First Sexual Intercourse: Premarital or within a Union? Evidence from Four Sub-Saharan African Countries Guiella Georges, Université de Montréal
Early Entry into Motherhood among Adolescent Girls in Two Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya Donatien Beguy, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) ; Robert P. Ndugwa, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) ; Caroline Kabiru, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
Money, Gifts, and Sex: Parental and Peer Group Influence on Adolescent Transactional Sexual Relationships in Southeastern Ghana Ashley E. Frost, Population Reference Bureau (PRB) ; Jeffrey Bingenheimer, George Washington University
Absent Fathers and Their Children's Sexual and Reproductive Decisions in South Africa: Paternal Orphanhood versus "Abandonment" Lloyd D. Grieger, Yale University
Other sessions on Fertility, Family Planning, Sexual Behavior, and Reproductive Health