%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Garenne, Michel
%T Estimating the median age at menarche with a Logit model : application to African DHS surveys
%D 2020
%L fdi:010079656
%G ENG
%J African Population Studies
%@ 0850-5780
%K AFRIQUE SUBSAHARIENNE
%N 1
%P 5160-5170
%R 10.11564/34-1-1506
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079656
%> https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers20-11/010079656.pdf
%V 34
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X Background : The study investigates the median age at menarche in African countries. Data Source and Methods : DHS surveys provided information on the proportion ever-menstruating among women age 15-19. A linear-logistic regression model was used to derive the median age at menarche (statu quo method). Some 139 DHS surveys were analysed, for a total of 304,826 women. Results : Results show a wide range of variations of the median age at menarche among the 35 countries investigated, from 13.1 to 15.2 years. Conclusion : Country variations were correlated with various variables indicating the level of development (Income per capita; Caloric intake; Urbanization; Child mortality; Fertility; Age at marriage). Two variables were particularly important: food intake and urbanization.
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