Tsogolo la Thanzi ("Healthy Futures") - 2012

Malawi
Sub-Saharan Africa

Tsogolo la Thanzi (TLT) is a longitudinal study in Balaka, Malawi designed to examine how young people navigate reproduction in an AIDS epidemic. The study collected data to develop a better understanding of the reproductive goals and behavior of young adults in Malawi — the first cohort to have never experienced life without AIDS.

Study Website

Adolescents: 1,000-2,499

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Longitudinal

Time Period: 2012; 2011; 2010; 2009

Areas Covered: Town: Balaka

Investigators: Jenny Trinitapoli (University of Chicago); Sara Yeatman (University of Colorado Denver)

Funders: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Series:

Not applicable

Notes: Not all funders provided funding for all survey rounds. Age during first survey round.

Topics

Community Engagement;

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics - Employment, Savings;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance, Learning;

Family/Household Structure;

Gender Attitudes/Beliefs - Marriage attitudes;

Health Care Access and Utilization;

HIV/AIDS and STIs - Testing, Treatment;

Marriage;

Mental Health;

Migration and Mobility;

Physical Health - Nutrition, Self-reported health;

Reproductive Health - Family planning/contraception, Fertility, Sexual behavior;

Subjective Expectations;

Time Use;

Violence - Sexual violence;