Young Lives is a unique longitudinal study of poverty and inequality documenting the lives of 12,000 children in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), Peru and Vietnam since 2001. Through two decades of mixed methods research, Young Lives has generated unrivaled data and a rich body of knowledge on the causes and consequences of poverty and inequality in low - and middle income- countries.

The study aims are to;

• Build knowledge on how early childhood experiences impact later life outcomes, and the part played by intersecting inequalities such as wealth, gender, age, and ethnicity, and significant external shocks including the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change 
• Inform national and international policies and programmes that improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people, and that are central to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Our surveys will continue to examine the impact of the pandemic on unequal education and learning, with a strong focus on higher education and gendered transitions to the labour force.

Primary Functions

• Research - other

Secondary Functions

• Awareness Raising/Advocacy
• Research - policy analysis

Geographic Scope

• Global / regional

Attainment

• Post-secondary
• Primary completion
• Primary enrollment
• Primary to secondary transition
• Secondary completion
• Secondary Enrollment

Other

• Early childhood development
• Transition from school to work

Other skills

• Vocational training

Quality

• School facilities
• School quality
• School violence

Skills

• Literacy
• Numeracy

Website

Young Lives

Headquarters location(s)

• Oxford, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Office location(s)

• Ethiopia
• India
• Peru
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Viet Nam

Contacts

Biruh Aynekullu

tbiruh@gmail.com

Young Lives