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Individual and population ageing, age structure

Older people’s age reporting: the case of Uganda

September 5, 2024 Alice Reid, Allen Kabagenyi, Stephen Ojiambo Wandera, Joshua Beinomugisha and Sarah Walters

Mortality, Old age, uganda

The implications of inaccurate age-reporting among older people are rarely investigated. Alice Reid, Allen Kabagenyi, Stephen Wandera, Joshua Beinomugisha and Sarah Walters suggest that age-heaping may have more to do … Read more

Fertility and reproduction

Life course reproductive dynamics and early menopause in Uganda

February 24, 2023February 20, 2023 Murylo Batista, Yvonne Tsitsiou, Sabeera Dar, Giulia Ancillotti, Sonica Minhas and Natania Varshney

Africa, Contraception, Gender issues, Health, Reproduction, uganda

Premature drops in estrogen from early menopausal age may increase the risk of disease and death in later life. To understand what influences early menopausal onset, we looked at the … Read more