Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Ph.D.
Associate
Erica Soler-Hampejsek an associate with the Poverty, Gender, and Youth program, began her work with the Council as a Fred H. Bixby Fellow beginning in 2008. She has participated in collection and analysis of longitudinal data in Guatemala and Malawi, with a focus on schooling and marriage. In Malawi she coordinated data collection for a study on marriage transitions carried out by the World Bank and for Rounds 2–4 of the Malawi Schooling and Adolescent Survey.
Soler-Hampejsek is studying how schooling experience relates to the timing of sexual initiation, marriage, and childbearing, as well as the differences observed in the transition through schooling by gender and ethnicity. She is expanding her research on gender differences in the schooling experience to differences between indigenous and nonindigenous populations in Latin America, focusing on the effects of availability of bilingual education (Spanish and indigenous) in Mexico.
Her doctoral dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania focused on the effect of schooling on the transition to marriage in Guatemala.
Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Ph.D.
Associate
Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (more)
The Council is developing solutions for vulnerable adolescent girls in Zambia, who need tools to help them avoid early marriage, STIs and HIV, and unwanted pregnancy.
(11/2011 - 10/2017)
Topics: Adolescence/transitions to adulthood; Child marriage; Schooling; Sexuality and sexual behavior; Sexuality education
Countries: Zambia
Malawi Schooling and Adolescent Study (more)
This six-round longitudinal study aims to identify critical aspects of school quality that put adolescents who face the dual challenges of poverty and HIV/AIDS on a safer, healthier, and more productive path to adulthood. Our research seeks to uncover those aspects of schooling that will lead to more protective behaviors and lower HIV risk among young men and women.
(1/2007 - 4/2015)
Topics: Adolescence/transitions to adulthood; Child marriage; HIV and children; HIV prevention; RTIs/STIs; Schooling; Sexual and gender-based violence; Sexuality and sexual behavior; Sexuality education
Countries: Malawi
Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Ph.D.
Associate
Challenges in measuring the sequencing of life events among adolescents in Malawi: A cautionary noteMensch,Barbara S.; Soler-Hampejsek,Erica; Kelly,Christine A.; Hewett,Paul C.; Grant,Monica J.
Demography (In press)
Publication date: 2013
Social desirability bias in sexual behavior reporting: Evidence from an interview mode experiment in rural Malawi (abstract) (HTML)
Kelly,Christine A.; Soler-Hampejsek,Erica; Mensch,Barbara S.; Hewett,Paul C.
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 39(1): 14-21
Publication date: 2013
The effect of school status and academic skills on the reporting of premarital sexual behavior: Evidence from a longitudinal study in rural Malawi (abstract) (HTML)
Soler-Hampejsek,Erica; Grant,Monica J.; Mensch,Barbara S.; Hewett,Paul C.; Rankin,Johanna
Journal of Adolescent Health 53(2): 228-234
Publication date: 2013
The effect of school status and academic skills on the reporting of sexual behavior: Evidence from a longitudinal study in rural Malawi
Soler-Hampejsek,Erica; Mensch,Barbara S.; Grant,Monica J.; Hewett,Paul C.
manuscript. (An earlier version of this paper was presented as a poster at the 2010 annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Dallas, 15-17 April.)
Publication date: 2011
Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Ph.D.
Associate
Determinants of education outcomes among study participantsPresentation at the Malawi Schooling and Adolescent Study Dissemination Workshop, Zomba, Malawi, 26 January
Soler-Hampejsek,Erica
Publication date: 2011
Education outcomes among study participants
Presentation at the Malawi Schooling and Adolescent Study Dissemination Workshop, Zomba, Malawi, 26 January
Soler-Hampejsek,Erica
Publication date: 2011
Gender differences in school effects on learning and enrollment outcomes in rural Malawi
Paper presented at annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington DC, 1 April
Grant,Monica J.; Soler-Hampejsek,Erica; Mensch,Barbara S.; Hewett,Paul C.
Publication date: 2011
Transitions to adulthood in rural Malawi: Estimating the sequencing of sexual initiation, school leaving, and marriage
Paper presented at annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington DC, 1 April
Mensch,Barbara S.; Soler-Hampejsek,Erica; Kelly,Christine A.; Hewett,Paul C.; Grant,Monica J.
Publication date: 2011
Health and early marriage in rural Malawi
Paper presented at annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Dallas, 15-17 April
Grant,Monica J.; Soler-Hampejsek,Erica; Mensch,Barbara S.
Publication date: 2010
A longitudinal analysis of the effect of bilingual schooling on the educational outcomes of indigenous children in Mexico (abstract)
Presentation at Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Detroit, 1 May
Soler-Hampejsek,Erica; Hallman,Kelly
Publication date: 2009
Education and the timing of sexual initiation and marriage in rural Malawi: A longitudinal analysis of the effect of attendance, attainment, and repetition (abstract)
Paper presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Detroit, 2 May
Soler-Hampejsek,Erica; Mensch,Barbara S.; Hewett,Paul C.
Publication date: 2009
Education and timing of sexual initiation and marriage: The effect of school attendance, attainment and repetition in rural Malawi
Poster at XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, 27 September-2 October
Soler-Hampejsek,Erica; Mensch,Barbara S.; Hewett,Paul C.
Publication date: 2009
Education of monolingual and bilingual indigenous children in Mexico (abstract)
Poster presentation at the XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, 2 October
Soler-Hampejsek,Erica; Hallman,Kelly
Publication date: 2009
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