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Lloyd, Cynthia B. and Barbara S. Mensch. 2008. “Marriage and childbirth as factors in dropping out from school: An analysis of DHS data from sub-Saharan Africa,” Population Studies 62(1): 1–13. (abstract) Also issued as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 219. New York: Population Council, 2006. (abstract) (PDF).

Mensch, Barbara S., Monica J. Grant, and Ann K. Blanc. 2006. “The changing context of sexual initiation in sub-Saharan Africa,” Population and Development Review 32(4): 699–727. (abstract)

Mensch, Barbara S. 2005. “The transition to marriage,” in Cynthia B. Lloyd (ed.), Growing Up Global: The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, pp. 416–505.

Mensch, Barbara S., Susheela Singh, and John Casterline. 2005. “Trends in the timing of first marriage among men and women in the developing world,” in Cynthia B. Lloyd, Jere R. Behrman, Nelly P. Stromquist, and Barney Cohen (eds.), The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Selected Studies. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, pp. 118–171.

Hewett, Paul C., Barbara S. Mensch, and Annabel S. Erulkar. 2004. “Consistency in the reporting of sexual behaviour by adolescent girls in Kenya: A comparison of interviewing methods,” Sexually Transmitted Infections 80(suppl 2): ii43–ii48. (abstract) Also issued as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 182. New York: Population Council, 2003. (abstract) (PDF)

Hewett, Paul C., Annabel S. Erulkar, and Barbara S. Mensch. 2004. "The feasibility of computer-assisted survey interviewing in Africa: Experience from two rural districts in Kenya,” Social Science Computer Review 22(3): 319–334. (abstract) Also issued as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 168. New York: Population Council, 2003. (abstract) (PDF)

Mensch, Barbara S., Paul C. Hewett, and Annabel Erulkar. 2003. “The reporting of sensitive behavior by adolescents: A methodological experiment in Kenya,” Demography 40(2): 247–268. (abstract) Also issued as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 151. New York: Population Council, 2001. (abstract) (PDF)