Citation

Egondi T, Kabiru C, Beguy D, Kanyiva M, Jessor R. Int. J. Behav. Devel. 2013; 37(4): 298-308.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0165025413479299

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Home-leaving is considered an important marker of the transition to adulthood and is usually framed as an individual decision. We move beyond this limited assumption to examine a broader conceptualization that might better illuminate home-leaving among youth in impoverished circumstances. We adopt the Problem Behavior Theory-framework to investigate the association of home-leaving with behavioral and psychosocial variables and with other transitions. We use data on adolescents aged 14-22 years from a three-wave study conducted between 2007 and 2010. We used variable- and person-centered cross-sectional analyses, as well as predictive analysis of home-leaving by subsequent waves. Parental controls protection predicted home-leaving by subsequent waves. Overall, protective factors moderated the association of problem behavior involvement with leaving home in Nairobi's slums.

Language: en