six countries studied, nearly all ever-married adolescent women have had sexual intercourse, but almost all those never …-married have abstained, except in Burkina Faso and Nigeria where less than one quarter of never-married women have had sexual … intercourse; The age at sexual debut is also closely linked to age at marriage. Over one third of ever-married women had sexual …

Kenya by (1) using a new and comprehensive data set of African army recruits and civilians and (2) applying a powerful …

promoted as a strategy to increase dietary intakes of vitamin A among young children and adult women in Uganda. As an … and nonland assets controlled by women, affect adoption and diffusion decisions. …

breastfeeding does lower risk, the level of protection is small and depends on women breastfeeding for a long time. In countries … such as the U.S., most women who breastfeed their babies stop after several months, or they breastfeed less frequently as … they start to supplement with formula and baby food. Women who have many children and breastfeed each baby for a long time …

nutritionally at-risk low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and children through age 4. This report updates estimates of …