There are 315 million young people aged 10–24 years in India, representing 30 percent of the country's population. This cohort is healthier, more urbanized, and better educated than earlier generations. At the same time, these young people face significant risks related to sexual and reproductive health, and many lack the knowledge and power they need to make informed sexual and reproductive health choices. These vulnerabilities remain poorly understood and served, and it is only since the mid-1990s that researchers and policymakers have begun to investigate these issues. Even so, information on intimate partnerships among youth—female and male, married and unmarried—is sparse, and evidence is practically nonexistent that identifies the factors that protect young people’s abilities to ensure their own sexual and reproductive health and their autonomy to make informed and wanted health decisions. There is a need, therefore, to undertake a nationally or subnationally representative study of the situation and needs of young people in India.
The objectives of this project are to: (1) identify key transitions facing young people, including education and livelihood opportunities and experiences; (2) provide evidence at the state level on the magnitude and patterns of sexual and reproductive practices in and outside of marriage, and related knowledge, decisionmaking practices, and attitudes among youth; and (3) identify key factors underlying the sexual and reproductive health, knowledge, attitudes, and life choices of young people.
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