Expert group meeting on the evaluation of adolescent fertility data and estimates

9:00 - 09:30

Session I: Opening of the meeting & welcome 

• John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division, DESA  

09:30 - 11:00  

Session II: Setting the stage: Reporting on ABR in the context of the SDGs     

• Moderator – Nicole Mun Sim Lai, Population Division   

• Karoline Schmid, Population Division, DESA – Overview of levels and trends of early childbearing

• Patrick Gerland, Population Division, DESA – World Population Prospects and 1950-2020 estimates for age-specific fertility patterns: past experience and future plans

• Stephen Kisambira, Population Division, DESA – Reporting on adolescent birth rate data for SDG indicator 3.7.2: data, methods, trends and estimation issues 

• Q&A 

11:15 - 1:15  

Session III: Data and estimates from various data sources on adolescent fertility 
(ages girls/women 10-14 and 15-19) 

• Moderator – Stephen Kisambira, Population Division, DESA  

• Bruno Schoumaker, Universite Catholique de Louvain – Estimating Trends in under-15 fertility in developing countries with demographic surveys (WFS, DHS, MICS, RHS, PAPFAM)  

• Adriana Skenderi, Statistics Division, DESA - United Nations Demographic Yearbook data on adolescent fertility 

• Clementine Rossier, University of Geneva – Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS) - Adolescent fertility is lower than expected in rural areas: results from 10 African HDSS 

• Sarah Neal, University of Southampton – How reliable are reports of early adolescent pregnancy in Demographic and Health Surveys?

09:00 - 9:15 

Recap of day 1 and outlook for day 2

• Karoline Schmid, Population DivisionPopulation Division, DESA

9:15 - 10:45

Session IV: Adolescent Fertility: Regional and national perspectives  

• Moderator – Yumiko Kamiya, Population Division, DESA

• Jorge Rodriguez, CELADE/ECLAC - Adolescent fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean: sources, indicators, trends and patterns 

• Neneh Conteh Khali, NSO Sierra Leone – A glimpse of early adolescent fertility in Sierra Leone,  Presentation notes

• Francis Fonanyeneh Wreh, NSO Liberia – The situation of adolescent fertility (15-19 years) in Liberia 

• Mohammad Bellal Hossain, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh – Early adolescent fertility in Bangladesh: Trends and differentials

• Q&A 

11:00 - 12:30  

• Moderator – Francois Pelletier, Population Division, DESA