This webinar links the new CVFS-YAS continuous measures of sex and contraceptive use to the prior measures of parental mental health. This design allows investigation of the associations between parental major depressive disorder (MDD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) and their children’s sex and contraceptive use years later, during the transition to adulthood. The CVFS-YAS measures sexual activity independent of marriage, identifying both premarital sex and months after marriage with no sexual activity. The CVFS-YAS also measures contraceptive use and method choice independent of sexual activity, to identity months of sexual activity with no contraceptive use. By linking these two elements of CVFS we are able to document associations between parental mental disorders and their children’s premarital sex, post-marital times of no sex, and sex without contraceptive use. Discussion will focus on additional potential uses of the CVFS-YAS data. There will be a Q&A session after the presentation.

The webinar will be hosted using Zoom. Registration is required to attend the webinar. Support provided by NICHD (R25 HD101358). Click the link below to register.
https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ldu-orjgtG9S5haVjznv2I8wsCc-OqwrE

About the CVFS Webinar Series:
Attend the webinars to learn more about the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS), other research happening at the Institute for Social and Environmental Research – Nepal (ISER-N), and data creation for global and comparative population research. Visit the CVFS website to register for upcoming webinars or view past webinars. Support provided by NICHD (R25 HD101358).