TABLE 1. Characteristics of included articles, by intervention type (n=30).
|
Country Case Study (Year of publication) |
Outcome of interest |
Policy/Intervention Result |
Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Conditional cash transfers (n=9) | |||
|
Mexico (2009) |
Age at first sex (urban) |
+ (reduction observed) |
(18) |
|
Mexico (2010) |
Contraceptive use |
+ (larger effect among poorest, smaller effect closer to threshold) |
(19) |
|
Brazil (2012) |
Adolescent fertility |
+ (reduction observed) |
(20) |
|
Peru (2012) |
Adolescent fertility |
+ (reduction observed) |
(21) |
|
Brazil (2019) |
Adolescent fertility |
+ (reduction observed) |
(22) |
|
Mexico (2015) |
Adolescent pregnancy (rural) |
no effect |
(23) |
|
Mexico (2013) |
Adolescent pregnancy (rural) |
no effect |
(24) |
|
Colombia (2018) |
Adolescent pregnancy |
+ (with stronger effect in CCT with performance conditionality) |
(25) |
|
Honduras (2007) |
Adolescent fertility |
- (increase observed) |
(26) |
|
Mexico (2007) |
Adolescent fertility |
no effect |
(26) |
|
Nicaragua (2007) |
Adolescent fertility |
no effect |
(26) |
|
Education (n=14) |
|
|
|
|
Chile (2011) |
Adolescent pregnancy |
+ (stronger reduction among poor and urban) |
(27) |
|
Peru (2019) |
Adolescent pregnancy |
+ (reduction observed) |
(28) |
|
Argentina (2017) |
Adolescent fertility |
+ (reduction observed) |
(29) |
|
Chile (2005) |
Adolescent pregnancy |
+ (reduction observed) |
(35) |
|
Chile (2012) |
Sexual behavior (urban) |
no effect |
(30) |
|
Mexico (2008) |
Sexual behavior (urban) |
no effect |
(31) |
|
Jamaica (2007) |
(i) Age at first sex; (ii) Use of modern contraception at first sex |
(i) no effect; (ii) + (short term effect) |
(32) |
|
Mexico (2006) |
Condom use |
no effect |
(33) |
|
Brazil (2001) |
Contraceptive use (urban) |
no effect |
(34) |
|
|
Sexual behavior |
no effect |
|
|
Belize (2004) |
Condom use |
+ |
(36) |
|
Mexico (2004) |
Condom use |
+ |
(37) |
|
Haiti (2015) |
Adolescent pregnancy |
+ (stronger reduction effect in integrated intervention) |
(38) |
|
Mexico (2019) |
Use of modern contraception at first sex |
+ |
(39) |
|
Brazil (2009) |
(i) Age at first sex; (ii) Use of modern contraception in last sex |
(i) no effect; (ii) + (stronger effect among older adolescents) |
(40) |
|
Health (n=5) |
|
|
|
|
Colombia (2008) |
Adolescent pregnancy |
+ (reduction observed but non-attribution to policy) |
(41) |
|
Mexico (2016) |
Adolescent pregnancy |
no effect |
(42) |
|
Uruguay (2018) |
Adolescent pregnancy |
no effect |
(43) |
|
Uruguay (2018) |
Adolescent pregnancy |
+ (reduction observed) |
(44) |
|
Paraguay (2018) |
Adolescent pregnancy |
+ (reduction observed but non-attribution to policy) |
(45) |
|
Life-Skills (n=2) |
|
|
|
|
Dominican Republic (2014) |
Adolescent pregnancy |
+ (reduction observed) |
(46) |
|
Dominican Republic (2016) |
Adolescent pregnancy |
+ (reduction observed) |
(47) |
Source: based on the results of the present study.