Prevalence and factors associated with child marriage, a systematic review

A Pourtaheri, SBT Sany, MA Aghaee, H Ahangari… - BMC women's …, 2023 - Springer
Background Girl child marriage is increasingly recognized as a critical barrier to global
public health and gender discrimination. There are still more gaps in the global rate of child …

Individual and Community-level factors associated with early marriage in Zambia: a mixed effect analysis

M Phiri, E Musonda, L Shasha, V Kanyamuna… - BMC women's …, 2023 - Springer
Background Child marriage has long been a public health concern around the world,
because it has the potential to deprive adolescent girls of their sexual reproductive health …

Determinant factors of early marriage in developing countries: a literature review

D Anggreni, HB Notobroto… - Journal of Public Health …, 2023 - publichealthinafrica.org
Introduction: Early marriage is carried out before the teenager is even 18 years old. It is
estimated that around 650 million teenagers in the world are married before they are 18 …

Determinants of time to first marriage and birth intervals among women of child bearing age in Dabat Health and demographic surveillance system site, Northwest …

NM Alazbih, AH Kaya, MY Mengistu, KA Gelaye - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Event histories such as marriage and birth have been used to study fertility
behavior of women. Understanding the timing of these events provide insight to reproductive …

Determinants of early marriage among married women in nine high fertility sub-Saharan African countries: a multilevel analysis of recent demographic and health …

TB Belachew, WD Negash, GT Kefale, TZ Tafere… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Early marriage is global issue that seriously harms women's personal
development and rights. Regarding this, information about married women's early marriage …

Child marriage, reproductive outcomes, and service utilization among young Afghan women: findings from a nationally representative survey in Afghanistan

O Dadras, T Khampaya… - Studies in Family …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study explored the prevalence of child marriage and its association with reproductive
outcomes and service utilization among young women in Afghanistan. We conducted a …

Prevalence and factors associated with early childbearing in sub-saharan Africa: evidence from demographic and health surveys of 31 countries

L Shasha, M Phiri, S Namayawa, M Sikaluzwe… - BMC Women's …, 2023 - Springer
Background Early childbearing remains a public health concern in sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA) because it has substantial implications for women's and children's health and …

Distribution and determinants of early marriage and motherhood: a multilevel and geospatial analysis of 707 districts in India

M Singh, C Shekhar, J Gupta - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Early marriage and motherhood have long been prevalent in India, with 44.5%
of women aged 20–24 reporting marriage before 18 in NFHS 3 (2005–2006), dropping to …

A multilevel analysis of prevalence and factors associated with female child marriage in Nigeria using the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey data

OA Bolarinwa, BO Ahinkorah, J Okyere, AA Seidu… - BMC Women's …, 2022 - Springer
Background Globally, there has been a decline in female child marriage (FCM) from 1 in 4
girls married a decade ago to approximately 1 in 5 currently. However, this decline is not …

Evaluation for causal effects of socioeconomic traits on risk of female genital prolapse (FGP): a multivariable Mendelian randomization analysis

W Zhang, J Ge, Z Qu, W Wu, H Lei, H Pan… - BMC Medical …, 2023 - Springer
Background Although observational studies have established some socioeconomic traits to
be independent risk factors for pelvic organ prolapse (POP), they can not infer causality …