Spatial distribution and multilevel analysis of factors associated with child marriage in Nigeria.

Autor: Bolarinwa OA; Department of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa., Seidu AA; Department of Estate Management, Takoradi Technical University, Takoradi, Ghana.; Centre for Gender and Advocacy, Takoradi Technical University, Takoradi, Ghana.; College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia., Tessema ZT; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia., Adu C; College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia.; Department of Health Promotion, Education and Disability Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana., Oyeleye OJ; Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria., Ahinkorah BO; School of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International health [Int Health] 2023 Mar 01; Vol. 15 (2), pp. 171-181.
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihac030
Abstrakt: Background: Child marriage among women has become a major threat to the rights of women, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The marriage of girls below age 18 y is a major public and global health challenge. Therefore, this study examined the spatial pattern and factors associated with child marriage in Nigeria.
Methods: The data were sourced from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. The study included a total of 4283 young women aged 20-24 y. The findings were provided in the form of spatial maps and adjusted ORs (aORs) with 95% confidence interval (CI).
Results: Hotspot areas for child marriage in Nigeria were located in Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Yobe, Bauchi, Niger, Borno, Gombe, and Adamawa. The prevalence of child marriage in Nigeria was 41.50%. The likelihood of child marriage in Nigeria was high among those currently working (aOR=1.31; 95% CI 1.11 to 1.55) compared with young women who were not working. On the other hand, young women whose partners had secondary education and above (aOR=0.57; 95% CI 0.45 to 0.73) were less likely to report child marriage in Nigeria compared with those whose partners had no education.
Conclusions: The findings of the study indicate that there are several hotspots in Nigeria that need to be targeted when implementing interventions aimed at eliminating child marriage in the country.
(© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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