Factors Influencing Choices for Early Marriage in Urban Informal Settlements of Bangladesh
| Autor: | Raia Azmi, Uzzal Chowdhury, Sabina Faiz Rashid, Subas Chandra Biswas, H Sara, Sairana Ahsan, Rafia Sultana, Tanvir Hasan, Syeda Seama Mowri |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Economic growth
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Context (language use) Development Informal settlements 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Social exchange theory 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 030212 general & internal medicine Girl Sociology 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Progress in Development Studies. 21:298-320 |
| ISSN: | 1477-027X 1464-9934 |
| Popis: | This study explores factors that shape parents’ decisions as to whether or not to arrange an early marriage of a girl child in the context of urban informal settlements in Bangladesh. The article draws on data from a larger mixed methods study conducted in two informal urban settlements of Bangladesh, and the analysis was guided by the theory of social exchange. The study found the following factors leading to early marriage: endemic poverty, high dowry costs for older girls, parents’ lack of wider social networks, adolescents dropping out of school, crime and insecurity, love affairs between adolescents and community pressure. Collaboration between government and non-government programmes to improve education, implementation of supportive laws, and greater formal economic opportunities for residents, including adolescents, in urban informal settlements, are critical to prevent early marriage in these environments. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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