Quantifying the association of natal household wealth with women's early marriage in Nepal
| Autor: | Akanksha A. Marphatia, Naomi M. Saville, Dharma S. Manandhar, Mario Cortina-Borja, Jonathan C. K. Wells, Alice M. Reid |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Marphatia, Akanksha [0000-0002-4277-435X], Reid, Alice [0000-0003-4713-2951], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Epidemiology
General Neuroscience Health Policy Natal household poverty Women’s Health General Medicine South Asia Women’s early marriage Global Health General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Adolescence Education Nepal Reproductive health Medicine Public Health General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Child marriage |
| Zdroj: | PeerJ, Vol 9, p e12324 (2021) PeerJ |
| ISSN: | 2167-8359 |
| Popis: | Background Women’s early marriage ( Methods We investigated whether natal household poverty was associated with marrying early, independently of women’s lower educational attainment and broader markers of household disadvantage. Data on natal household wealth (material asset score) for 2,432 women aged 18–39 years was used from the cluster-randomized Low Birth Weight South Asia Trial in lowland rural Nepal. Different early marriage definitions ( Results Women married at median age 15 years (interquartile range 3), and only 18% married ≥18 years. Two-thirds of the women were entirely uneducated. We found that, rather than poverty, women’s lower education was the primary factor associated with early marriage, regardless of how ‘early’ is defined. Neither poverty nor other markers of household disadvantage were associated with early marriage at any age in the uneducated women. However, poverty was associated with women being uneducated. Conclusion When assets are measured in the natal household in this population, there is no support for the conventional hypothesis that household poverty is associated with daughters’ early marriage, but it is associated with not going to school. We propose that improving access to free education would both reduce early marriage and have broader benefits for maternal and child health and gender equality. |
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