Early teenage marriage and subsequent pregnancy outcome
| Autor: | Milaat W, Sherine Shawky |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Pregnancy High-Risk Population Saudi Arabia Developing country Mothers Fertility Abortion Pregnancy Risk Factors medicine Childbirth Humans Marriage Occupations education media_common Teenage marriage education.field_of_study Obstetrics business.industry Pregnancy Outcome General Medicine medicine.disease Infant mortality Parity Pregnancy in Adolescence Educational Status Female business Maternal Age |
| Zdroj: | Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit. 6(1) |
| ISSN: | 1020-3397 |
| Popis: | The relationship between marriage before 16 years and pregnancy outcome throughout the childbearing period was examined. Participants included all married women attending six randomly selected primary health care units in Jeddah with at least one infant and complete medical files. Early teenage marriage was found for 27.2% of women. Most of these were illiterate [57.1%], housewives [92.4%]and grand multiparae [66.7%]. They were at twice the risk of spontaneous abortion, four times the risk of combined fetal death and infant mortality, and twice the risk of losing pregnancies any time during their childbearing years. They remained at high risk of poor pregnancy outcome throughout their reproductive lives. Despite tradition, marriage should be discouraged before 16 years |
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