Associations between child marriage and reproductive and maternal health outcomes among young married women in Liberia and Sierra Leone: A cross-sectional study

Associations between child marriage and reproductive and maternal health outcomes among young married women in Liberia and Sierra Leone: A cross-sectional study

Child marriage has been associated with a range of negative maternal and reproductive health outcomes. This study explored these associations in Liberia and Sierra Leone and examined how child marriage intersected with other measures of social disadvantage. Data were derived from 631 and 1,325 marri...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2024-05, Vol.19 (5), p.e0300982-e0300982
Hauptverfasser: Reisz, Taylor, Murray, Kelly, Gage, Anastasia J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Analysis
Births
Child
Child development
Child marriage
Childbirth
Children
Confidence intervals
Cross-Sectional Studies
Epidemics
Female
Fertility
Girls
Health aspects
Health services
Health surveys
Humans
Liberia - epidemiology
Marriage
Marriage - statistics & numerical data
Married women
Maternal & child health
Maternal and infant welfare
Maternal Health - statistics & numerical data
Maternal mortality
Medical research
Medicine and Health Sciences
Medicine, Experimental
Pandemics
People and places
Personal relationships
Poverty
Pregnancy
Regression analysis
Regression models
Reproductive health
Reproductive Health - statistics & numerical data
School closures
Sierra Leone - epidemiology
Social aspects
Social Sciences
Sociological research
Statistical analysis
Surveys
Womens health
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Child marriage has been associated with a range of negative maternal and reproductive health outcomes. This study explored these associations in Liberia and Sierra Leone and examined how child marriage intersected with other measures of social disadvantage. Data were derived from 631 and 1,325 married or cohabitating women aged 20-24 interviewed in the 2019-2020 Liberia and 2019 Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Surveys, respectively. Analyses were stratified by country. Regression models examined associations between age at first marriage (
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0300982