Incidence of child marriage among refugees and internally displaced persons in the Middle East and South Asia: evidence from six cross-sectional surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine incidence of child marriage among displaced and host populations in humanitarian settings.

Design

Cross-sectional surveys.

Setting

Data were collected in Djibouti, Yemen, Lebanon and Iraq in the Middle East and in Bangladesh and Nepal in South Asia.

Participants

Adolescent girls aged 10-19 in the six settings and age cohort comparators.

Outcome measures

Cumulative incidence of marriage by age 18.

Results

In Bangladesh and Iraq, the hazard of child marriage did not differ between internally displaced populations (IDPs) and hosts (p value=0.25 and 0.081, respectively). In Yemen, IDPs had a higher hazard of child marriage compared with hosts (p value<0.001). In Djibouti, refugees had a lower hazard of child marriage compared with

SUBMITTER: Elnakib S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10277033 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature