Continuation of education after marriage and its associated factors among young adult women: findings from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify the individual and community-level variables associated with the continuation of education among currently married young adult women in Bangladesh.

Design

Cross-sectional data extracted from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS), 2017-2018. The BDHS is a stratified cluster sample of households conducted in two and three stages in both rural and urban settings. A multilevel multinomial logistic regression analysis was employed to identify the associated factors.

Setting

Bangladesh.

Participants

Currently married young adult women aged 15-29 years (n=4595).

Primary outcome

Continuation of education after marriage was measured in the BDHS by asking respondents, 'Did you continue your studies after marriage?' with the resp

SUBMITTER: Howlader S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10668136 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature