Prevalence of girl and boy child marriage across states and Union Territories in India, 1993-2021: a repeated cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

India's success in eliminating child marriage is crucial to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal target 5.3. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of child marriage in girls and boys in India and describe its change across 36 states and Union Territories between 1993 and 2021.

Methods

For this cross-sectional study, data from five National Family Health Surveys from 1993, 1999, 2006, 2016, and 2021 were used. The study included 310 721 women aged 20-24 years between 1993 and 2021 and 43 436 men aged 20-24 years between 2006 and 2021. Child marriage was defined as marriage in individuals younger than 18 years for men and women. We calculated the annual change in prevalence during the study period for states and Union Territories and estimated the popul

SUBMITTER: Gausman J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10805006 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature