Where have I got to? Associations of age at marriage with marital household assets in educated and uneducated women in lowland Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women's underage marriage (<18 years) is associated with adverse maternal and child health outcomes. Poverty in the natal household has been widely considered to be a key risk factor for underage marriage, but the evidence base is unreliable. When investigating this issue, most studies use marital wealth inappropriately, as a proxy for wealth in the natal household. In contrast, we investigated whether the timing of women's marriage was associated with the wealth of the households they marry into, and how this may vary by women's education level. This approach allows us to explore a different set of research questions which help to understand the economic value placed on the timing of women's marriage.

Methods

We used data on 3,102 women aged 12-34 years, surveyed

SUBMITTER: Marphatia AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11316463 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature