Exploring the impact of perceived early marriage on women's education and employment in Bangladesh through a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT: Child marriage negatively affects women's socio-economic empowerment, particularly in education and employment. This study aimed to explore women' perspectives on the timing of their marriages, considering their educational and employment status at the time. It also sought to identify factors influencing early married women's perception of their marriages as timely. We analyzed both quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data included a sample of 5,596 women aged 15-24 from the 2017/18 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey. Additionally, we collected qualitative data through six in-depth interviews, two focus group discussions, and 13 key informant interviews. We used a multilevel mixed-effects Poisson regression model to examine the relationship between women's formal empl

SUBMITTER: Khan MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11408660 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature