Mapping the patchwork: Exploring the subnational heterogeneity of child marriage in India.

ABSTRACT: Despite dramatic reductions in child marriage over the past decade, more than one in four girls in India still marry before reaching age 18. This practice is driven by a complex interplay of social and normative beliefs and values that are inadequately represented in national- or even state-level analyses of the drivers of child marriage. A geographic lens was employed to assess variations in child marriage prevalence across Indian districts, identify hot and cold spots, and quantify spatial dependence and heterogeneity in factors associated with district levels of child marriage. Data were derived from the 2015-16 National Family Health Survey and the 2011 India Census, and represent 636 districts in total. Analyses included global Moran's I, LISAs, spatial Durbin regression and geographi

SUBMITTER: McDougal L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7726340 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature