Quantifying the association of natal household wealth with women's early marriage in Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women's early marriage (<18 years) is a critical global health issue affecting 650 million women worldwide. It is associated with a range of adverse maternal physical and mental health outcomes, including early childbearing, child undernutrition and morbidity. Poverty is widely asserted to be the key risk factor driving early marriage. However, most studies do not measure wealth in the natal household, but instead, use marital household wealth as a proxy for natal wealth. Further research is required to understand the key drivers of early marriage.

Methods

We investigated whether natal household poverty was associated with marrying early, independently of women's lower educational attainment and broader markers of household disadvantage. Data on natal household we

SUBMITTER: Marphatia AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8684741 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature