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Child Marriage in the United States: Prevalence and Implications - Journal of Adolescent Health. Commentary | Volume 69, ISSUE 6, SUPPLEMENT , S8-S10, December 2021. Download Full Issue. Child Marriage in the United States: Prevalence and Implications. Fraidy Reiss. Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.07.001.
- The Effect of Child Marriage on The Number and Timing of Births
- The Effect of Child Marriage on Birth Intervals
- Child Marriage, Unwanted Or Mistimed Pregnancy, and Pregnancy Termination
- Child Marriage and Contraceptive Use
- Child Marriage and Use of Maternal Health Care
- Child Marriage and Intimate Partner Violence
- Child Marriage and Mental Health
- Child Marriage and Nutritional Status
- Other Health Consequences of Child Marriage
Eleven studies estimated the effect of child marriage on the number of children born, though this outcome was not consistently measured. Some studies estimated the effect of child marriage on the odds of having given birth to any children [34, 50, 63], the odds of having three or more children [24, 46, 50, 63, 75], four or more children , five or m...
The World Health Organization recommends an interval of at least 24 months between a live birth and a subsequent pregnancy to reduce the risk of poor maternal health outcomes . Five studies included in our review estimated the effect of child marriage on the likelihood of repeated childbirths in less than two years [39, 50, 62, 63, 75]. All five us...
Seven studies estimated the effect of child marriage on the likelihood of experiencing a mistimed or unwanted pregnancy [39, 46, 47, 50, 62, 63, 75]. All seven were based on analyses of DHS data. The DHS typically asks women whether pregnancies were wanted at the time they occurred, wanted later (i.e., mistimed), or not wanted. Interestingly, six o...
Fifteen of the studies included in our review estimated the effect of child marriage on various aspects of contraceptive use [23, 24, 32, 39,40,41, 43, 46, 53, 56, 62, 63, 65, 66, 75]. All were based on cross-sectional data and thirteen used data from the DHS. Of these fifteen studies, eight estimated the effect of child marriage on the likelihood ...
Nine of the studies included in our review estimated the effect of child marriage on the use of health care during pregnancy, at the time of delivery, and during the post-partum period, which we collectively refer to as maternal health care [33, 39, 49, 53, 58, 62, 66, 67, 74]. Studies of prenatal care defined their outcomes as the receipt of at le...
Sixteen studies estimated the effect of child marriage on the likelihood of experiencing intimate partner violence [22, 23, 29, 35, 38, 42, 51, 53, 55, 60, 62, 64, 66, 70, 71, 77]. Fifteen of these studies were based on cross-sectional data [22, 23, 29, 35, 38, 42, 51, 53, 55, 60, 62, 64, 66, 70, 71] and eight (50%) were based on the DHS [22, 23, 5...
Five of the studies included in our review estimated the effect of child marriage on various aspects of mental health. These studies relied on cross-sectional data collected from Ghana, Iran, Ethiopia, Niger and the United States [21, 32, 36, 44, 45]. Women in the United States who married before the age of 18 were more likely to report experiencin...
Six studies included in our review estimated the effect of child marriage on indicators of nutritional status [28, 34, 52, 61, 76, 78]. Four focused exclusively on pregnant women. Two studies from Ethiopia examined the relationship between child marriage and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) [52, 76]. One reported that pregnant women who married b...
A few of the studies included in our review examined outcomes other than those discussed above. We note them briefly here. A case-control study from India reported that women diagnosed with cervical cancer were more likely to have been married before the age of 18 . A large, pooled analysis of DHS data from 47 countries reported that child marriage...
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Child Marriage in the United States: How Common Is the Practice, And Which Children Are at Greatest Risk? - Koski - 2018 - Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - Wiley Online Library.
- Alissa Koski, Jody Heymann
- 2018
Sep 23, 2020 · Half of those surveyed mistakenly believed that the cut-off for child marriage is younger than the threshold of 18 years, and nearly three-quarters incorrectly believed that most child marriages occur at 15 years or below (it primarily occurs in later adolescence).
- David W. Lawson, Rachel Lynes, Addison Morris, Susan B. Schaffnit
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0238346
- 2020
- PLoS One. 2020; 15(9): e0238346.
Mar 29, 2021 · Early Marriage Is a Response to Low Life Expectancy. Perhaps the simplest evolutionary explanation for why child marriage was universally common historically, and is still common in some contexts, is that marrying at young ages can be adaptive when mortality and/or morbidity rates are high.
- Susan B. Schaffnit, David W. Lawson
- 2021
Sep 23, 2020 · Published: September 23, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238346. Article. Authors. Metrics. Comments. Media Coverage. Peer Review. Reader Comments. Figures. Abstract. Global efforts to eradicate ‘child marriage’ (<18 years) increasingly target governments, the private sector and the general public as agents of change.
Oct 15, 2020 · 30 Citations. 18 Altmetric. Metrics. Abstract. An estimated 650 million girls and women alive today married before their 18th birthday. Referred to as girl child marriage, the formal or informal union of the girl-child before age 18, the practice is increasingly recognized as a key roadblock to global health, development, and gender equality.
