Age at first marriage and its relation to fertility in Bangladesh

Nahar, Mosammat Zamilun; Zahangir, Mohammad Salim; Islam, Saidul

doi:10.1080/10042857.2013.835539

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“…The reference value in the figure is women aged 20–34 years. Nahar et al’s study confirms the persistence of this trend: among women aged 50 years in the 2007 DHS survey of Bangladesh, those who had married at 19 years or over had on average 2.62 children compared with 3.55 among those who had married between 17 and 18 years, and 4.59, 5.53, and 6.36 among those who had married at 15–16, 13–14, and 12 years and under, respectively ( 35 ). Similarly, Adhikari demonstrated that among women aged 40–49 years in the 2006 Nepal DHS, those who had married at 16 years or older had on average 4.7 children compared with 5.3 among those who married before 16 years ( 27 ).…”

Section: Consequences Of Women’s Under-age Marriagesupporting

confidence: 53%

Women’s Marriage Age Matters for Public Health: A Review of the Broader Health and Social Implications in South Asia

Marphatia

Ambale

Reid

2017

Front. Public Health

157

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In many traditional societies, women’s age at marriage acts simultaneously as a gateway to new family roles and the likelihood of producing offspring. However, inadequate attention has previously been given to the broader health and social implications of variability in women’s marriage age for public health. Biomedical scientists have primarily been concerned with whether the onset of reproduction occurs before the woman is adequately able to nurture her offspring and maintain her own health. Social scientists have argued that early marriage prevents women from attaining their rightful education, accessing employment and training opportunities, developing social relationships with peers, and participating in civic life. The aim of this review article is to provide comprehensive research evidence on why women’s marriage age, independent of age at first childbirth, is a crucial issue for public health. It focuses on data from four South Asian countries, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan, in which marriage is near universal and where a large proportion of women still marry below the United Nations prescribed minimum marriage age of 18 years. Using an integrative perspective, we provide a comprehensive synthesis of the physiological, bio-demographic, and socio-environmental drivers of variable marriage age. We describe the adverse health consequences to mothers and to their offspring of an early age at marriage and of childbearing, which include malnutrition and high rates of morbidity and mortality. We also highlight the complex association of marriage age, educational attainment, and low societal status of women, all of which generate major public health impact. Studies consistently find a public health dividend of increased girls’ education for maternal and child nutritional status and health outcomes. Paradoxically, recent relative increases in girls’ educational attainment across South Asia have had limited success in delaying marriage age. This evidence suggests that in order for public health initiatives to maximize the health of women and their offspring, they must first address the factors that shape the age at which women marry.

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Section: Consequences Of Women’s Under-age Marriagesupporting

confidence: 53%

Women’s Marriage Age Matters for Public Health: A Review of the Broader Health and Social Implications in South Asia

Marphatia

Ambale

Reid

2017

Front. Public Health

157

142

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“…That is, age at first marriage is an important determinant of fertility in Bangladesh. Nahar et al 18 found a relationship between age at first marriage and age-specific marital fertility. They also found that the total parity per woman by the end of the reproductive period could be expected to decrease by 0.196 for each 1-year delay in marriage.…”

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Determinants of Fertility in Bangladesh: Evidence From the 2014 Demographic and Health Survey

Nahar

Zahangir

2019

Int Q Community Health Educ

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This study uses the cumulative fertility approach to examine a wide variety of factors affecting fertility among all ever-married women of childbearing ages in Bangladesh. Data are taken from the 2014 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey. The mean number of children ever born for all women is 2.45 and for women aged 40 to 49 years is 3.89. The one-way analysis of variance is performed to observe differences in the mean number of children ever born across the levels of covariates. The generalized linear model with Poisson link function is carried out to examine the effect of covariates on fertility. The incidence rate ratio is greater than one, that is, fertility is higher among women who are Muslims, illiterates, or primary school graduates; have no access to mass media; give the first birth at the age of 15 years or earlier; ever use any contraceptive; and desired three or more babies as the ideal number of children. Type of place of residence, administrative divisions, husband’s education, respondent’s working status, husband’s occupation, age at first marriage, and the spousal age difference are also significant to some extent, especially for assessing the fertility of all women.

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“…Early age at cohabitation has a major effect on childbearing because women who marry early have, on an average, a longer period of exposure to the risk of becoming pregnant and a greater number of birth [2]. In a country like Bangladesh along with the control of fertility, it is also important to inquire into the age at cohabitation in any examination of the issue to reduce fertility.…”

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Determine the Factors of Female Early Age at First Cohabitation: A Case Study of Bangladesh

Parh¹,

Sumy²,

Hossain³

2015

OJS

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The main objective of the current study is to examine the existing situation of female early age at first cohabitation in Bangladesh as well as to identify the factors associated behind this issue. An analysis has been performed by using the secondary data of Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS), 2011. Chi-square test for dependency checking has been performed as bivariate analysis. After performing bivariate analysis, binary logistic regression analysis has been performed. To identify the significant variable, stepwise regression method has also been performed. The result of the study has revealed that women education, household economic status, area of residence, religion and geographical location have significant contribution for adolescent cohabitation. From this study it can be concluded that females who has low education and low socioeconomic status are more likely to enter into cohabitation at early adulthood.

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Age at first marriage and its relation to fertility in Bangladesh

Cited by 31 publications

References 12 publications

Women’s Marriage Age Matters for Public Health: A Review of the Broader Health and Social Implications in South Asia

Women’s Marriage Age Matters for Public Health: A Review of the Broader Health and Social Implications in South Asia

Determinants of Fertility in Bangladesh: Evidence From the 2014 Demographic and Health Survey

Determine the Factors of Female Early Age at First Cohabitation: A Case Study of Bangladesh

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