Ageing India: Psychological Concerns and Responses

Prakash, Indira Jai

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-4764-2_4

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“…According to the World Health Organization, globally, 14% of adolescents (10 -19) suffer from mental health conditions (WHO, 2021) and nearly 9.8 million young Indians aged between 13 and 17 years need active interventions (Gururaj, Varghese, Benegal, et al, 2016). The burden of mental health problems in India is 2443 disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) per 10,000 population and the age-adjusted suicide rate is 21.1 per 10,000 population (Prakash, 2021). According to the National Mental Health Survey 2015 -2016, (IIPS and Population Council, 2010) conducted in six states (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, andTamil Nadu) in 2006-2007 (Youth stand adolescents who aged 15 -19 at that time were followed up after almost 8-9 years later in -2016.…”

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Association between school dropouts, early marriages, childbearing, and mental health in early adulthood of women: Evidence from a cohort study in Bihar, India

Yadav

Dhillon

Kujur

et al. 2022

IJPS

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School dropouts, early marriages, and low age at childbearing are issues still prevalent in Indian states like Bihar, which may be responsible for poor mental health among young adults. The present study examined the effect of life-course events such as school dropouts, early marriages, and early childbearing on mental health status at later ages (23–28 years). Using data from the Understanding the Lives of Adolescents and Young Adults consisting of a 2360 adolescent (ages 15 – 19) girl cohort interviewed in 2007 and re-interviewed at ages 23 – 28 in 2016 from the state of Bihar, India, we applied ordinal logistic regression models in analyzing factors associated with mental health status. Women who never attended school, or dropped out from school, and who got married before age 19 showed a poorer mental health status in their young adulthood (22 – 28 years) compared to their respective counterparts who attended a school and who got married at age 19 or older. As compared to women who had a child before age 19, those who did not have any child, or who had children after 20 years of age were more likely to have poor mental health. Working women, high self-efficacy of women, and women who have decision-making power showed better mental health outcomes as compared to their respective counterparts. To enhance psychological well-being of young women, the study recommends continue education and delaying marriage as the programmatic keys with attention to improving young women’s autonomy and gender role attitudes and reducing societal pressure for bearing first child soon after marriage.

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