Child Marriages in Uganda after Enacting the Death Penalty for Defilement

Lubaale, Yovani M.A

doi:10.11648/j.pbs.20130203.19

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“…In Uganda, adolescent pregnancy is socially acceptable provided adolescents are married. Because unsafe sexual activity prior to marriage is common, pregnancy drives adolescents to marriage , accompanied by social, economic and cultural reasons . Despite the high prevalence of adolescent pregnancy in Uganda, the existing national framework to guide sex education in schools is silent on provision of contraceptives to adolescents .…”

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Sexual behaviours among adolescents in a rural setting in eastern Uganda: a cross‐sectional study

Bukenya

Nakafeero

Ssekamatte

et al. 2019

Tropical Med Int Health

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Objective Globally as adolescents transition into adulthood, some engage in risky sexual behaviours. Such risky behaviours expose adolescents to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV infection. Our objective was to examine sexual practices of adolescents (aged 10–19 years) in eastern Uganda and identify factors associated with having ever had sexual intercourse. Methods Face‐to‐face interviews were conducted using a standardised questionnaire among randomly selected adolescents residing within the Iganga‐Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site in eastern Uganda. Crude and adjusted prevalence rate ratios (PRR) were estimated using the Modified Poisson regression model to identify factors associated with adolescents having ever had sex. Results Of the 598 adolescents studied, 108 (18.1%) reported ever having had sexual intercourse, of whom 20 (18.5%) had ever gotten pregnant. Adolescents who reported to be out of school, 76 (12.7%), were more likely to have ever had sexual intercourse (PRR = 1.82, CI = 1.09–3.01). Females were less likely to ever have had sexual intercourse (PRR 0.69 (0.51–0.93) than males. History of ever having had sexual intercourse was associated with adolescents sexting (PRR = 1.54, CI: 1.14–2.08), watching sexually explicit films (PRR = 2.29 Cl: 1.60 ‐ 3.29) and experiencing verbal jokes about sexual intentions (PRR = 1.76, Cl: 1.27 ‐ 2.44). Conclusions A majority of participants reported not being sexually active; however, interventions should be required for both sexually active and not sexually active adolescents. Programmes targeted at adolescents in this and similar communities should include comprehensive sex education, and contraceptive distribution among adolescents. In particular, urgent interventions are needed to guide adolescents as they use social media.

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Sexual behaviours among adolescents in a rural setting in eastern Uganda: a cross‐sectional study

Bukenya

Nakafeero

Ssekamatte

et al. 2019

Tropical Med Int Health

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“…While early marriage is common in Uganda, prevalence was noted highest in Eastern (30%), followed by Northern (27%), Western (25%) and lastly, Central (19%) [15]. Studies done on early marriage in Uganda focused on the determinants of early marriage in Uganda as a whole, in Western Uganda, statistics of early marriage, early marriage as purely a cultural phenomenon, and the effect of the enactment of the death penalty on child marriage in Uganda [15,[17][18][19][20]. Studies done, do not appreciate that, not all girls face the same risk of becoming child brides even within a country [21], and as such therefore, it becomes inevitable to witness the ever growing levels of early marriage across the country.…”

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“…Studies done, do not appreciate that, not all girls face the same risk of becoming child brides even within a country [21], and as such therefore, it becomes inevitable to witness the ever growing levels of early marriage across the country. Several factors are associated with early marriage, such as; wealth status, education level, residence, age at first sex, age at first birth, age of the household head, religious affiliation, and ethnicity [15,[17][18][19][20]. However, due to variations in factors responsible for the causation of early marriage within countries, it is vital to separately identify them and develop workable solutions towards its complete eradication.…”

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Early Marriages in Uganda: A Comparative Assessment Of Determinants Across Regions

Otim¹

2019

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Background: Early marriage is any marriage associated with persons under the age of 18. Worldwide, early marriage disproportionately affects females, and is associated with high teenage pregnancies, alongside its negative effects. While early marriage is common in Uganda (49%), it is highest in Eastern (30%) and lowest in Central (19%); as such, not all girls face the same risk of early marriage even within a country. The factors that influence early marriages are important to know for policy implication purposes in Uganda. This study aims to investigate the socio-economic and enabling factors that influence early marriages across the regions of Uganda. Methods: Using a weighted sample of 13,768 ever married women from the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey. Frequency distributions were used to describe the background characteristics of the women. Pearson’s chi-square (χ 2 ) test was used to investigate the associations between early marriage and socio-economic and enabling factors and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to examine the net-effect of socio-economic and enabling factors on early marriage. Results: Early marriage was highest among women in Eastern region (30%), followed by Northern (27%) and Western (25%) while Central had the lowest proportion at 19%. Across the regions, the key determinants of early marriage were education level, age at first birth and age at first sex (p<0.05). However, residence, wealth status and religion were only predictors of early marriage in Western region (p<0.05). Conclusions: The study underscores the need to strengthen strategies that promote girl child education, delayed initiation of sexual intercourse and child birth as measures for addressing early marriage across regions. In light of the variations in factors across regions, there is also a need to employ interventions that target women in particular regions. Keywords: Early marriage, Region, Uganda

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Marriage Age, Social Status, and Intergenerational Effects in Uganda

Sunder

2019

Demography

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This study examines whether Ugandan women who marry at younger ages fare differently on a wide range of later-life outcomes than women who marry at later ages. Using a nationally representative data set, I identify the plausibly causal impacts of women’s marriage age by using age at menarche as an instrumental variable. Results indicate that a one-year delay in marriage for Ugandan women leads to higher educational attainment (0.5–0.75 years), literacy (10 percentage points), and labor force participation (8 percentage points). I also explore intergenerational effects of later marriage and find that the children of mothers who marry later have higher BMI (0.11 kg/m2) and hemoglobin levels (0.18 g/dl), and they are also less likely to be anemic (4 percentage points). Finally, I present evidence suggesting that the observed effects might be mediated through an enhancement of women’s agency within their household and positive assortative matching in the marriage market. By pointing to the beneficial consequences of delaying marriage, this research calls for concerted policy action to prevent child marriage.

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Child Marriages in Uganda after Enacting the Death Penalty for Defilement

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Sexual behaviours among adolescents in a rural setting in eastern Uganda: a cross‐sectional study

Sexual behaviours among adolescents in a rural setting in eastern Uganda: a cross‐sectional study

Early Marriages in Uganda: A Comparative Assessment Of Determinants Across Regions

Marriage Age, Social Status, and Intergenerational Effects in Uganda

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