Early Marriage Determinants and Effects on Mothers and their Offspring in Beni-Suef City
Marriage timing is one of the important determinants of birth rates and health profile of both the mothers and infants. Child marriage is recognized as a major development issue that affects girls in many developing countries. The practice has been linked to several health risks, higher fertility,...
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| description | Marriage timing is one of the important determinants of birth rates and health profile of both the mothers and infants. Child marriage is recognized as a major development issue that affects girls in many developing countries. The practice has been linked to several health risks, higher fertility, and lower education attainment. The aimof the current study was to estimate the prevalence and asses the determinants and effects of early marriage in Beni-Suef City. This was a cross sectional study was conducted from December 2019 to December 2020. Data were collected from 600 participants using a structured questionnaire. This study provide that the prevalence of early marriage was found to be 16.2% with 59.3% mothers residing in rural areas and 83% belonging to Muslim religion. Lower educational level (less than secondary school) and consanguinity were found to have significant association with early age of marriage. 41.2% of the mothers who married before the age of 18 years faced complications during delivery. 52.2% of the mothers married before the age of 18 years gave birth to low-birth-weight babies. Early age of marriage is an important public health challenge. Hence, a national multi-sectorial approach must be targeted to reduce this phenomenon. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b8e863b05bc44693a00d5bb71e66c7242023-02-27T17:41:44ZengBeni-Suef University, Faculty of MedicineEgyptian Journal of Medical Research2682-43962682-440X2022-01-013136037110.21608/ejmr.2022.223259223259Early Marriage Determinants and Effects on Mothers and their Offspring in Beni-Suef CityRaghda Muhammed0Manal Anwar1Ekram El-Shabrawy2Department of Public Health and Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef UniversityDepartment of Public Health and Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef UniversityDepartment of Public Health and Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef UniversityMarriage timing is one of the important determinants of birth rates and health profile of both the mothers and infants. Child marriage is recognized as a major development issue that affects girls in many developing countries. The practice has been linked to several health risks, higher fertility, and lower education attainment. The aimof the current study was to estimate the prevalence and asses the determinants and effects of early marriage in Beni-Suef City. This was a cross sectional study was conducted from December 2019 to December 2020. Data were collected from 600 participants using a structured questionnaire. This study provide that the prevalence of early marriage was found to be 16.2% with 59.3% mothers residing in rural areas and 83% belonging to Muslim religion. Lower educational level (less than secondary school) and consanguinity were found to have significant association with early age of marriage. 41.2% of the mothers who married before the age of 18 years faced complications during delivery. 52.2% of the mothers married before the age of 18 years gave birth to low-birth-weight babies. Early age of marriage is an important public health challenge. Hence, a national multi-sectorial approach must be targeted to reduce this phenomenon.https://ejmr.journals.ekb.eg/article_223259_e535a62a0e7f2542d5698b34c1105966.pdfdeterminantsearly marriageeffect |
| spellingShingle | Raghda Muhammed Manal Anwar Ekram El-Shabrawy Early Marriage Determinants and Effects on Mothers and their Offspring in Beni-Suef City Egyptian Journal of Medical Research determinants early marriage effect |
| title | Early Marriage Determinants and Effects on Mothers and their Offspring in Beni-Suef City |
| title_full | Early Marriage Determinants and Effects on Mothers and their Offspring in Beni-Suef City |
| title_fullStr | Early Marriage Determinants and Effects on Mothers and their Offspring in Beni-Suef City |
| title_full_unstemmed | Early Marriage Determinants and Effects on Mothers and their Offspring in Beni-Suef City |
| title_short | Early Marriage Determinants and Effects on Mothers and their Offspring in Beni-Suef City |
| title_sort | early marriage determinants and effects on mothers and their offspring in beni suef city |
| topic | determinants early marriage effect |
| url | https://ejmr.journals.ekb.eg/article_223259_e535a62a0e7f2542d5698b34c1105966.pdf |
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