Differentials and Determinants of Early Marriage and Child Bearing: A study of the Northern Region of Bangladesh

Type Journal Article - International Journal of Scientific Footprints
Title Differentials and Determinants of Early Marriage and Child Bearing: A study of the Northern Region of Bangladesh
Author(s)
Volume 2
Issue 1
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2014
Page numbers 52-65
URL http://scientificfootprints.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Differentials-and-Determinants-of-Early-M​arriage-and-Child-Bearing-A-study-of-the-Northern-Region-of-Bangladesh.pdf
Abstract
Early marriage is the serious violation of the right of humans. Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of early marriage (68.7%) and it is one of the largest problems of Bangladesh. This paper consider the relationship between early marriage and grails education, their household income, educational status of her parents, educational status of her husband, place of residence, monthly income and expenditure and access to mass media. The impact of the early marriage on fertility is also considered in this paper. This study shows that about 90% of the marriage occurs before reaching the age 20 years and large percentage of them will become pregnant before the physically fitted. Logistic regression technique was applied to calculate the degree of association between early marriage and among others variable.

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