PMID- 31561051
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200205
LR  - 20200205
IS  - 1476-5616 (Electronic)
IS  - 0033-3506 (Linking)
VI  - 177
DP  - 2019 Dec
TI  - Impact of child marriage on nutritional status and anaemia of children under 5 
      years of age: empirical evidence from India.
PG  - 95-101
LID - S0033-3506(19)30266-5 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.puhe.2019.08.008 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Despite several international commitments and national policies to 
      eliminate the practice of girl child marriage, it remains pervasive in India. In 
      this study, we aimed to examine the association between child marriage and 
      nutritional status and anaemia in children aged below 5 years. STUDY DESIGN AND 
      METHODS: We have used the data from the latest round of the Indian National 
      Family Health Survey (NFHS), conducted in 2015-2016. For this study, the sample 
      was limited to 80,539 living children aged below 5 years born to 60,003 
      ever-married women aged 15-24 years. We have considered children's stunting, 
      wasting, underweight and anaemia as outcomes variables and child marriage 
      (married below 18 years) as the exposure of variables of interest. Pearson's 
      Chi-squared test and binary logistic regressions were applied to assess the 
      associations. RESULTS: About 58% of sample women were married before 18 years of 
      age. The prevalence of children's stunting, wasting and underweight were 37%, 23% 
      and 36%, respectively. More than half of the sample children (62%) were anaemic. 
      Regression analysis revealed that child marriage (<18 years) was significantly 
      associated with increased likelihood of stunting (adjusted odds ratio 
      [AOR] = 1.06, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.02-1.10) and underweight 
      (AOR = 1.04, 95% CI = 1.00-1.08) even after controlling for relevant confounding 
      variables. Child marriage had no significant association with children being 
      wasted and anaemic in crude analyses. However, it is found that child marriage 
      significantly increases the risk of childhood anaemia in adjusted analyses 
      (AOR = 1.08, 95% CI = 1.03-1.13). CONCLUSIONS: The findings of our study suggest 
      that there is a need for effective policies and programmes to end the practice of 
      child marriage and targeted intervention should be made to improve nutritional 
      outcomes of children born to women married in childhood.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2019 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 
      All rights reserved.
FAU - Paul, P
AU  - Paul P
AD  - Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences, 
      Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi 110067, India. Electronic address: 
      pintupaul383@gmail.com.
FAU - Chouhan, P
AU  - Chouhan P
AD  - Department of Geography, University of Gour Banga (UGB), Malda 732103, India. 
      Electronic address: pradipchouhanmalda@gmail.com.
FAU - Zaveri, A
AU  - Zaveri A
AD  - Department of Geography, University of Gour Banga (UGB), Malda 732103, India. 
      Electronic address: zaveriankita1994@gmail.com.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190924
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Public Health
JT  - Public health
JID - 0376507
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Anemia/*epidemiology
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Empirical Research
MH  - Female
MH  - Growth Disorders/epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - India/epidemiology
MH  - Infant
MH  - Infant, Newborn
MH  - Male
MH  - Marriage/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - *Nutritional Status
MH  - Risk Assessment
MH  - Thinness/epidemiology
MH  - Wasting Syndrome/epidemiology
MH  - Young Adult
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Anaemia
OT  - Child marriage
OT  - Children
OT  - India
OT  - Nutrition
EDAT- 2019/09/29 06:00
MHDA- 2020/02/06 06:00
CRDT- 2019/09/28 06:00
PHST- 2019/03/05 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/08/07 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2019/08/15 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/09/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/02/06 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/09/28 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0033-3506(19)30266-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.puhe.2019.08.008 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Public Health. 2019 Dec;177:95-101. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2019.08.008. Epub 2019 
      Sep 24.