Child marriage and its association with partner controlling behaviour against adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa
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- Springer Nature
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- Journal Article
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- BMC Global and Public Health, 1, (1), pp. 9
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BackgroundChild marriage and partner controlling behaviours are culturally seated phenomena in sub Saharan Africa SSA Child marriage refers to any legal or customary union involving a boy or girl below the age of 18 Partner controlling behaviour on the other hand refers to a situation where a sexual partner consistently tries to control their spouse s behaviours movements and social contacts with other people This study examined the association between child marriage and partner controlling behaviour among adolescent girls and young women AGYW in SSA MethodsWe extracted data from the most recent Demographic and Health Surveys of 26 countries in SSA Countries whose surveys were conducted from 2010 to 2020 were included in the study A total of 26 970 AGYW 15 24 years were included in the study We used a multilevel mixed effect binary logistic regression analysis to examine the association between child marriage and partner controlling behaviour ResultsThe average prevalence of child marriage was 55 40 95 CI 48 83 61 97 This proportion ranged from 19 62 95 CI 16 71 22 53 in South Africa to 85 10 95 CI 83 14 87 06 in Chad The proportion of AGYW who had experienced partner controlling behaviour was 68 36 95 CI 64 40 72 33 and this ranged from 38 40 95 CI 35 55 41 25 in Burundi to 88 18 95 CI 83 80 92 56 in Gabon AGYW who married as child brides were more likely aOR 1 31 95 CI 1 21 1 43 to experience partner controlling behaviour compared to those who did not marry as child brides AGYW in Western aOR 1 51 95 CI 1 33 1 71 and Eastern aOR 1 31 95 CI 1 13 1 50 part of SSA were more likely to experience partner controlling behaviour compared to those in Central Africa ConclusionsOur study has shown that there is a significant association between child marriage and the likelihood of experiencing partner controlling behaviour in SSA Effective policies and interventions are therefore needed to prevent child marriage and raise AGYW s awareness of its implication on victims of par
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