Citation

Raj A, Boehmer U. Violence Against Women 2013; 19(4): 536-551.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801213487747

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study was designed to assess associations between national rates of girl child marriage and national rates of HIV and maternal and child health (MCH) concerns, using national indicator data from 2009 United Nations reports. Current analyses were limited to the N = 97 nations (of 188 nations) for which girl child marriage data were available. Regression analyses adjusted for development and world region demonstrate that nations with higher rates of girl child marriage are significantly more likely to contend with higher rates of maternal and infant mortality and nonutilization of maternal health services, but not HIV.

Language: en