Girl child marriage and its effect on fertility in Pakistan: Findings from Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey, 2006-2007

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 534-543

  Nasrullah, Muazzam ^a,b,c   Muazzam, Sana ^d   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^e   Raj, Anita ^f,g,h  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Division of Women and Child Health Aga Khan University ^*  (United States)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child marriage; Fertility; Inequity; Pakistan; Women

Indexed keywords

AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MARRIAGE; ODDS RATIO; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896494729     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-013-1269-y     Document Type: Review

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