Child Marriage and Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Bangladesh: A Longitudinal Multilevel Analysis

Demography

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1821-1852

  Yount, Kathryn M ^a   Crandall, Alice Ann ^b   Cheong, Yuk Fai ^c   Osypuk, Theresa L ^d   Bates, Lisa M ^e   Naved, Ruchira T ^f   Schuler, Sidney Ruth ^g  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^g Economist and Gender Specialist   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Child marriage; Communities; Intimate partner violence; Multilevel analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BANGLADESH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994236408     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-016-0520-8     Document Type: Article

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