Girl child marriage as a risk factor for early childhood development and stunting

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue , 2017, Pages 91-101

  Efevbera, Yvette ^a   Bhabha, Jacqueline ^a   Farmer, Paul E ^b   Fink, Günther ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Child marriage; Early childhood development; Early childhood development index; Marriage; Multiple Indicator Clusters Survey; Stunting; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; MARRIAGE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GIRL CHILD MARRIAGE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUNTING; WELLBEING; YOUNG ADULT; GROWTH DISORDER; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85019735989     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.05.027     Document Type: Article

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