Do adolescents support early marriage in Bangladesh? Evidence from study.
Do adolescents support early marriage in Bangladesh? Evidence from study.
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孟加拉国青少年支持早婚吗？
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2005
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M. Kabir
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Md. Mizanur Rahman;M. Kabir
青春期是女性青少年的关键时期，因为她们必须就影响和决定其未来生活的婚姻、教育和工作作出决定。虽然早婚有消极后果，但由于普遍的文化规范，仍有一部分女性青少年赞成早婚。本文试图探讨影响已婚和未婚女性青少年对早婚态度的因素。这是一项定量和定性研究。采用多阶段整群抽样技术选择样本。为了获得定量结果，对来自农村和城市地区的3362名女性青少年的数据进行了分析，而不考虑其婚姻状况。为了补充定量分析的结果，在青少年中进行了一系列焦点小组讨论。分析显示，四分之一（25.9%）的青少年赞成早婚。许多社会因素影响他们早婚，尽管青少年知道妇幼保健的后果。多因素logistic回归分析显示，婚姻状况、受教育年限、工作状况和父母婚姻决定是早婚的重要预测因素（p < 0.05）。这项研究的结论是，女性的教育程度将是青少年婚姻的一个重要决定因素。因此，中学以上教育的机会和范围将有助于改变人们对早婚的态度。
Adolescence is a critical period for female adolescents as they have to make decisions regarding their marriage, education and work which would influence and determine their future course of life. Although, early marriage has negative consequences, still a proportion of female adolescents favour early marriage because of prevailing cultural norms. This paper attempts to investigate the factors influencing the adolescents' attitude towards early marriage among the married and unmarried female adolescents. This is a quantitative and qualitative study. A multistage cluster sampling technique was used to select the sample. For quantitative results, data on 3362 female adolescents from rural and urban areas irrespective of their marital status were analyzed. To supplement the results found in quantitative analysis, a series of focus group discussions were conducted among the adolescents. Analysis revealed that one fourth (25.9%) of the adolescents were in favour of early marriage. A number of societal factors influenced them towards early marriage, despite the fact that adolescents are aware of the consequences of maternal and child health. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that current marital status, years of schooling, work status and parental marital decision are important predictors of early marriage (p < 0.05). The study concluded that female education would be an important determinant of adolescent marriage. Therefore, opportunities and scope of education beyond secondary would helps to bring change in the attitude towards early marriage.