Department of Statistics, Science College, Bahir Dar University, P.O. Box: 79, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Afr Health Sci. 2020 Sep;20(3):1190-1195. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v20i3.22.
Early Marriage is one of the global problems that undermine the personal development and the rights of women seriously. It is delicate among the developing countries such as Ethiopia. It has major consequences for public health, national security, social development, human rights, economic development, and gender equality.
The analyzed data were obtained from the 2016 EDHS and 1120 samples were considered in this analysis. Both bivariate and multivariable binary logistic regression model were used to identify the determinants of early marriage practice.
The prevalence of early marriage practice was 48.57% in the study area. The odds of early marriage practice were 2.04(AOR=2.04, 95% CI: 1.88, 2.45) times higher among rural residents compared to urban. The odds of early marriage practice was 0.94(AOR=0.94, 95%CI: 0.57, 1.98) times lower among women who had primary education compared to uneducated women. Those who did not know the legal marital age were 1.61(AOR=1.61, 95%CI: 1.26, 2.07) times more likely to practice early marriage compared to parents who knew the legal marital age.
Education level, family monthly income, residence, literacy level and knowledge of legal marital were significant determinants of early marriage practice.
早婚是严重影响个人发展和妇女权利的全球问题之一。在埃塞俄比亚等发展中国家,早婚问题尤为棘手。它对公共卫生、国家安全、社会发展、人权、经济发展和性别平等都有重大影响。
本分析所用数据来自 2016 年埃塞俄比亚人口与健康调查,共纳入 1120 名研究对象。采用单因素和多因素二元逻辑回归模型来确定早婚实践的决定因素。
研究地区早婚流行率为 48.57%。与城市居民相比,农村居民早婚的可能性高 2.04 倍(AOR=2.04,95%CI:1.88,2.45)。与未受教育的妇女相比,接受过小学教育的妇女早婚的可能性低 0.94 倍(AOR=0.94,95%CI:0.57,1.98)。与知道法定结婚年龄的父母相比,不知道法定结婚年龄的妇女早婚的可能性高 1.61 倍(AOR=1.61,95%CI:1.26,2.07)。
教育程度、家庭月收入、居住地、文化程度和对法定结婚年龄的了解是早婚实践的重要决定因素。