Department of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Department of Estate Management, Takoradi Technical University, Takoradi, Ghana.
Int Health. 2023 Mar 1;15(2):171-181. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihac030.
Child marriage among women has become a major threat to the rights of women, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The marriage of girls below age 18 y is a major public and global health challenge. Therefore, this study examined the spatial pattern and factors associated with child marriage in Nigeria.
The data were sourced from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. The study included a total of 4283 young women aged 20-24 y. The findings were provided in the form of spatial maps and adjusted ORs (aORs) with 95% confidence interval (CI).
Hotspot areas for child marriage in Nigeria were located in Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Yobe, Bauchi, Niger, Borno, Gombe, and Adamawa. The prevalence of child marriage in Nigeria was 41.50%. The likelihood of child marriage in Nigeria was high among those currently working (aOR=1.31; 95% CI 1.11 to 1.55) compared with young women who were not working. On the other hand, young women whose partners had secondary education and above (aOR=0.57; 95% CI 0.45 to 0.73) were less likely to report child marriage in Nigeria compared with those whose partners had no education.
The findings of the study indicate that there are several hotspots in Nigeria that need to be targeted when implementing interventions aimed at eliminating child marriage in the country.
女性的童婚已成为对妇女人权的重大威胁，尤其是在中低收入国家。18 岁以下女孩的婚姻是一个主要的公共和全球健康挑战。因此，本研究调查了尼日利亚童婚的空间模式和相关因素。
数据来自 2018 年尼日利亚人口与健康调查。本研究共纳入了 4283 名 20-24 岁的年轻女性。研究结果以空间图和调整后的比值比（aOR）及其 95%置信区间（CI）的形式呈现。
尼日利亚童婚的热点地区位于索科托、卡齐纳、卡诺、吉加瓦、约贝、包奇、尼日尔、博尔诺、贡贝和阿达马瓦。尼日利亚童婚的流行率为 41.50%。与未工作的年轻女性相比，目前正在工作的年轻女性（aOR=1.31；95%CI 1.11-1.55）更有可能报告在尼日利亚发生童婚。另一方面，与没有受过教育的伴侣相比，那些伴侣接受过中等教育及以上的年轻女性（aOR=0.57；95%CI 0.45-0.73）报告在尼日利亚发生童婚的可能性较低。
研究结果表明，在尼日利亚有几个热点地区，需要在实施旨在消除该国童婚的干预措施时加以关注。
