The Factors Associated with Adolescent Marriages and Outcomes of Adolescent Pregnancies in Mardin Turkey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2961763 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melikşah Ertem (0000-0002-9721-9695), Günay Saka (0000-0001-9478-5491), Ali Ceylan (0000-0001-7440-6714), Vasfiye Değer (Deger & Ciftci: Department of Public Health, School of Medicine and School of Nursing, Dicle University, Turkey.), Vasfiye Bayram Değer (0000-0002-7714-9087, Dicle University), Serna Çiftçi (Ertem, Saka, & Ceylan: Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Dicle University, Turkey.) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 229-239 |
| Publication date | 2008-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/jcfs.39.2.229 |
| OpenAlex | W2593394310 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 6 |
This document investigated the factors that influenced the adolescents' early marriages. This was a cross-sectional study. Married women (n = 871), aged 15-49 years were selected from the records of primary health centers in Mardin, a multicultural city in southeastern Turkey. We compared the demographic and fertility data and the outcomes of first pregnancies of women during the adolescence. Analysis revealed that 56.1% of the women married when they are younger than 19 years old, and their mean age at first marriage was 16.11 ± 1.49 years (min: 11 years). A number of social factors influenced the adolescent marriages; these were: rural origin, women's illiteracy, father's illiteracy, and the prevalent language used at home. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the risk for adolescent marriage was 1.79 (1.19-2.71) for rural origin women, 3.71 (2.16-6.38) for women with illiterate fathers, and 3.17 (2.17-4.64) for women that spoke Kurdish at home. Consanguineous marriages and marriages without a woman's consent were also higher in the adolescent married group. Adolescent marriages for women had higher rates of fertility, stillbirth, and child mortality. The study concluded that not only the education level of women, also the men was an important determinant of adolescent marriage. There were many social factors that influenced the occurrence of adolescent marriages and it was an important factor influencing both mother and child mortality
Fertility · Functional illiteracy · Logistic regression · Population · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |