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Jyoti Das, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
Kailash Chandra Das, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
Introduction: Child marriage being a human rights issue not only deprives the victims of their childhood but also has grievous impact on their health. Studies have shown entry into wedlock in childhood also results in early pregnancy. India being one of the highest contributor of child marriage has shown significant association with adverse reproductive outcomes like miscarriages or stillbirth but also low contraception use and high unmet need. Maternal child marriage adversely affect the health of the born children resulting from of high birth order and low parity. This study will shed light on unexplored area of behaviour of child brides towards reproductive health and service utilisation. Methods: Data for the study has been taken from National Family and Health Survey (2015-16). The analysis has considered currently married women of age group 20-24 to show the contemporary trends. For the analysis descriptive, multivariate analysis, and logistic regression will be done. Further categorisation of child marriage has been done for the analysis (before 18 years, 15-17 years, and before 15 years). Results: The expected results are to see variation in the outcome indicators across the states of India. Further strong association is expected among maternal child brides and reproductive behaviours.
Keywords: Gender, Fertility and childbirth, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Family planning and contraception