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Anvita Dixit
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Background: Married adolescent girls are vulnerable to risky sexual and reproductive health outcomes. We examined the association of fertility pressure from in-laws’ early in marriage with contraceptive use ever, parity, time until first birth, and couple communication about family size, among married adolescent girls.
Methods: Data were taken from a cross-sectional survey study with married girls aged 15-19 years (N=4,893) collected from September 2015 to July 2016 in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India. Multivariable regression assessed associations between in-laws’ fertility pressure and each outcome, adjusting for sociodemographic covariates.
Results: We found that 1 in 5 girls experienced pressure from in-laws’ to have a child immediately after marriage. In-laws’ fertility pressure was associated with lower parity (Adj. β Coef. -0.10, 95% CI -0.17, -0.37) and couple communication about family size (AOR=1.77, 95% CI 1.39, 2.26), but not contraceptive use or time until birth.
Conclusions: Our study adds to the literature identifying that in-laws’ pressure on fertility is common, affects couple communication about family size, and may be more likely for those yet to have a child, but may have little effect impeding contraceptive use in a context where such use is not normative.
Keywords
In-laws’ pressure, married adolescent girls, fertility, family planning, India
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Anvita Dixit
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Posted 12 Nov, 2020
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Editorial decision: Minor revision
On 02 Feb, 2021
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Received 01 Feb, 2021
Reviewer #2 agreed
On 04 Jan, 2021
Review #1 received
Received 29 Dec, 2020
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 19 Nov, 2020
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 19 Nov, 2020
Editor assigned
On 05 Nov, 2020
Submission checks complete
On 05 Nov, 2020
Editor invited
On 05 Nov, 2020
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View the published article at Reproductive Health.
Background: Married adolescent girls are vulnerable to risky sexual and reproductive health outcomes. We examined the association of fertility pressure from in-laws’ early in marriage with contraceptive use ever, parity, time until first birth, and couple communication about family size, among married adolescent girls.
Methods: Data were taken from a cross-sectional survey study with married girls aged 15-19 years (N=4,893) collected from September 2015 to July 2016 in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India. Multivariable regression assessed associations between in-laws’ fertility pressure and each outcome, adjusting for sociodemographic covariates.
Results: We found that 1 in 5 girls experienced pressure from in-laws’ to have a child immediately after marriage. In-laws’ fertility pressure was associated with lower parity (Adj. β Coef. -0.10, 95% CI -0.17, -0.37) and couple communication about family size (AOR=1.77, 95% CI 1.39, 2.26), but not contraceptive use or time until birth.
Conclusions: Our study adds to the literature identifying that in-laws’ pressure on fertility is common, affects couple communication about family size, and may be more likely for those yet to have a child, but may have little effect impeding contraceptive use in a context where such use is not normative.
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