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Does Education Reduce Risk for Girl Child Marriage in South Asia?Cross-Sectional Analyses from Bangladesh India, Nepal and Pakistan, 1991-2011Anita Raj, PhD1-3 (anitaraj@ucsd.edu)Lotus McDougal, MPH1,4 (lmcdouga@ucsd.edu)Jay G Silverman, PhD1,2 (jgsilverman@ucsd.edu)Melanie LA Rusch, PhD5 (mrusch@viha.ca)1Center on Gender Equity and Health; University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA2Center on Global Justice; University of California, San Diego, CA, USA3Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, Clinical Addiction Research and Education, Boston, MA, USA4Joint Doctoral Program in Public Health (Global Health), San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA5 Vancouver Island Health Authority, Vancouver, CanadaCorresponding Author Information:Anita Raj, PhD10111 N. Torrey Pines Rd., MC0507; Institute of the AmericasLa Jolla, California 92093-0507Phone: 858-822-0229Fax: 858-534-7566Email: anitaraj@ucsd.eduWebpage: : Girl education is believed to be the best means of reducing girl child marriage (marriage <18 years) globally. However, in South Asia, where the majority of girl child marriages occur, substantial improvements in girl education have not corresponded to equivalent reductions in child marriage. This study examines the levels of education associated with female age at marriage over the previous 20 years across four South Asian nations with high rates (>20%) of girl child marriage- Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan.?Methods: Cross-sectional time series analyses were conducted on Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) from 1991 to 2011 in the four focal nations. Analyses were restricted to ever-married women aged 20-24 years. Multinomial logistic regression models were used to assess the effect of highest level of education received (none, primary, secondary or higher) on age at marriage (<14, 14-15, 16-17, 18 and older). Results: In Bangladesh and Pakistan, primary education was not protective against girl child marriage; in Nepal, it was protective against marriage at <14 years (AOR=0.42) but not for older adolescents. Secondary education was protective across minor age at marriage categories in Bangladesh (<14 years AOR=0.10; 14-15 years AOR=.25; 16-17 years AOR=0.64) and Nepal (<14 years AOR=0.21; 14-15 years AOR=0.25; 16-17 years AOR=0.57), but protective against marriage of only younger adolescents in Pakistan (< 14 years AOR=0.19; 14-15 years AOR=0.23). In India, primary and secondary education were respectively protective across all age at marriage categories (<14 years AOR=0.34, AOR=0.05; 14-15 years AOR=0.52, AOR=0.20; 16-17 years AOR=0.71, AOR=0.48). Conclusion: Primary education is likely insufficient to reduce girl child marriage in South Asia, outside of India. Secondary education may be a better protective strategy against this practice for the region, but may be less effective for prevention of marriage among older relative to younger adolescents. IntroductionUNICEF estimates that 10 million girls marry before age 18 years annually ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>UNICEF</Author><Year>2012</Year><RecNum>2569</RecNum><DisplayText>[1]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>2569</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="9xasts2w7f0dviet2r2xv09ir5r5vzvda9ze">2569</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Web Page">12</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>UNICEF</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Child Marriage Programme Brief</title></titles><number>January 20, 2013</number><dates><year>2012</year></dates><publisher>UNICEF</publisher><urls><related-urls><url>;[1], increasing their risk for maternal and child morbidities and mortality PEVuZE5vdGU+PENpdGU+PEF1dGhvcj5SYWo8L0F1dGhvcj48WWVhcj4yMDEwPC9ZZWFyPjxSZWNO

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However, in the context of South Asia, the region where half of all girl child marriages occur ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>UNICEF</Author><Year>2012</Year><RecNum>2569</RecNum><DisplayText>[1]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>2569</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="9xasts2w7f0dviet2r2xv09ir5r5vzvda9ze">2569</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Web Page">12</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>UNICEF</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Child Marriage Programme Brief</title></titles><number>January 20, 2013</number><dates><year>2012</year></dates><publisher>UNICEF</publisher><urls><related-urls><url>;[1], dramatic expansions of basic education for girls over the past 20 years ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>Bank</Author><Year>2012</Year><RecNum>2576</RecNum><DisplayText>[9]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>2576</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="9xasts2w7f0dviet2r2xv09ir5r5vzvda9ze">2576</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Web Page">12</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>The World Bank,</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Brief on education in South Asia</title></titles><volume>2012</volume><number>October 15, 2012</number><dates><year>2012</year></dates><pub-location>Washington, DC</pub-location><publisher>The World Bank</publisher><urls><related-urls><url>;[9] have not corresponded with significant reductions in girl child marriage ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>Raj</Author><Year>2012</Year><RecNum>1905</RecNum><DisplayText>[10]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>1905</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="9xasts2w7f0dviet2r2xv09ir5r5vzvda9ze">1905</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Raj, A.</author><author>McDougal, L.</author><author>Rusch, M. 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In fact, in Bangladesh and Nepal, where gender parity in education has been achieved ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>Bank</Author><Year>2012</Year><RecNum>2576</RecNum><DisplayText>[9,11]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>2576</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="9xasts2w7f0dviet2r2xv09ir5r5vzvda9ze">2576</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Web Page">12</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>The World Bank,</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Brief on education in South Asia</title></titles><volume>2012</volume><number>October 15, 2012</number><dates><year>2012</year></dates><pub-location>Washington, DC</pub-location><publisher>The World Bank</publisher><urls><related-urls><url> app="EN" db-id="9xasts2w7f0dviet2r2xv09ir5r5vzvda9ze">2577</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Report">27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>The World Bank,</author></authors><tertiary-authors><author>The World Bank</author></tertiary-authors></contributors><titles><title>Country profiles [Selected Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan]</title></titles><volume>2012</volume><number>October 16, 2012</number><dates><year>2009</year></dates><publisher>The World Bank</publisher><urls><related-urls><url>;[9,11], there has been no reduction in the proportion of girls married at ages 16-17 year olds during the past 20 years ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>Raj</Author><Year>2012</Year><RecNum>1905</RecNum><DisplayText>[10]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>1905</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="9xasts2w7f0dviet2r2xv09ir5r5vzvda9ze">1905</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Raj, A.</author><author>McDougal, L.</author><author>Rusch, M. 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ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [28]. Spousal education gap was calculated as the difference between husbands and wives regarding the number of years of education received. Statistical analysis. To assess the effect of education level on age at marriage, multinomial logistic regression models stratified by country were constructed, including all variables previously described as well as survey year. Multinomial regression was chosen instead of ordinal regression as we did not necessarily expect the increases in odds to be linear across the age at marriage categories. Additionally, the interaction between survey year and education level was included in all models, as it was significant at the <0.05 level in India, Nepal and Pakistan. The interaction term was included for Bangladesh for comparability across models. A post-hoc exploratory analysis was also conducted in which the multinomial logistic regression models previously described were run that included an indicator of both level of education and years of education.? In this exploratory model, based on observed effects of secondary education, education was categorized as no education, any primary education, 0-1, 2, 3, 4 or ≥5 completed years of secondary education, and any higher education.? All analyses were adjusted for complex sample design and individual weights.?Analyses were conducted using SAS v. 9.2 and Stata 12. ResultsSample Characteristics. Most recent data across the nations of focus indicate that 50-77% of this ever married sample was married prior to age 18 years, with those in Bangladesh most likely and those in Pakistan least likely to be married as minors. (See Table 1.) No receipt of education was reported by 15-58% of most recent survey respondents, with women from Bangladesh being most likely and women from Pakistan least likely to report any education. Education did however increase for all nations over the survey timeframe, most dramatically for Bangladesh. (See Figure 1 and Appendix Tables S1-S4.) Most recent data indicate that education levels advantage husbands over wives for all countries but Bangladesh, where wives are advantaged. Large (10+ years) spousal age gaps advantaging husbands is also most common in Bangladesh, where 41% of the sample report this phenomenon relative to 9 to 19% of those in other nations. The majority of participants across all nations resided in rural areas.Multinomial analyses to assess associations between education and girl child marriage. In Bangladesh and Pakistan, primary education was not protective against early marriage, and in Nepal, primary education was only protective for very young marriages <14 years (AOR=0.42, 95% CI=0.24, 0.76). [See Table 2.] Secondary education in Bangladesh and Nepal was protective across minor age at marriage categories (Bangladesh <14 years AOR=0.10, 95% CI=0.06, 0.14; 14-15 years AOR=0.25, 95% CI=0.17, 0.36; 16-17 years AOR=0.64, 95% CI=0.43, .96; Nepal <14 years AOR=0.21, 95% CI=0.11, .41; 14-15 years AOR=0.25, 95% CI=0.18, 0.35; 16-17 years AOR=0.57, 95% CI=0.41, 0.77 ), but only protective for against marriage of younger adolescents and girls in Pakistan (< 14 years AOR=0.19, 95% CI=0.06, 0.04; 14-15 years AOR=0.23, 95% CI=0.10, 0.54). In India, both primary and secondary education were protective across all minor age at marriage categorizations (e.g., India primary education for 16-17 year olds AOR=0.71, 95% CI=0.63, 0.80 and secondary education for 16-17 year olds AOR=0.48, 95% CI=0.43, 0.54). Due to stronger findings for secondary rather than primary education, and based on the significant interactions between survey year and education for all countries with the exception of Bangladesh, adjusted odds ratios documenting the associations between secondary education and girl child marriage were graphed over time to determine whether the associations are time-stable or altering. (See Figure 2.) Graphs show that, while there were increasing and decreasing trends in the odds ratios over time, secondary education remains protective for girl child marriage across time in all countries. In Bangladesh, secondary education remains significantly protective of girl child marriage for all minor age at marriage categorizations, with very little change in the magnitude of the association. In India, secondary education, while significantly protective for girl child marriage across time and minor age at marriage categorizations, shifts upwards over time (towards an OR of 1.0), suggesting that, while still beneficial, the magnitude of the impact is decreasing slightly over time. Conversely, in Nepal, secondary education has become more protective for marriage at 16-17 years over time. In Pakistan, numbers were small, but there appeared to be some decrease in the impact of secondary education over time on marriage at 14-15 years, and some increase in the impact over time on marriage at <14.To further clarify the secondary education findings, particularly for older adolescents (i.e., 16-17 year olds) where education effects are diminished, a post-hoc multivariate model was constructed in which the education variable included number of years of secondary education. For Bangladesh, no significant associations were seen unless three or more years of secondary education were provided [3 years of secondary education AOR=0.51, 95% CI=0.28, 0.93; 4 years=0.56, 95% CI=0.34, 0.58; 5+ years AOR=0.30, 95% CI=0.16, 0.58]. (See Appendix Table S5.) For Nepal, no significant associations were seen unless four or more years of secondary education were provided [4 years of secondary education AOR=0.37, 95% CI=0.22, 0.61; 5+ years AOR=0.28, 95% CI=0.17, 0.45]. For India, associations were seen for each year of secondary education received [0-1 year of secondary education AOR=0.66, 95% CI=0.56, 0.77; 2 years AOR=0.50, 95% CI=0.40, 0.62; 3 years AOR=0.39, 95% CI=0.32, 0.48), 4 years=0.56, 95% CI=0.34, 0.58; 5+ years AOR=0.30, 95% CI=0.16, 0.58]. Reliable estimates could not be obtained for Pakistan due to small numbers. DiscussionStudy findings document varying effects of education on girl child marriage across South Asia by nation and age of girls at marriage. Primary education was protective against early marriage in India, but not in Bangladesh, Nepal or Pakistan. These findings indicate a likely reduction in the protective effects of this most basic level of education, as previous research suggested that primary education was protective against marriage for younger adolescents in the prior decade for both Bangladesh and Nepal ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>Jain</Author><Year>2007</Year><RecNum>2570</RecNum><DisplayText>[3]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>2570</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="9xasts2w7f0dviet2r2xv09ir5r5vzvda9ze">2570</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Report">27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Jain, S</author><author>Kurz, K</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>New insights on preventing child marriage: A global analysis of factors and programs</title></titles><dates><year>2007</year></dates><pub-location>Washington DC</pub-location><publisher>International Center for Research on Women</publisher><urls><related-urls><url>;[3]. Consistent with this prior work, however, current findings document that secondary education is protective against early marriage for both younger girls and older adolescents in Bangladesh, India and Nepal, and for younger adolescents in Pakistan, with current time trend analyses further indicating stability or improvement of these effects over the past 20 years. Overall, these findings suggest that emphasis on girl participation in secondary education, and not just primary education, is required to reduce further girl child marriage in South Asia. Given recent international commitments of $1.6 billion to the UN to increase and improve universal education ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Year>2012</Year><RecNum>2592</RecNum><DisplayText>[29]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>2592</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="9xasts2w7f0dviet2r2xv09ir5r5vzvda9ze">2592</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Web Page">12</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>United Nations News Centre,</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>UN News - UN chief unveils $1.5 billion initiative to achieve universal education</title></titles><keywords><keyword>UN chief unveils $1.5 billion initiative to achieve universal education</keyword></keywords><dates><year>2012</year><pub-dates><date>26 September 2012</date></pub-dates></dates><publisher>United Nations-DPI/NMD - UN News Service Section</publisher><urls><related-urls><url>;[29] and the recently announced intensification of the efforts of US State Department to reduce child marriage via increased girl education, the current findings offer important guidance. Resources must prioritize provision and utilization of secondary education for girls in South Asia, universal education has not been achieved and where education gender gaps remain a concern for India and Pakistan ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>Bank</Author><Year>2012</Year><RecNum>2576</RecNum><DisplayText>[9,11,30]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>2576</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="9xasts2w7f0dviet2r2xv09ir5r5vzvda9ze">2576</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Web Page">12</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>The World Bank,</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Brief on education in South Asia</title></titles><volume>2012</volume><number>October 15, 2012</number><dates><year>2012</year></dates><pub-location>Washington, DC</pub-location><publisher>The World Bank</publisher><urls><related-urls><url> app="EN" db-id="9xasts2w7f0dviet2r2xv09ir5r5vzvda9ze">2577</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Report">27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>The World Bank,</author></authors><tertiary-authors><author>The World Bank</author></tertiary-authors></contributors><titles><title>Country profiles [Selected Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan]</title></titles><volume>2012</volume><number>October 16, 2012</number><dates><year>2009</year></dates><publisher>The World Bank</publisher><urls><related-urls><url> app="EN" db-id="9xasts2w7f0dviet2r2xv09ir5r5vzvda9ze">2593</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Report">27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>United Nations,</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>The Millenium Development Goals Report</title></titles><dates><year>2012</year></dates><pub-location>New York, New York</pub-location><publisher>United Nations</publisher><urls></urls></record></Cite></EndNote>[9,11,30]. 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L.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA. anitaraj@ucsd.edu</auth-address><titles><title>Changes in prevalence of girl child marriage in South Asia</title><secondary-title>JAMA</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>JAMA</full-title></periodical><pages>2027-9</pages><volume>307</volume><number>19</number><edition>2012/06/06</edition><keywords><keyword>Adolescent</keyword><keyword>Age Factors</keyword><keyword>Asia, Southeastern</keyword><keyword>Child</keyword><keyword>Data Collection</keyword><keyword>Female</keyword><keyword>Humans</keyword><keyword>Marriage/statistics &amp; numerical data/ trends</keyword><keyword>Prevalence</keyword><keyword>Rural Population</keyword><keyword>Social Conditions</keyword><keyword>Urban Population</keyword><keyword>Vulnerable Populations</keyword></keywords><dates><year>2012</year><pub-dates><date>May 16</date></pub-dates></dates><isbn>1538-3598 (Electronic)&#xD;0098-7484 (Linking)</isbn><accession-num>22665097</accession-num><urls></urls><electronic-resource-num>10.1001/jama.2012.3497</electronic-resource-num><remote-database-provider>NLM</remote-database-provider><language>eng</language></record></Cite></EndNote>[10]. These findings demonstrate that while education is necessary, it alone will not be sufficient to create the desired impact of eliminating girl child marriage in South Asia. Results of other research on gender equality and women’s health, not specific to early marriage, similarly find that education alone is likely insufficient to achieve major improvements in health outcomes for women outside of “settings which are already less patriarchal, where women have access to services, options and opportunities, and where market and social conditions favor positive returns ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>Malhotra</Author><Year>2003</Year><RecNum>2571</RecNum><DisplayText>[4]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>2571</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="9xasts2w7f0dviet2r2xv09ir5r5vzvda9ze">2571</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Report">27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Malhotra, A</author><author>Pande, R</author><author>Grown, C</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Impact of investments in female education on gender equality</title></titles><dates><year>2003</year></dates><pub-location>Washington DC</pub-location><publisher>International Center for Research on Women</publisher><urls><related-urls><url>;[4].” Such findings are consistent with models of intervention thought to effectively prevent child marriage, which focus on gender equity ideologies, life skills training, and improved economic opportunities for girls, often in conjunction with improved education ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>Malhotra</Author><Year>2011</Year><RecNum>2572</RecNum><DisplayText>[5,6]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>2572</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="9xasts2w7f0dviet2r2xv09ir5r5vzvda9ze">2572</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Report">27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Malhotra, A</author><author>Warner, A</author><author>McGonagle, A</author><author>Lee-Rife, S</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Solutions to end child marriage: what the evidence shows</title></titles><dates><year>2011</year></dates><pub-location>Washington DC</pub-location><publisher>International Center for Research on Women</publisher><urls><related-urls><url> app="EN" db-id="9xasts2w7f0dviet2r2xv09ir5r5vzvda9ze">2573</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Report">27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Myers, J</author><author>Harvey, R</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Breaking vows: early and forced marriage and girls’ education</title></titles><dates><year>2011</year></dates><pub-location>London, England</pub-location><publisher>Plan UK</publisher><urls><related-urls><url>;[5,6]. 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ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [3,15,18,22,24]. Higher education was unable to receive adequate focus in this study because, though these data were available and included, small numbers limited accuracy of estimates for that group. DHS data are susceptible to social desirability and recall bias, though the latter should be minimized due to the relatively recent nature of the events being analyzed. Social desirability, however, may have varied over time regarding age at marriage and education, as norms likely shifted on these factors across years of study. ?Conclusion. Secondary education is associated with reduced risk for girl child marriage in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan, but these effects, while significant, are not large and are lesser for older adolescents relative to younger girls. Such findings indicate that universal secondary education is likely necessary to achieve reductions in early marriage among girls in South Asia, but by itself will be insufficient to achieve the global goal of elimination of girl child marriage by 2030, the current goal of major international stakeholders ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>Issues</Author><Year>2012</Year><RecNum>2575</RecNum><DisplayText>[8]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>2575</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="9xasts2w7f0dviet2r2xv09ir5r5vzvda9ze">2575</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Generic">13</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>United States Department of State: Office of Global Women&apos;s Issues,</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Secretary Clinton launches new public and private initiatives to raise the status of girls</title></titles><dates><year>2012</year></dates><pub-location>Washington DC</pub-location><publisher>US Department of State</publisher><urls><related-urls><url>;[8]. 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United States Census Bureau (2012) International Data Base (IDB).AcknowledgementsWe would like to acknowledge our Program Officer from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Mr. Lester Coutinho, for his substantial contributions to conceptualization of the study and interpretation of study findings. He received no financial support from our grants to support this work. Figure 1. Education levels of ever married 20-24 year old women in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Figure 2: Adjusted odds ratios showing associations between secondary education and girl child marriage, 1991 to 2011.Table 1. Demographic profiled of ever-married women aged 20-24 years for most recent Demographic Health Survey data from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Bangladesh 2007India 2005-06Nepal 2011Pakistan 2006-07N=2174N=14813N=1715N=1560Weighted % (95% CI)Weighted % (95% CI)Weighted % (95% CI)Weighted % (95% CI)Age2022% (20%-24%)20% (19%-21%)15% (13%-17%)23% (20%-25%)2120% (18%-22%)17% (17%-18%)20% (18%-22%)14% (12%-16%)2221% (18%-23%)21% (21%-22%)23% (21%-25%)24% (22%-26%)2320% (18%-22%)21% (20%-21%)19% (17%-22%)17% (15%-18%)2418% (17%-20%)20% (20%-21%)22% (20%-25%)23% (20%-25%)Education levelNone 15% (13%-18%)39% (38%-41%)28% (24%-33%)58% (55%-61%)Any primary 32% (29%-34%)16% (15%-16%)22% (19%-25%)18% (16%-20%)Any secondary46% (43%-48%)41% (39%-42%)41% (37%-45%)19% (17%-21%)Any higher8% (6%-9%)5% (4%-5%)9% (7%-11%)5% (4%-6%)Rural residence77% (75%-79%)73% (72%-74%)89% (88%-90%)70% (68%-72%)Wealth quintilePoorest18% (16%-20%)20% (19%-21%)16% (13%-19%)20% (17%-22%)Poorer19% (17%-21%)22% (21%-23%)19% (16%-23%)23% (21%-25%)Middle21% (19%-23%)22% (21%-23%)22% (19%-25%)20% (18%-22%)Richer22% (20%-25%) 21% (20%-22%)25% (21%-29%)19% (17%-21%)Richest20% (17%-22%)15% (14%-16%)17% (14%-21%)18% (16%-20%)Spousal Age gap?41% (38%-43%)14% (13%-15%)9% (7%-11%)19% (17%-21%)Education gap §-0.7 (-3.4, 1.4)0.5 (-0.8, 4.4)0.4 (-0.8, 3.1)2.0 (-0.5, 6.3)Age at Marriage <1422% (19%-24%)8% (8%-9%)5% (4%-6%)5% (4%-6%) 14-1532% (29%-34%)22% (21%-23%)20% (17%-23%)18% (17%-20%) 16-1724% (22%-26%)29% (28%-30%)28% (25%-31%)26% (24%-29%) 18 and older23% (21%-25%)41% (40%-42%)47% (44%-51%)50% (47%-52%)?≥10 year age gap between husband and wife§Years of completed education of wife subtracted from years of completed education of husband; Median and IQRTable 2. Multinomial model assessing odds of marrying at ages <14, 14-15, 16-17, compared to marrying at 18 or older in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan.<14 yrs14-15 yrs16-17 yrsAOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)BANGLADESHEducation level No education [REF][REF][REF] Any primary education0.70 (0.48,1.03)0.78 (0.53,1.15)1.04 (0.67,1.61) Any secondary education0.10 (0.06,0.14)0.25 (0.17,0.36)0.64 (0.43,0.96) Any higher education?0.02 (0.01,0.06)0.02 (0.01,0.06)0.22 (0.12,0.40)Time (survey year)0.97 (0.92,1.03)1.04 (0.99,1.10)1.04 (0.98,1.10)Education gap§0.97 (0.95,0.99)0.97 (0.94,0.99)0.99 (0.96,1.01)Type of residence Urban[REF][REF][REF] Rural1.21. (0.98,1.50)1.20 (0.98,1.47)1.10 (0.90,1.34)Wealth quintile Richest[REF][REF][REF] Richer1.37 (1.06,1.77)1.21 (0.94,1.54)1.19 (0.93,1.51) Middle1.37 (1.04,1.82)1.28 (0.98,1.68)1.33 (1.02,1.74) Poorer2.04 (1.52,2.75)1.72 (1.26,2.33)1.17 (0.86,1.60) Poorest2.31 (1.66,3.20)1.97 (1.40,2.76)1.51 (1.07,2.13)Age gap <10 years[REF][REF][REF] ≥ 10 years2.91 (2.42,3.49)2.30 (1.94,2.73)1.62 (1.37,1.93)State of residence Rajashani[REF][REF][REF] Barisal0.45 (0.34,0.60)0.62 (0.47,0.83)0.73 (0.56,0.95) Chittagong0.17 (0.14,0.23)0.37 (0.29,0.47)0.56 (0.44,0.71) Dhaka0.55 (0.43,0.70)0.67 (0.52,0.86)0.77 (0.61,0.97) Khulna1.04 (0.78,1.39)1.26 (0.92,1.73)1.19 (0.90,1.57)INDIAEducation level No education [REF][REF][REF] Any primary education0.34 (0.28,0.42)0.52 (0.46,0.60)0.71 (0.63,0.80) Any secondary education0.05 (0.04,0.07)0.20 (0.18,0.23)0.48 (0.43,0.54) Any higher education?0.01 (0.00,0.07)0.03 (0.01,0.07)0.16 (0.12,0.22)Time (survey year)0.98 (0.97,1.00)1.00 (0.99,1.01)1.01 (1.00,1.02)Education gap§0.96 (0.95,0.97)0.99 (0.98,1.00)1.00 (0.99,1.01)Type of residence Urban[REF][REF][REF] Rural1.29 (1.11,1.50)1.15 (1.04,1.27)0.99 (0.91,1.07)Wealth quintile Richest[REF][REF][REF] Richer1.47 (1.17,1.85)1.71 (1.49, 1.95)1.33 (1.21,1.46) Middle2.47 (1.94,3.15)2.70 (2.34,3.12)1.74 (1.56,1.95) Poorer3.24 (2.48,4.22)3.32 (2.84,3.88)2.04 (1.81,2.30) Poorest3.50 (2.67,4.58)3.46 (2.92,4.11)2.15 (1.87,2.46)Age gap <10 years[REF][REF][REF] ≥ 10 years2.81 (2.49,3.17)1.87 (1.70,2.05)1.29 (1.18,1.41)Region of residence West[REF][REF][REF] Central0.84 (0.70,1.01)0.97 (0.85,1.10)1.07 (0.96,1.18) East0.68 (0.56,0.82)0.79 (0.68,0.92)0.96 (0.86,1.07) North0.57 (0.47,0.69)0.67 (0.59,0.77)0.84 (0.76,0.94) Northeast0.47 (0.36,0.62)0.65 (0.54,0.79)0.76 (0.66,0.86) South1.06 (0.89,1.28)0.91 (0.80,1.05)0.92 (0.84,1.02)NEPALEducation level No education [REF][REF][REF] Any primary education0.42 (0.24,0.76)0.73 (0.52,1.01)0.97 (0.74,1.27) Any secondary education0.21 (0.11,0.41)0.25 (0.18,0.35)0.57 (0.41,0.77) Any higher education?0.05 (0.00,0.62)0.02 (0.00,0.14)0.04 (0.04,0.23)Time (survey year)0.94 (0.91,0.98)0.99 (0.97,1.01)0.99 (0.99,1.03)Education gap§0.99 (0.95,1.03)1.00 (0.98,1.03)0.97 (0.97,1.02)Type of residence Urban[REF][REF][REF] Rural0.58 (0.38,0.90)0.77 (0.59,1.00)0.83 (0.66,1.05)Wealth quintile Richest[REF][REF][REF] Richer1.81 (1.05,3.16)1.11 (0.85,1.42)0.95 (0.95,1.54) Middle1.97 (1.08,3.60)1.57 (1.18,2.09)1.51. (1.15,1.97) Poorer2.15 (1.21,3.82)1.55 (1.18,2.04)1.48 (1.14,1.92) Poorest1.85 (1.03,3.34)1.35 (1.00,1.81)1.46 (1.11,1.92)Age gap <10 years[REF][REF][REF] ≥ 10 years1.46 (0.95,2.24)1.35 (1.04,1.76)1.08 (0.85,1.38)State of residence Western[REF][REF][REF] Central1.27 (0.84,1.92)1.30 (1.03,1.65)0.74 (0.74,1.15) Eastern1.11 (0.73,1.67)0.78 (0.60,1.01)0.64 (0.51,0.81) Farwestern1.37 (0.79,2.36)1.04 (0.67,1.62)0.50 (0.50,1.34) Midwestern1.17 (0.74,1.85)1.14 (0.89,1.46)1.03 (0.82,1.30)PAKISTANEducation level No education [REF][REF][REF] Any primary education0.68 (0.34,1.33)0.72 (0.38,1.35)0.94 (0.48,1.85) Any secondary education0.19 (0.06,0.64)0.23 (0.10,0.54)0.58 (0.30,1.11) Any higher education?0.00 (0.00,0.00)0.00 (0.00,0.00)0.00 (0.00,0.00)Time (survey year)0.96 (0.94,0.99)0.99 (0.97,1.01)1.02 (1.00,1.04)Education gap§0.97 (0.94,1.01)1.00 (0.97,1.04)1.00 (0.98,1.03)Type of residence Urban[REF][REF][REF] Rural0.80 (0.51,1.25)0.85 (0.60,1.20)0.98 (0.74,1.31)Wealth quintile Richest[REF][REF][REF] Richer1.93 (1.08,3.34)1.18 (0.75,1.85)1.56 (1.06,2.30) Middle2.67 (1.43,5.00)1.98 (1.16,3.38)1.92 (1.20,3.05) Poorer2.42 (1.22,4.79)2.76 (1.64,4.62)1.93 (1.19,3.15) Poorest3.62 (1.71,7.65)3.77 (2.13,6.70)2.53 (1.51,4.25)Age gap <10 years[REF][REF][REF] ≥ 10 years2.67 (1.75,4.07)2.24 (1.64,3.07)2.24 (1.64,3.07)State of residence Sindh[REF][REF][REF] Balochistan0.59 (0.35,1.02)0.49 (0.33,0.74)0.65 (0.47,0.89) NWFP0.77 (0.46,1.30)0.88 (0.63,1.25)0.83 (0.58,1.17) Punjab0.30 (0.19,0.48)0.48 (0.36,0.64)0.60 (0.46,0.79)Adjusted for education level by survey year interaction. Interactions terms were significant (p<.05) for India, Nepal, Pakistan.?Higher education estimates may be inaccurate due to small cell sizes.§Years of completed education of wife subtracted from years of completed education of husband ................
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