scholarly journals The High Proportion of Child Brides in Africa: Implications for The Girl Child and The Society

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miracle Adesina ◽  
Mohammed Daha ◽  
Adeola Ajobiewe ◽  
Ruth Ifeoluwa Oladele ◽  
Isaac Olufadewa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Teenage Girls ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
School Drop Out ◽  
Child Brides

Abstract Introduction: Early marriage exposes young brides to a lot of ills, which are not limited to emotional and mental distress, school drop-out, early widowhood, Vesico-vaginal fistula (VVF) disease, etc. This study, therefore, aims to present the proportion of young girls in Africa within age groups 15-19 and 20-24 years who are married, along with the percentage of those within age 20-24 years who got married before age 15 or 18.Methodology: This study made use of secondary data from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), 2017, on the proportion of child brides in the 29 African countries. The raw data was inputted into the Microsoft Excel 2019, analyzed and presented in sentences, percentages, and tables. Results: Niger had the highest proportion (61%) of girls within the age 15-19 years who were married while Namibia had the lowest (5%). Out of 28 countries, 19 countries had less than 25% of teenage girls (15-19 years) who were married. Niger also accounted for the highest proportion (91%) of young brides married by the age 20-24 years, while Namibia had the lowest percentage (20%) of brides within the age 20-24 years. Conclusion: African countries rank among the first twenty with a high prevalence of child marriages. This practice affects the health, economic status, quality of life of these “innocent girls” both in the present and in the future. Therefore, measures to tackle this menace as recommended by UNICEF and UNFPA and emphasized by this study needs to be put in place to change this sad narrative.

scholarly journals Vanilla bisquits and lobola bridewealth: parallel discourses on early pregnancy and schooling in rural Zambia

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid Blystad ◽  
Karen Marie Moland ◽  
Ecloss Munsaka ◽  
Ingvild Sandøy ◽  
Joseph Zulu
Keyword(s):  
Early Pregnancy ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Formative Research ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
High Status ◽  
Early Childbearing ◽  
School Drop Out ◽  
Rural Zambia

Abstract Background Adolescent pregnancy is a complex socio-economic phenomenon ranking high on the global health policy agenda. Early childbearing is associated with early marriage and school drop-out, and is defined as a problem to the health and development of girls. This paper reports from formative research. The formative research aimed to explore socio-cultural and structural dynamics at work behind early pregnancy and school drop out in rural Zambia. The study findings have been used to inform a school based intervention to reduce early pregnancy (RISE: ‘Research Initiative to Support the Empowerment of Girls’). Theoretically the study is informed by social constructionism. Methods A qualitative approach was employed. Semi-structured qualitative interviews (61) and focus group discussions (7) were carried out with girls (in and out of school), boys, parents, teachers, health workers and community- and district leaders in 2014–15. Systematic text condensation was drawn upon in the analysis of the material. Results The study findings indicate that the official Zambian discourse that presents early pregnancy as a serious challenge and schooling as the prime way to confront the problem enjoy substantial support at community levels. However, a parallel discourse on fertility, early marriage and childbearing as social and economic security surfaced and was articulated by the same study participants. The latter contrasting discourse questioned schooling as the only solution to secure a girl’s future arguing that there are many reasons why early pregnancy may emerge as rational. Conclusions Grasping the complexity of local discourse is vital in planning health interventions. The present study revealed that although delayed child bearing and schooling among girls enjoyed high status and legitimacy in the study area, the social and economic context worked to reward early marriage. Interventions to reduce early pregnancies in rural Zambian communities need to fundamentally address the material constraints that condition and reinforce a culture of early childbearing.

scholarly journals Prevalence and Patterns of Marital Dissolution in Nigeria

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorretta Favour C. Ntoimo ◽  
Monica Ewomazino Akokuwebe
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Marital Dissolution ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Population Census ◽  
Crude Rate ◽  
The South ◽  
Dissolution Rates ◽  
North East ◽  
East Region

There is little scholarly research on the prevalence and patterns of marital dissolution in Nigeria. This study utilised secondary data obtained from 2006 Nigeria population census to describe the prevalence and patterns of marital dissolution, indicated by divorce and separation, across regions, states, sex, and age groups. The crude rate of marital dissolution in Nigeria was 11 per 1000 population. Among ever married population, crude rate of marital dissolution was 29.5 per 1000. Marital dissolution was highest in the South-south and North-east regions and least in the South-east region. More females were divorced or separated than males. Age-specific marital dissolution rates ranged from 24 to 132 per 1000 ever married females, and 15 to 24 for males; the higher rates were among younger persons aged 10-24 years. The prevalence and patterns of marital dissolution in Nigeria suggests the need to discourage early marriage, and to strengthen social and religious values that discourage marital dissolution through public programmes, moral and religious persuasions.

scholarly journals Unemployment Rate and Cohort Size: New Insights from Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
ADEMOLA OBAFEMI YOUNG
Keyword(s):  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Cohort Size ◽  
Bounds Testing ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Pooled Data ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Annual Time Series

Abstract The nature of the relationship between unemployment rate and the size of a specifically defined age group, or cohort, notably the young workers in the working-age population, has been a subject of an intense debate, widely studied and generated a sizable body of literature. However, while the debate is still inconclusive, an in-depth reading of these expansive extant and crescive literatures suggests that besides the contradictory findings, one of the major drawbacks with these literatures is that hardly any studies have been reported exclusively for African countries, as most of the extant literature principally focused on European, Asian, and American economies. Moreover, generalized studies across countries employing pooled data appears to dominate the literature. Thus, using annual time series secondary data spanning between the period 1970 and 2019, this study employs bounds testing approach to co-integration to examine the nature of the aforementioned relationship in Nigeria. Empirical results obtained revealed that cohort size has an overwhelming positive and statistically significant impact on unemployment rate both in the short- and long-run, suggesting that the size of one’s generation, has repercussions not only on (un)employment outcomes of that particular group but also on other age groups in Nigeria.

Flying High

2021 ◽  
pp. 1246-1273
Author(s):  
Samarth Khitha ◽  
Karan Castello ◽  
Nihal Saldanha ◽  
Simran Ahluwalia ◽  
Sheena Oberoi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Urban India ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Gathering Data ◽  
The Way

The chapter involves the design of a research based on the primary data collected on the airline preferences of individuals in urban India of different age groups from 16-84, belonging to diverse cities from across India. It focusses on gathering data on various aspects of economic status of people and the different flights they prefer based on various amenities like punctuality, pricing of tickets, baggage allowance etc. It also explores respondents' enrolment in reward programmes, their preferred cabin classes, their most frequent means of booking their tickets etc. The chapter has used primary and secondary data to analyse the problem under study. The study seeks to derive the choices of Indians per se about the way to travel by airways.

Flying High

2018 ◽  
pp. 233-260
Author(s):  
Samarth Khitha ◽  
Karan Castello ◽  
Nihal Saldanha ◽  
Simran Ahluwalia ◽  
Sheena Oberoi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Urban India ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Gathering Data ◽  
The Way

The chapter involves the design of a research based on the primary data collected on the airline preferences of individuals in urban India of different age groups from 16-84, belonging to diverse cities from across India. It focusses on gathering data on various aspects of economic status of people and the different flights they prefer based on various amenities like punctuality, pricing of tickets, baggage allowance etc. It also explores respondents' enrolment in reward programmes, their preferred cabin classes, their most frequent means of booking their tickets etc. The chapter has used primary and secondary data to analyse the problem under study. The study seeks to derive the choices of Indians per se about the way to travel by airways.

scholarly journals The Limit Of Age Of Marriage Is Related To The Certification Of Marriage (Study Of Early Marriage Reality In Jepara Regency)

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 291
Author(s):  
Samsul Arifin ◽  
Akhmad Khisni ◽  
Munsharif Abdul Chalim
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Marriage Age ◽  
The North ◽  
The Social ◽  
Age Of Marriage ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study is to find out the background of the Marriage Worth certificate policy, the reality of early marriage and its impact in Jepara Regency and the Marriage Worth Certificate as an effort to reduce early marriage. The approach in this research is sociology juridical. Data collection methods in this study consisted of primary data obtained directly from the parties concerned. Secondary data consists of Primary legal materials and secondary legal materials namely materials that provide primary legal explanations. As an explanation, tertiary legal materials are given.From this study it can be concluded that the background to the emergence of a Marriage Certificate policy is that divorce rates are increasing, women's reproductive health is problematic, the number of stunting children is caused by teenage mothers and increased domestic violence. Reality the number of early marriages in Jepara Regency increased significantly in 2019 3.16% for men and 3.45% for women. From 9041 marital events dominated by the North Jepara region. The reason is also the local cultural factors that are influenced by the social system and the tradition of young marriage which is inherited in the family. While the impact of making children drop out of school, loss of reproductive rights of children due to having to get pregnant and give birth at a young age, the number of LBW that can lead to the stunting of the Marriage Right Certificate Policy as an effort to prevent early marriage, is very welcomed by various parties and religious leaders as marriage requirements for Catholicism and Hindu. In order to increase family fortune and become a sakinah, mawaddah and rahmah (mercy family).Keywords: Marriage Age Limit; Marriage Certificate; Early Marriage.

Awareness creation as a strategy to reducing the rate of teenage pregnancy in Lira District

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 579-588
Author(s):  
Pamella Stella Akullo ◽  
Patrick Rolex Akena ◽  
David Mwesigwa
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Birth Control ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Teenage Girls ◽  
Radio Programs ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Teenage pregnancy is a serious public health and social problem, with 95%% occurring in developing countries. This study aimed to seek explain how awareness creation can be used to reduce the rate of teenage pregnancies in Lira district. A descriptive survey design was used and the study population was teenage girls. Data was collected using a document review guide since only secondary data was used in this study because of the short time. Secondary data got from plan Uganda Results indicates a drop in teenage pregnancy in five sub-counties in Lira District. It was further found established that the use of mass media and community dialogue helps in reducing the risk of teenage pregnancy by influencing behaviour towards contraceptive use, acquainting teenagers with knowledge of pregnancy prevention, creating a positive social environment. Radio programs and newspapers releases like straight talk and rock point 256 are among the mass media programs used to create awareness about teenage pregnancy. Alternatives of to reducing teenage pregnancy were are birth control, use of modern contraceptives, awareness about birth control, keeping teenagers in school, and positive religious beliefs have also been found as a major factor. Interventions focusing on retaining pregnant and married girls at in school, information on sexual and reproductive health of teenage girls, improving access to and information about contraceptive use among teenage girls, improving socio-economic status of households, and law enforcement on sexual abuse among girls may should be used to improving improve adolescent sexual and health services in Lira District. Key words:

The Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Iran: A Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 1015-1027
Author(s):  
Mohammad Bagherniya ◽  
Zahra Khorasanchi ◽  
Mina S. Bidokhti ◽  
Gordon A. Ferns ◽  
Mitra Rezaei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Vitamin D Deficiency ◽  
Medical Condition ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Major Public Health Problem ◽  
Vitamin D Levels ◽  
High Prevalence

Background: Vitamin D deficiency is a common medical condition worldwide. In Iran, it has been reported that between 30-90% of people have vitamin D deficiency. However, its distribution in different parts of the country and among different age and regional groups is unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study was to review the recent literature on vitamin D deficiency in Iran. Methods: The literature review was performed using Web of Science, PubMed-Medline, Scopus and Scientific Information Database (SID) with a cut-off date of November 2016 to identify articles on vitamin D status in Iran published in the last 10 years. Studies in English and Persian that reported vitamin D levels in male and female subjects of all age groups and in healthy populations were included. Results: From 325 studies that were initially retrieved, 82 articles met the inclusion criteria. A high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was reported, and in some regions, this was reported as >90% and was found in all age groups and in all regions of Iran. Conclusion: This review highlights the very high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Iran. It will be important to recognize the importance of vitamin D deficiency as a major public health problem in Iran.

scholarly journals High prevalence of non-dipping patterns among Black Africans with uncontrolled hypertension: a secondary analysis of the CREOLE trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prossie Merab Ingabire ◽  
◽  
Dike B. Ojji ◽  
Brian Rayner ◽  
Elijah Ogola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Blood Pressure Monitoring ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Uncontrolled Hypertension ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Night Time ◽  
Black Africans ◽  
Long Term Outcome ◽  
Black African ◽  
High Prevalence

Abstract Background Dipping of blood pressure (BP) at night is a normal physiological phenomenon. However, a non-dipping pattern is associated with hypertension mediated organ damage, secondary forms of hypertension and poorer long-term outcome. Identifying a non-dipping pattern may be useful in assessing risk, aiding the decision to investigate for secondary causes, initiating treatment, assisting decisions on choice and timing of antihypertensive therapy, and intensifying salt restriction. Objectives To estimate the prevalence and factors associated with non-dipping pattern and determine the effect of 6 months of three antihypertensive regimens on the dipping pattern among Black African hypertensive patients. Methods This was a secondary analysis of the CREOLE Study which was a randomized, single blind, three-group trial conducted in 10 sites in 6 Sub-Saharan African countries. The participants were 721 Black African patients, aged between 30 and 79 years, with uncontrolled hypertension and a baseline 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). Dipping was calculated from the average day and average night systolic blood pressure measures. Results The prevalence of non-dipping pattern was 78% (564 of 721). Factors that were independently associated with non-dipping were: serum sodium > 140 mmol/l (OR = 1.72, 95% CI 1.17–2.51, p-value 0.005), a higher office systolic BP (OR = 1.03, 95% CI 1.01–1.05, p-value 0.003) and a lower office diastolic BP (OR = 0.97, 95% CI 0.95–0.99, p-value 0.03). Treatment allocation did not change dipping status at 6 months (McNemar’s Chi2 0.71, p-value 0.40). Conclusion There was a high prevalence of non-dipping among Black Africans with uncontrolled hypertension. ABPM should be considered more routinely in Black Africans with uncontrolled hypertension, if resources permit, to help personalise therapy. Further research is needed to understand the mechanisms and causes of non-dipping pattern and if targeting night-time BP improves clinical outcomes. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02742467).

Do Migrants Receive Tuberculosis Education in China? Evidence From the China Migrants Dynamic Survey

2021 ◽  
pp. 109019812110003
Author(s):  
Zheng Zhu ◽  
Mengdi Guo ◽  
Tingyue Dong ◽  
Beibei Gong ◽  
Xia Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Primary Methods ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Key Population ◽  
Bulletin Boards ◽  
Nationally Representative

Background Migrants are the key population for tuberculosis (TB) transmission in China. However, it remains unknown how many migrants have received TB education and through what means. Objectives To identify the rate and methods of TB education among migrants in China by using nationally representative data. Method This study used secondary data analysis. The data were derived from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey 2014–2017. A total sample of 745,926 migrants was included in the following analysis. Information on TB education was collected through a self-report questionnaire. We used hierarchical logistic regression models to explore the relationship between the independent variables and the receipt of TB education. Results Only 30.4% ( n = 226,458) received TB education. Among all age-groups, participants between 65 and 69 years old had the highest TB education rate (33.4%). Bulletin boards (86.5%–91%), media (73% to 86.7%), and books/magazines (59.2%–67.4%) were the most common ways for migrants to receive TB education. Conclusions Our study showed the rates of TB education in each region of China and indicated the significant disparity among the seven regions. Traditional media, off-line medical consultation, community advocacy, and bulletin boards should be the primary methods of delivering TB education. TB education campaigns targeting migrants with a low socioeconomic status should be actively promoted.

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