Associations between child and adolescent marriage and reproductive outcomes in Brazil, Ecuador, the United States and Canada

• Main Authors: Marcelo Luis Urquia (Author), Rosangela Batista (Author), Carlos Grandi (Author), Viviane Cunha Cardoso (Author), Fadya Orozco (Author), Andrée-Anne Fafard St. Germain (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Although marriage is associated with favourable reproductive outcomes among adult women, it is not known whether the marriage advantage applies to girls (< 18 years). The contribution of girl child marriage (< 18 years) to perinatal health is understudied in the Americas. M...