Early Marriage Consequences in the Most Deprived Areas in Menoufia Governorate-Egypt: A Community-Based Survey
Alsaqa, R., farahat, T., Nashat, N., Khalil, N., shaheen, H. (2019). Early Marriage Consequences in the Most Deprived Areas in Menoufia Governorate-Egypt: A Community-Based Survey. EKB Journal Management System, 3(2), 83-96. doi: 10.21608/efmj.2019.70443
Rofida Alsaqa; taghreed Mohamed farahat; Nagwa Nashat Nashat; Nora Khalil; hala shaheen. "Early Marriage Consequences in the Most Deprived Areas in Menoufia Governorate-Egypt: A Community-Based Survey". EKB Journal Management System, 3, 2, 2019, 83-96. doi: 10.21608/efmj.2019.70443
Alsaqa, R., farahat, T., Nashat, N., Khalil, N., shaheen, H. (2019). 'Early Marriage Consequences in the Most Deprived Areas in Menoufia Governorate-Egypt: A Community-Based Survey', EKB Journal Management System, 3(2), pp. 83-96. doi: 10.21608/efmj.2019.70443
Alsaqa, R., farahat, T., Nashat, N., Khalil, N., shaheen, H. Early Marriage Consequences in the Most Deprived Areas in Menoufia Governorate-Egypt: A Community-Based Survey. EKB Journal Management System, 2019; 3(2): 83-96. doi: 10.21608/efmj.2019.70443

Early Marriage Consequences in the Most Deprived Areas in Menoufia Governorate-Egypt: A Community-Based Survey

The Egyptian Family Medicine Journal
Article 8, Volume 3, Issue 2, February 2019, Page 83-96  XML PDF (689.37 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/efmj.2019.70443
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Authors
Rofida Alsaqa1; taghreed Mohamed farahatorcid 2; Nagwa Nashat Nashatorcid 3; Nora Khalil4; hala shaheen5
1Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University
2Department of Family medicine-Faculty of Medicine- Menoufiya University
3Family Medicine department,Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University.
4family medicine department, faculty of medicine, Menoufia university
5Family medicine department, faculty of medicine, Menoufia university
Abstract
Background: Early marriage is a violation of the basic human rights and is considered a public health problem. It has a profound range of physical, intellectual, psychological and social consequences on the teenager girls and their future children. Objectives: The current study aimed to assess the prevalence of early marriage and the associated social and health hazard.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1080 married women in the most deprived areas in Menoufia Governorate. All women were interviewed personally using a structured valid reliable Arabic questionnaire. It assessed the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants and their husbands, the socioeconomic state, social and health hazards of early marriage.
Results: About 48% of women were married before the age of 18 years. The early marriage was significantly higher among illiterate women (59.9%), those who were housewives (99.1%), and married to illiterate husbands (48%). The main social hazards among the early married group were the conflicts with the husband’s family and isolation of women from her family.  While anemia and recurrent chest problems were the main health hazards among their first child.
Conclusion: Early marriage has a wide prevalence in the selected areas. It was more prevalent among low-educated women, housewives, and married to low-educated husbands. It is continued to cause different social and health consequences for women and their children. Early marriage is a prevailing problem that needs a plan of action to be implemented with the support of the policymakers.
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