早期生育和童婚:一个更新
Joseph Molitoris1, Vladimíra Kantorová2, Sehar Ezdi1
1is an Associate Population Affairs Officer, Population Division, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, New York, New York, USA.
Studies in family planning
|July 6, 2023
概括
在全球范围内,76%的18岁以下母亲的分娩发生在婚姻中,其中一半以上发生在撒哈拉以南非洲. 虽然大多数地方的童婚和早产的时间都在下降,但世界各地的童婚和早产的时间有很大的差异.
科学领域:
- 人口统计学 人口统计学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 童婚往往与早产有关,但最近关于青少年母亲分娩的婚姻背景的数据很少.
- 了解婚姻与青少年生育之间的关系对于政策制定至关重要.
- 这种关系的地理和发展变化需要进一步研究.
研究的目的:
- 估计在婚姻中发生的18岁以下母亲的首胎的全球,区域和国家比例.
- 分析过去二十年中青少年生育的婚姻背景中的趋势.
- 探索不同国家的童婚和生育的顺序.
主要方法:
- 利用了调查和重要登记数据,涵盖全球约95%的18岁以下母亲的出生.
- 计算了在各种地理尺度 (全球,区域,国家) 上发生在婚姻中的第一个出生比例.
- 研究了这份份额在过去20年中的变化以及与出生相对的结婚时间.
主要成果:
- 全球超过一半的18岁以下母亲的分娩发生在撒哈拉以南非洲,这一比例预计将增加.
- 在全球范围内,76%的18岁以下母亲的首胎发生在婚姻中,区域差异很大.
- 在过去的二十年里,大多数国家的婚姻中这样的出生比例都在下降,除了一些显著的例外.
结论:
- 青少年生育主要发生在婚姻中,特别是在撒哈拉以南非洲,这凸显了针对性干预的必要性.
- 虽然这一趋势显示了青少年母亲的婚姻内分娩率下降,但区域差异和例外仍然存在.
- 童婚和早期生育的顺序不均,需要具体的背景策略来解决青少年怀孕和童婚的问题.
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