ArticleBMJ open2020
Should we care: a qualitative exploration of the factors that influence the decision of early marriage among young men in urban slums of Bangladesh.
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- Development and psychometric evaluation of the child marriage cognitive determinants questionnaire (CMCDQ): a mixed-methods study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Understanding the roots: Local stakeholders' insights on the causes and challenges in combating child marriage in mountainous Karnali, Nepal.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Spatial pattern and influential factors for early marriage: evidence from Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey 2017-18 data.BMC women's health · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo explore how adolescent and young men negotiate the complex realities of lives to explain their pathways into and reasons for early marriage in urban slums of Bangladesh.
designThe qualitative data used here came from a larger 3-year study that used both quantitative and qualitative research methods.
settingInterviews were conducted in two of the largest slums in Dhaka and Chittagong city of Bangladesh between December 2015 and March 2018.
participantsThis paper uses qualitative data from 22 in-depth interviews (IDIs) and three focus group discussions (FGDs) with adolescent and young men aged 15-24 years; 13 IDIs and 4 FGDs with parents and 11 key-informant interviews with community leaders. The purposively selected respondents were interviewed in their respective settings.
resultsIn the context of urban slums, this study revealed multiple factors influence early marriage decision-making processes among young men. These factors include socially perceived phenomenon of adulthood and readiness of marriage, poverty leading to drop out from schools and early initiation to earning livelihood, manifestations of increasing individual aspiration and agency, fulfilment of romance and erotic desires and dreams of forming one's own family. In addition, parental and immediate societal interference to preserve norms around gender and society can act as catalysts for this decision.
conclusionsStudy findings imply that complex structural factors, social and gender norms that are contributing to the early marriage for both adolescent boys and young men in Bangladesh's urban slums. These are locations where conservatism, poverty and urbanisation intersect resulting in early and often unprepared entry to adulthood for young men impacting on their development and well-being. It is, therefore, critical that young men should be included in the national and global conversations around child marriage and child marriage prevention programme.
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