Early marriages among Adolesencent girls in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey [Afyonkarahisar ili Adelosan kızlarda erken yaş evlili?i]
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2010
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TIP ARASTIRMALARI DERNEGI
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Abstract
Aim: Early marriages have considerable adverse effects on adolescents and children health. To determine the factors associated with early marriages, this study was conducted in a forensic sample of Afyonkarahisar province. Method: Between 2005-2006, Adolesencent women who were admitted to the court subsequently referred to the psychiatric outpatient clinics of the univercity. The authors who are psychiatrist individually interviewed all subjects by using a sociodemographic questionnaire form which was applied to 61 women aged between 15-17 years. Result: Most of adolescents in our sample were from rural area and about 65.5% of participants did not view early marriage as a problem. Of all cases the rate of consanguineous marriage was 23.0%. More than half of participants reported that their knowledge of sexuality were none or little, and the most common sources of information on sexuality were relatives and friends. Conclusion: It was detected that most adolescents in our sample were from a low socio-economic class, and after finishing the primary school, they wait for a marriage. Furthermore, they receive very little sex education from their parents and a modern institutional education programme in their school is needed.
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Early age marriage, Education and marriage, Family courts
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European Journal of General Medicine
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Volume
7
Issue
4
