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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10361-166542022-05-23T21:01:40Z Should we care: A qualitative exploration of the factors that influence the decision of early marriage among young men in urban slums of Bangladesh Biswas, Subas Chandra Karim, Shuchi Rashid, Sabina Faiz Brac James P. Grant School of Public Health Early marriage Young men Urban slums of Bangladesh A qualitative exploration This article was published in BMJ Open by BMJ Journals [© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.] and the definite version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039195 The Journal's website is at: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/10/e039195 Objectives To 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. Design The qualitative data used here came from a larger 3-year study that used both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Setting Interviews were conducted in two of the largest slums in Dhaka and Chittagong city of Bangladesh between December 2015 and March 2018. Participants This paper uses qualitative data from 22 indepth 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. Results In 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. Conclusions Study 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 wellbeing. It is, therefore, critical that young men should be included in the national and global conversations around child marriage and child marriage prevention programme. Published 2022-05-23T08:38:08Z 2022-05-23T08:38:08Z 2020 2020-10-26 Journal Article Biswas, S. C., Karim, S., & Rashid, S. F. (2020). Should we care: A qualitative exploration of the factors that influence the decision of early marriage among young men in urban slums of Bangladesh. BMJ Open, 10(10) doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039195 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/16654 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039195 en_US https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/10/e039195 BMJ Open application/pdf BMJ Journals |
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