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The problem
Intervention: comparison of child marriage rates between displaced and host populations across six countries
Who it was tested with: Adolescent girls aged 10-19 in refugee, IDP and host communities in Djibouti, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, Bangladesh and Nepal.
Children or communities are compared with a group that did not receive the intervention, or followed over years. This is the design that best separates what the intervention did from everything else that changed.
"Cross-sectional surveys" conducted in six humanitarian settings with "Cumulative incidence of marriage by age 18" as outcome measure. The study compares hazard rates between displacement groups using statistical analysis with adjustment and 95% confidence intervals, providing observational evidence that reveals context-dependent relationships between displacement and child marriage rather than a universal effect.
Cross-sectional design prevents causal inference; unable to distinguish whether displacement increases marriage risk or reflects pre-existing differences; results vary markedly by country limiting generalizability
Across countries and designs
3 studies · 9 countries
