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The problem
Intervention: This is an observational study examining associations between early marriage and health/social outcomes; no specific intervention was evaluated
Who it was tested with: 4,017 ever-married women aged 15-24 years from the 2017 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"We utilised nationally representative data from the 2017 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey (IDHS). The sample was restricted to 4,017 ever-married women aged 15–24 years. The differences in vulnerability outcomes were assessed by calculating adjusted odds ratios (AORs) using logistic regression models." This is observational research documenting associations rather than testing an intervention, making it evidence of documented harm but not intervention effectiveness.
Cross-sectional design cannot establish causality; retrospective reporting may introduce recall bias; no comparison group or control for confounding variables explicitly described; does not address mechanisms linking early marriage to health outcomes.
Across countries and designs
18 studies · 17 countries
