Peer-reviewed article
PROBLEMATICS OF CHILD MARRIAGE AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO INCREASING STUNTING RATES
Pivit Septiary Chandra, Sonia Sischa Eka Putri, Abdiana Ilosa ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This literature review examines the relationship between child marriage and stunting in children. The authors argue that children born to mothers who marry early face increased risks of malnutrition and stunting because young couples lack knowledge about proper infant and child nutrition. Early marriage poses economic, physical and mental health risks for the couples themselves. The study uses qualitative methods and a review of existing literature to explore these connections.
Key points
- Children born to mothers who marry early have low chances of life and are at risk of nutritional problems including stunting, thinness and malnutrition
- Early marriage creates vulnerability in economic, physical and mental health terms
- Child-aged couples have insufficient and inadequate knowledge in managing and fulfilling nutrition for infants and toddlers
- Children born to child-aged couples are vulnerable to stunting as a result
Limitations
This is a literature review without primary data collection or empirical testing, so it cannot establish causal mechanisms or quantify the strength of the relationship between child marriage and stunting. The document does not provide specific statistics, study designs reviewed, or geographical variation in these relationships.
Abstract
Children born to mothers who marry early have a low chance of life and are at risk of nutritional problems such as shortness, thinness and malnutrition. The aim of this research is to analyze the problems regarding child marriage and its contribution to increasing stunting rates. This research uses qualitative methods and literature studies or library research, by reviewing literature books according to the theories discussed, especially regarding early marriage and stunting, as well as analyzing scientific articles. This research provides a literature review on child marriage and its contribution to increasing stunting rates in children. Marriage at this age is very vulnerable and has many risks both in terms of economics, physical and mental health. Couples who marry at child age also have insufficient and optimal knowledge in managing and fulfilling nutrition for infants and toddlers so that children born to child-aged couples will be vulnerable to stunting.