The Extent to which Age At First Marriage Influences The Vulnerability Of Women In Regards To Reproductive Health Issues

Usually, age at first marriage influences the quality of reproductive health services accessed by the women. Worth noting is that, usually early age at first marriage, goes hand in hand with illiteracy, low wealth quintile, and poor health seeking habits among others, hence leading to poor reproductive health. Using 2006 UDHS, results from the analysis revealed that women with low age at first marriage are less likely to observe reproductive health aspects for example, women less than 20yrs’ attendance of Antenatal care (ANC) was lower compared to their other counterparts (33% compared to 60%), and less likely to observe child birth care compared to their older counterparts (that is 46% versus 53%), though it is quite a slight difference. The results therefore portray that the lower age at first birth, the higher the vulnerability of women and the higher the age at first marriage the lower the vulnerability of women.