Age at marriage and its associations with infant and young child mortality among ever married 20–24-year-old women in India who have given birth (N=11 635)
| Neonatal mortality (<1 month) | Postneonatal infant mortality (1–12 months) | Child mortality (1–5 years) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths per 1000 | Crude OR (95% CI) | Deaths per 1000 | Crude OR (95% CI) | Deaths per 1000 | Crude OR (95% CI) | |
| Total sample | 84/1000 | – | 32/1000 | – | 19/1000 | – |
| Age at marriage: | ||||||
| 20–24 years | 28/1000 | Ref | 14/1000 | Ref | 1/1000 | Ref |
| 18–19 years | 61/1000 | 1.84 (1.30 to 2.60) | 21/1000 | 1.92 (1.08 to 3.40) | 7/1000 | 11.26 (1.52 to 83.63) |
| 16–17 years | 86/1000 | 3.00 (2.16 to 4.16) | 35/1000 | 3.26 (1.89 to 5.61) | 13/1000 | 22.04 (3.04 to 159.66) |
| 14–15 years | 101/1000 | 3.90 (2.80 to 5.42) | 41/1000 | 4.63 (2.69 to 7.98) | 31/1000 | 47.59 (6.61 to 342.59) |
| <14 years | 153/1000 | 6.01 (4.23 to 8.56) | 44/1000 | 5.46 (3.04 to 9.80) | 56/1000 | 84.39 (11.63 to 612.17) |