The Impact of Child Marriage: Literature Review

Abstract

Marriage is an important moment for every couple with a physical and spiritual bond to form a harmonious family. Marriages performed before the age of 19 can be considered a violence and a violation for children's rights. Child marriage occurs due to several factors. Child marriage will have a multi-dimensional impact because it can have major implications for development, especially regarding the quality and competitiveness of young people's human resources in the future. This research aims to analyze the impact of child marriage. The research design used a literature review of four articles obtained from Semantic Scholar, Science Direct, and SpringerLink. The impact of child marriage on the physical domain includes maternal and child deaths due to risky pregnancies and nutritional status problems. The psychological domain is depression, suicide attempts, and communication patterns. The social domain includes divorce, school drop out, and domestic violence (KDRT). The economic domain is in the form of poor socio-economic conditions. It is hoped that these findings can be used to provide appropriate interventions for adults in health promotion efforts regarding to delay the age of marriage.