Knowledge on Health Consequences of Early and Late Marriage among Students at Selected College, East Sikkim

• Published in: NITTE University journal of health science Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 22 - 26
• Main Authors: Shadap, Arkierupaia, Bhutia, Pema D, Bhutia, Karma Doma, Bhutia, Tashi Lamu, Bhutia, Passang Kee, Subba, Sunita, Rai, Karishma, Sherpa, Passang Dikki, Devi, Thoibi, Sharma, Anjana, Sapkota, Anu, Sharma, Yamuna, Basnett, Srijana, Sharma, Ashma, Thapa, Binita, Bhutia, Kesang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Mangalore Nitte University 01.03.2018
• Subjects: Age; College students; Families & family life; Health education; Infertility; Knowledge; Marriage; Mothers; Reproductive health; Studies; Teenage pregnancy; Womens health; Cairo Egypt; South Korea; West Bengal; Myanmar (Burma); United Kingdom > UK; India
• ISSN: 2249-7110; 2249-7110

Marriage is the blending together of two lives, two personalities of the opposite sex for as long as two shall live in this world. It is the building law of God and protects the mankind. But early and late marriage may have an adverse health consequence. A study was conducted to assess the knowledge on health consequences of early and late marriage among students at selected college of Sikkim. Investigators adopted the quantitative approach using the descriptive survey research design through convenient sampling technique. Structured knowledge questionnaire on health consequences of early and late marriage were developed and sent for validation to experts before collecting the data. Result shows that majority 84% and 49% has moderate knowledge, 12% and 47% has poor knowledge and 4% each has good knowledge on health consequences of early and late marriage respectively. The study reveals that there was no significant association of knowledge on health consequences of early and late marriage.