title: Age at menarche, education, and child marriage among young wives in rural Maharashtra, India.
authors.affiliation: Center on Gender Equity and Health, Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA; Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, Clinical Addiction Research and Education, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: anitaraj@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raj
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Mohan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghule
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai, India; National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Saritha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Population Council, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Niranjan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saggurti
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Donta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Balaiah
authors.affiliation: Center on Gender Equity and Health, Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Jay G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Silverman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008572:Menarche / Q000502:physiology*; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018454:Spouses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Age at menarche; Child marriage; Girls’ education; India