Table 3.

 Generalised estimating equation analyses to assess associations between maternal child marriage and poor infant and child health outcomes, for births in past five years reported by 15-24 year old ever married women in India (n=19 302 births). Data are % (n) unless otherwise noted.

Infant/child health outcomes	Births to child marriage mothers (n=13 042)	Births to adult marriage mothers (n=6260)	Odds ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
Acute respiratory infection*	–	–	1.03 (0.92 to 1.15)	1.04 (0.91 to 1.19)
Yes	10.6 (1221)	10.5 (588)	–	–
No	89.4 (10 805)	89.5 (5337)	–	–
Diarrhoea*	–	–	0.86 (0.78 to 0.96)	0.95 (0.84 to 1.08)
Yes	9.9 (1221)	11.2 (683)	–	–
No	90.1 (10 825)	88.8 (5254)	–	–
Stunting*			1.85 (1.71 to 1.99)	1.22 (1.12 to 1.33)
Yes	45.3 (4468)	32.2 (1495)	–	–
No	54.7 (5762)	67.8 (3507)	–	–
Wasting*	–	–	1.19 (1.07 to 1.31)	1.09 (0.97 to 1.21)
Yes	17.7 (1754)	15.9 (739)	–	–
No	82.3 (8478)	84.1 (4263)	–	–
Underweight*	–	–	1.87 (1.74 to 2.01)	1.24 (1.14 to 1.36)
Yes	50.9 (4912)	36.5 (1665)	–	–
No	49.1 (5318)	63.5 (3337)	–	–
Infant/child (0-5 years) mortality†	–	–	1.55 (1.35 to 1.78)	0.93 (0.79 to 1.10)
Yes	7.4 (934)	5.6 (296)	–	–
No	92.6 (12,108)	94.4 (5964)	–	–
Low birthweight infant†	–	–	1.13 (1.004 to 1.26)	0.99 (0.86 to 1.13)
Yes	25.1 (1054)	22.2 (753)	–	–
No	74.9 (3275)	77.8 (2657)	–	–

*Sample restricted to living children under 5 years (n=18 072; n=12 108 for births to child marriage mothers and n=5964 for births to adult marriage mothers). Adjusted analyses controlled for age of child, sex of child, whether child had a multiparous birth, area of residence (urban v rural), national region, religion, maternal age, maternal education, and maternal BMI.

†Adjusted analyses controlled for year of birth, sex of child, whether child had a multiparous birth, area of residence (urban v rural), national region, religion, maternal age at birth, maternal education, and maternal BMI.