Fig 1.
Map showing geographical location of Liberia and Siera Leone.
Fig 2.
Conceptual model for the drivers and consequences of child marriage.
Adapted from Psaki et al., 2021 [38] and the United Nations Children’s Fund and United Nations Population Fund (2018) [39].
Fig 3.
Maps showing DHS regions of Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Table 1.
Percent distribution of currently married/cohabiting women aged 20–24 by background characteristics, Liberia (2019–2020) and Sierra Leone (2019).
Table 2.
Percent of currently married/cohabiting women aged 20–24 with selected reproductive and maternal health outcomes, by age at first marriage/cohabitation, Liberia 2019–2020, and Sierra Leone 2019.
Table 3.
Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and 95 percent confidence intervals (CI) from multivariable regression models of the association between age at first marriage/cohabitation and reproductive and maternal health outcomes among currently married/cohabiting women aged 20–24, Liberia 2019–2020 and Sierra Leone 2019.
Table 4.
Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and 95 percent confidence intervals (CI) from multivariable regression models of the association between age at first marriage/cohabitation and maternal health outcomes among women aged 20–24, with interactions between age at first marriage/cohabitation and region of residence, Liberia 2019–2020, and Sierra Leone 2019.
Fig 4.
Adjusted predictions of the interaction between age at first marriage/cohabitation and geographic region with 95% confidence intervals for selected maternal health outcomes, Liberia 2019–2020, and Sierra Leone 2019.