Outcomes
SECONDARY, CHOKED, LACTATIONAL AMENORRHEA
The primary outcome of this study was current use of modern contraceptives among female study participants. To assess this use, women were first asked whether they had ever done anything to delay or limit their number of pregnancies. Those answering in the affirmative were then asked about whether they had ever used each of the following methods: intrauterine device (IUD), injectable, implant, contraceptive pill, male condom, female condom, emergency contraception, and lactational amenorrhea (LAM). Those answering yes to having ever used any of these modern methods were then asked if they were using this method currently. Current use of modern contraceptives was defined as a response of ‘yes’ to any question about current use of any of these methods. All analyses of current contraceptive use excluded women who were currently pregnant.The secondary outcome of this study was past year intimate partner violence (IPV) among adolescent wives. Eight items from the Demographic and Health Surveys domestic violence module were utilized to assess adolescent wives’ experiences of physical and/or sexual IPV during the prior 12 months. Female participants were asked whether their current husband had ever: (a) pushed her, shaken her, or thrown something at her; (b) slapped her; (c) twisted her arm or pulled her hair; (d) hit her with his fist or something that could hurt her; (e) kicked her, dragged her, or beat her up; or (f) choked her or tried to burn her. They were also asked whether their husband had physically forced them to (a) have sexual intercourse when they did not want to, or (b) to perform any other sexual acts they did not want to. If a participant answered ‘yes’ to an item, they were asked whether this behavior has occurred in the past 12 months. Past year IPV was defined as a response of ‘yes’ to one or more of the questions regarding occurrences in past 12 months. Additional secondary outcomes of this study pertaining to contraceptive knowledge, attitudes, community norms, self-efficacy and intentions [