A qualitative study about the gendered experiences of motherhood and perinatal mortality in mountain villages of Nepal: implications for improving perinatal survival.

1.1.1 Transition in marriage practices, but child marriages still continued Marriage practices have changed in many parts of Nepal, with rising age at marriage for both males and females, particularly among urban residents and educated females, for whom the average marriage age has now reached age 20 or older [ 63 ].There is also an increasing trend of love marriage (marriages arranged by the bride and groom themselves, similar to in western societies) in the plains as well as the hills areas, but child marriages have not stopped.

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