Social network and social normative characteristics of married female adolescents in Dosso, Niger: Associations with modern contraceptive use
Holly B. Shakya, Sneha Challa, Abdoul Moumouni Nouhou, Ricardo Vera-Monroy, Nicole Carter, Jay G. Silverman
Abstract
= 250). This provided us with two separate datasets: one with data from each respondent regarding each person that they nominated, and one with the interviewed alters matched with the respondent who nominated them. We found that married adolescent girls who were nulliparous were more likely to have no alters and that those in the intervention had the most alters. Alters of treatment participants were more likely to have used FP. Respondents were more likely to have used FP when their sisters or in-laws had, but there was no correlation with use by friends. Our results provide evidence of diffusion of the FP program to those close to intervention participants. Future research should study these dynamics, crucial to understanding intervention costing, impact, and normative change.