DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i09.052

Pages: 3177-3183

Early marriage is an immense social problem in Bangladesh. Marrying off daughters at a young age is a strong social norm in rural area in Bangladesh like many countries of the developing world. By parents it is considered a means to secure their daughters' future financially and socially. However, these early marriages are often associated with spousal communication in Family planning and taking household decision. This study was conducted in selected area of Trishal upazilla, Mymensingh 123 km away from Dhaka. The study population was married women between 20-24 years. The sample size was 260 which were purposively selected from Balipara, Bailor and Amiabari Union out 12 union of Trishal upazilla. All data were entered in to SPSS 20.0 version software and analyzed. In this study the mean age of respondent was 22.43 ± 1.361 years. Age of the respondent’s husband range 20–50 years (Mean ± SD = 32.69 ± 5.879).Maximum age was 50 years and minimum age was 20 years. Five percent respondent and 7.3% respondent’s husband was illiterate. About seventy five percent respondent were housewives and 25.4% were involved in various type of job. Here maximum income of the respondent was17000.00 taka only and minimum income was 2000.00 taka only.35.2% respondent’s husband were involved in business and 8.8% were involved in farming. Sixty three percent respondent were living in a join family and 36.5% were live in nuclear family.48.1% respondent had two room in their house and 30.0% respondent were lived in one room house.89.62% respondent were married at below the age of 18 years and only 10.38% were married above the age of 18 years. Sixty percent respondent did not ever used family planning method and 38.8% of respondent used family planning. About sixty percent respondent had history of adolescent pregnancy.67.31% respondent had no spousal communication in taking house hold decision Only 10.38% respondent had spousal communication in using family planning method.................