contraceptive use is a positive outcome in the prevention of girls/​women contracting STIs from their husbands in this context
Wouldn’t that only be true for condoms, and condoms aren’t that common? Ex:
Injections, implants and pills were found to be the most common contraceptive methods used by women in this study. There were few women who used condoms (either male or female) for contraception, female sterilization, or who reported using traditional methods of contraception. -- Contraceptive use and discontinuation among women in rural North-West Tanzania
Separately, even condom usage seems like it wouldn’t be a great proxy for how likely these girls/​women are to get STIs, since marriage likely reduces their number of partners?
Wouldn’t that only be true for condoms, and condoms aren’t that common? Ex:
Separately, even condom usage seems like it wouldn’t be a great proxy for how likely these girls/​women are to get STIs, since marriage likely reduces their number of partners?
Ah good point! I was assuming they meant condoms. I will rethink this as a metric.