Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Mozambique
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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Measures of child marriage are high in
Mozambique. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as
children is 51.5 percent and it has increased over time.
However the share of women marrying very early, before the
age of 15, has declined, but not rapidly. Child marriage is
associated with lower wealth, lower education levels, and
higher labor force participation. These are however only
correlations, not necessarily causal effects. In order to
design programs and policies to reduce child marriage,
information is needed on the trend in the practice over
time, where it is most prevalent in a country, and what the
characteristics of girls marrying early are.
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LITERACY, KNOWLEDGE, NUMBER OF GIRLS, AGE OF MARRIAGE, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, CHILDREN, EDUCATION, POLICIES, POPULATION KNOWLEDGE, CHILD, DROPOUTS, HOUSEHOLDS, WOMAN, CHILD MARRIAGE, AGE, LAWS, MEN, FIRST MARRIAGE, ABILITY, GROUPS, POPULATION, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LAW, GIRLS, LABOR FORCE, STUDENTS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, FERTILITY, MARRIAGE, WOMEN, PRIMARY SCHOOL, NUTRITION, RESIDENCE, EARLY MARRIAGE, SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, RURAL GIRLS, WILL, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, BULLETIN, AGE AT MARRIAGE, HEALTH RISKS, POLICY, OLDER WOMEN, INEQUALITY