Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Mauritania
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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Measures of child marriage are high in
Mauritania. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as
children is 35.2 percent, but it has declined over time. The
share of girls marrying very early, before the age of 15,
has also declined. 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, CHILDREN, EDUCATION, POLICIES, POPULATION KNOWLEDGE, CHILD, DROPOUTS, HOUSEHOLDS, VALUES, RURAL AREAS, WOMAN, CHILD MARRIAGE, AGE, LAWS, MEN, FIRST MARRIAGE, ABILITY, GROUPS, POPULATION, LAW, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, GIRLS, LABOR FORCE, STUDENTS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, URBAN AREAS, PRIMARY EDUCATION, FERTILITY, MARRIAGE, WOMEN, PRIMARY SCHOOL, NUTRITION, RESIDENCE, EARLY MARRIAGE, SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, RURAL GIRLS, WILL, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, BULLETIN, HEALTH RISKS, POLICY, OLDER WOMEN, INEQUALITY