Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Ghana
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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This brief has provided a basic profile
of child marriage in Ghana. Measures of child marriage are
very high. The share of women aged 18-22 who married as
children is 17.2 percent and it has declined substantially
over time. The share of girls marrying very early, before
the age of 15, has also declined. Other measures of child
marriage have declined as well over the last 25 years. Child
marriage is associated with lower wealth, lower education
levels, and higher labor force participation. These are
however only correlations, not necessarily causal effects.
Other briefs in this series look at potential causal effects.
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LITERACY, KNOWLEDGE, NUMBER OF GIRLS, AGE OF MARRIAGE, CHILDREN, EDUCATION, POLICIES, INVESTMENT, POPULATION KNOWLEDGE, AGED, CHILD, HOUSEHOLDS, VALUES, WOMAN, PARTICIPATION, SCHOOLING, CHILD MARRIAGE, AGE, LAWS, ENROLLMENT, MEN, FIRST MARRIAGE, GROUPS, POPULATION, LAW, LABOR FORCE, GIRLS, STUDENTS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, INTERVENTIONS, PRIMARY EDUCATION, FERTILITY, MARRIAGE, WOMEN, PRIMARY SCHOOL, INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN, NUTRITION, RESIDENCE, EARLY MARRIAGE, SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, RURAL GIRLS, WILL, BULLETIN, AGE AT MARRIAGE, HEALTH RISKS, POLICY, OLDER WOMEN, INEQUALITY