Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Nepal

Measures of child marriage are high in Nepal. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 38.5 percent, but it has declined substantially over time. The share of girls marrying very early, before the age of 15, has also declined. Child...

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Main Authors: Male, Chata, Wodon, Quentin
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Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26489789/basic-profile-child-marriage-nepal
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spelling okr-10986-245462021-05-25T10:54:39Z Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Nepal Male, Chata Wodon, Quentin PROGRESS LITERACY KNOWLEDGE NUMBER OF GIRLS AGE OF MARRIAGE CHILDREN EDUCATION POLICIES POPULATION KNOWLEDGE CHILD DROPOUTS HOUSEHOLDS VALUES WOMAN CHILD MARRIAGE AGE LAWS MEN FIRST MARRIAGE ABILITY GROUPS POPULATION LAW LEVELS OF EDUCATION 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 HEALTH RISKS POLICY OLDER WOMEN INEQUALITY Measures of child marriage are high in Nepal. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 38.5 percent, but it has declined substantially 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 lower 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. 2016-06-15T22:41:16Z 2016-06-15T22:41:16Z 2016-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26489789/basic-profile-child-marriage-nepal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24546 English en_US Health, Nutrition and Population Knowledge Brief; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief South Asia Nepal
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topic PROGRESS
LITERACY
KNOWLEDGE
NUMBER OF GIRLS
AGE OF MARRIAGE
CHILDREN
EDUCATION
POLICIES
POPULATION KNOWLEDGE
CHILD
DROPOUTS
HOUSEHOLDS
VALUES
WOMAN
CHILD MARRIAGE
AGE
LAWS
MEN
FIRST MARRIAGE
ABILITY
GROUPS
POPULATION
LAW
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
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
HEALTH RISKS
POLICY
OLDER WOMEN
INEQUALITY
spellingShingle PROGRESS
LITERACY
KNOWLEDGE
NUMBER OF GIRLS
AGE OF MARRIAGE
CHILDREN
EDUCATION
POLICIES
POPULATION KNOWLEDGE
CHILD
DROPOUTS
HOUSEHOLDS
VALUES
WOMAN
CHILD MARRIAGE
AGE
LAWS
MEN
FIRST MARRIAGE
ABILITY
GROUPS
POPULATION
LAW
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
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
HEALTH RISKS
POLICY
OLDER WOMEN
INEQUALITY
Male, Chata
Wodon, Quentin
Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Nepal
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description Measures of child marriage are high in Nepal. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 38.5 percent, but it has declined substantially 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 lower 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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author Male, Chata
Wodon, Quentin
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Wodon, Quentin
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title Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Nepal
title_short Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Nepal
title_full Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Nepal
title_fullStr Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Nepal
title_full_unstemmed Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Nepal
title_sort basic profile of child marriage in nepal
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26489789/basic-profile-child-marriage-nepal
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