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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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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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 |
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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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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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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Nepal |
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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Nepal |
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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Nepal |
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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Nepal |
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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Nepal |
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basic profile of child marriage in nepal |
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