Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Mozambique

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 rap...

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Main Authors:	Male, Chata, Wodon, Quentin
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26489549/basic-profile-child-marriage-mozambique http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24552

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spelling	okr-10986-245522021-05-25T10:54:39Z Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Mozambique Male, Chata Wodon, Quentin 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 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. 2016-06-15T22:55:57Z 2016-06-15T22:55:57Z 2016-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26489549/basic-profile-child-marriage-mozambique http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24552 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 Africa Mozambique
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Male, Chata Wodon, Quentin Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Mozambique
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description	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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author	Male, Chata Wodon, Quentin
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title	Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Mozambique
title_short	Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Mozambique
title_full	Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Mozambique
title_fullStr	Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Mozambique
title_full_unstemmed	Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Mozambique
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Mozambique

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