Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in the Dominican Republic
Measures of early childbirth are high in the Dominican Republic. The share of women ages 18-22 who had a child before 18 is 20.4 percent and it has not decreased much over time. The share of girls who had a child before the age of 15, at just under...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/923791468179098366/Basic-profile-of-early-childbirth-in-the-Dominican-Republic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25470 |
| Summary: | Measures of early childbirth are high in
the Dominican Republic. The share of women ages 18-22 who
had a child before 18 is 20.4 percent and it has not
decreased much over time. The share of girls who had a child
before the age of 15, at just under two percent, decreased.
Early childbirth is associated with lower wealth, lower
education levels, and employment without cash earnings.
These are however only correlations, not necessarily causal
effects. In order to design programs and policies to reduce
the prevalence of early childbirth, information is needed on
its trend over time, where it is most prevalent in a
country, and what the characteristics of girls giving birth
early are. |
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