Basic Profile of Child Marriage in the Republic of Congo
Measures of child marriage are high in the Republic of Congo. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 34.0 percent, and it has decreased only slightly over time. The share of girls marrying very early, before the age of 15, has als...
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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/550221467831639331/Basic-profile-of-child-marriage-in-the-Republic-of-Congo http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25471 |
| Summary: | Measures of child marriage are high in
the Republic of Congo. The share of women ages 18-22 who
married as children is 34.0 percent, and it has decreased
only slightly over time. The share of girls marrying very
early, before the age of 15, has also declined slightly.
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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