Child Marriage and Faith Affiliation in Sub-Saharan Africa : Stylized Facts and Heterogeneity

This article has two main objectives. First, it provides an account of trends in child marriage in Africa and a brief analysis of the statistical association between child marriage and faith affiliation. Second, it cautions against broad generalizations about child marriage and faith affiliation, in...

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Main Authors:	Gemignani, Regina, Wodon, Quentin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2015
Subjects:	gender roles social expectations child marriage Islamic Law faith affiliation
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23532

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spelling	okr-10986-235322021-04-23T14:04:15Z Child Marriage and Faith Affiliation in Sub-Saharan Africa : Stylized Facts and Heterogeneity Gemignani, Regina Wodon, Quentin gender roles social expectations child marriage Islamic Law faith affiliation This article has two main objectives. First, it provides an account of trends in child marriage in Africa and a brief analysis of the statistical association between child marriage and faith affiliation. Second, it cautions against broad generalizations about child marriage and faith affiliation, in order to show that beyond stylized facts derived from household survey data, there is also substantial heterogeneity within the adherents of any particular faith as to how the practice of child marriage is considered. The analysis focuses on Islamic communities. 2015-12-28T21:20:59Z 2015-12-28T21:20:59Z 2015-10-23 Journal Article The Review of Faith & International Affairs 1557-0274 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23532 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Burkina Faso
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description	This article has two main objectives. First, it provides an account of trends in child marriage in Africa and a brief analysis of the statistical association between child marriage and faith affiliation. Second, it cautions against broad generalizations about child marriage and faith affiliation, in order to show that beyond stylized facts derived from household survey data, there is also substantial heterogeneity within the adherents of any particular faith as to how the practice of child marriage is considered. The analysis focuses on Islamic communities.
format	Journal Article
author	Gemignani, Regina Wodon, Quentin
author_facet	Gemignani, Regina Wodon, Quentin
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title	Child Marriage and Faith Affiliation in Sub-Saharan Africa : Stylized Facts and Heterogeneity
title_short	Child Marriage and Faith Affiliation in Sub-Saharan Africa : Stylized Facts and Heterogeneity
title_full	Child Marriage and Faith Affiliation in Sub-Saharan Africa : Stylized Facts and Heterogeneity
title_fullStr	Child Marriage and Faith Affiliation in Sub-Saharan Africa : Stylized Facts and Heterogeneity
title_full_unstemmed	Child Marriage and Faith Affiliation in Sub-Saharan Africa : Stylized Facts and Heterogeneity
title_sort	child marriage and faith affiliation in sub-saharan africa : stylized facts and heterogeneity
publisher	Taylor and Francis
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url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23532
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Child Marriage and Faith Affiliation in Sub-Saharan Africa : Stylized Facts and Heterogeneity

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