Basic Profile of Child Marriage in the Dominican Republic

Basic Profile of Child Marriage in the Dominican Republic

Measures of child marriage are high in the Dominican Republic. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 34.6 percent and it has not decreased substantially over time. The share of girls marrying very early, before the age of 15, has...

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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
CHILDREN
EDUCATION
POLICIES
INVESTMENT
POPULATION KNOWLEDGE
CHILD
HOUSEHOLDS
VALUES
WOMAN
PARTICIPATION
SCHOOLING
CHILD MARRIAGE
AGE
LAWS
ENROLLMENT
MEN
FIRST MARRIAGE
GROUPS
POPULATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LAW
AGE GROUPS
GIRLS
LABOR FORCE
STUDENTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
INTERVENTIONS
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
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26407441/basic-profile-child-marriage-dominican-republic
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24386

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26407441/basic-profile-child-marriage-dominican-republic
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24386

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