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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spelling	okr-10986-243862021-05-25T10:54:39Z Basic Profile of Child Marriage in the Dominican Republic Male, Chata Wodon, Quentin 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 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 decreased. Child marriage is associated with lower wealth, lower education levels, and lower 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. 2016-06-02T18:23:29Z 2016-06-02T18:23:29Z 2016-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26407441/basic-profile-child-marriage-dominican-republic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24386 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 Latin America & Caribbean Dominican Republic
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Male, Chata Wodon, Quentin Basic Profile of Child Marriage in the Dominican Republic
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description	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 decreased. Child marriage is associated with lower wealth, lower education levels, and lower 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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title	Basic Profile of Child Marriage in the Dominican Republic
title_short	Basic Profile of Child Marriage in the Dominican Republic
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in the Dominican Republic

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