Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Niger
This brief has provided a basic profile of early childbirth in Niger. Measures of early childbirth are high. The share of women ages 18-22 who had their first child before 18 is 47.1 percent and it has slightly increased over time. The share of wom...
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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/2016/06/26489791/basic-profile-early-childbirth-niger http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24549 |
| Summary: | This brief has provided a basic profile
of early childbirth in Niger. Measures of early childbirth
are high. The share of women ages 18-22 who had their first
child before 18 is 47.1 percent and it has slightly
increased over time. The share of women with their first
child before 15 is at just under 10 percent. Other measures
of early childbirth have also not declined, with increases
in some cases over the last 25 years. Early childbirth is
associated with lower wealth and lower education levels, and
employment without cash earnings. These are however only
correlations, not necessarily causal effects. Other briefs
in this series look at potential causal effects. |
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