Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Mauritania

Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Mauritania

Measures of child marriage are high in Mauritania. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 35.2 percent, but it has declined over time. The share of girls marrying very early, before the age of 15, has also declined. Child marriage...

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Bibliographic Details
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
POPULATION KNOWLEDGE
CHILD
DROPOUTS
HOUSEHOLDS
VALUES
RURAL AREAS
WOMAN
CHILD MARRIAGE
AGE
LAWS
MEN
FIRST MARRIAGE
ABILITY
GROUPS
POPULATION
LAW
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
GIRLS
LABOR FORCE
STUDENTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
URBAN AREAS
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/2016/06/26489548/basic-profile-child-marriage-mauritania
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24551

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26489548/basic-profile-child-marriage-mauritania
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24551

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