Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Mozambique

Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Mozambique

Measures of child marriage are high in Mozambique. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 51.5 percent and it has increased over time. However the share of women marrying very early, before the age of 15, has declined, but not rap...

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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
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
CHILDREN
EDUCATION
POLICIES
POPULATION KNOWLEDGE
CHILD
DROPOUTS
HOUSEHOLDS
WOMAN
CHILD MARRIAGE
AGE
LAWS
MEN
FIRST MARRIAGE
ABILITY
GROUPS
POPULATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LAW
GIRLS
LABOR FORCE
STUDENTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
PRIMARY EDUCATION
FERTILITY
MARRIAGE
WOMEN
PRIMARY SCHOOL
NUTRITION
RESIDENCE
EARLY MARRIAGE
SECONDARY EDUCATION
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
RURAL GIRLS
WILL
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
BULLETIN
AGE AT MARRIAGE
HEALTH RISKS
POLICY
OLDER WOMEN
INEQUALITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26489549/basic-profile-child-marriage-mozambique
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24552

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26489549/basic-profile-child-marriage-mozambique
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24552

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