Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Nigeria

This brief has provided a basic profile of early childbirth in Nigeria. Measures of early childbirth are high. The share of women ages 18-22 who had their first child before 18 is 28.0 percent, but it has decreased over time. The share of women wit...

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Main Authors:	Malé, Chata, Wodon, Quentin
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	BIRTH FIRST BIRTH KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT CHILDBIRTH URBAN GIRLS NUMBER OF GIRLS LIVE BIRTH CHILDREN EARLY PREGNANCY EDUCATION POLICIES POPULATION KNOWLEDGE LIFE RURAL AREAS WOMAN YOUNG WOMEN CHILD MARRIAGE AGE FIRST CHILD BIRTHS FIRST MARRIAGE ALL POPULATION LABOR FORCE GIRLS CHILDBIRTHS VIOLENCE URBAN AREAS PREVALENCE EARLY MARRIAGE FOR GIRLS EFFECTS FERTILITY MARRIAGE HEALTH WOMEN YOUNGER GIRLS EARLY CHILDBIRTH NUTRITION MOTHER EARLY MARRIAGE RURAL GIRLS PREGNANCY BULLETIN AGE AT MARRIAGE HEALTH RISKS POLICY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26490063/basic-profile-early-childbirth-nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24560

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spelling	okr-10986-245602021-05-25T10:54:39Z Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Nigeria Malé, Chata Wodon, Quentin BIRTH FIRST BIRTH KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT CHILDBIRTH URBAN GIRLS NUMBER OF GIRLS LIVE BIRTH CHILDREN EARLY PREGNANCY EDUCATION POLICIES POPULATION KNOWLEDGE LIFE RURAL AREAS WOMAN YOUNG WOMEN CHILD MARRIAGE AGE FIRST CHILD BIRTHS FIRST MARRIAGE ALL POPULATION LABOR FORCE GIRLS CHILDBIRTHS VIOLENCE URBAN AREAS PREVALENCE EARLY MARRIAGE FOR GIRLS EFFECTS FERTILITY MARRIAGE HEALTH WOMEN YOUNGER GIRLS EARLY CHILDBIRTH NUTRITION MOTHER EARLY MARRIAGE RURAL GIRLS PREGNANCY BULLETIN AGE AT MARRIAGE HEALTH RISKS POLICY This brief has provided a basic profile of early childbirth in Nigeria. Measures of early childbirth are high. The share of women ages 18-22 who had their first child before 18 is 28.0 percent, but it has decreased over time. The share of women with their first child before 15 is at 5.1 percent. Early childbirth is associated with lower wealth and lower education levels, and employment with cash earnings. These are however only correlations, not necessarily causal effects. Other briefs in this series look at potential causal effects. 2016-06-17T18:30:28Z 2016-06-17T18:30:28Z 2016-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26490063/basic-profile-early-childbirth-nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24560 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 Africa Nigeria
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topic	BIRTH FIRST BIRTH KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT CHILDBIRTH URBAN GIRLS NUMBER OF GIRLS LIVE BIRTH CHILDREN EARLY PREGNANCY EDUCATION POLICIES POPULATION KNOWLEDGE LIFE RURAL AREAS WOMAN YOUNG WOMEN CHILD MARRIAGE AGE FIRST CHILD BIRTHS FIRST MARRIAGE ALL POPULATION LABOR FORCE GIRLS CHILDBIRTHS VIOLENCE URBAN AREAS PREVALENCE EARLY MARRIAGE FOR GIRLS EFFECTS FERTILITY MARRIAGE HEALTH WOMEN YOUNGER GIRLS EARLY CHILDBIRTH NUTRITION MOTHER EARLY MARRIAGE RURAL GIRLS PREGNANCY BULLETIN AGE AT MARRIAGE HEALTH RISKS POLICY
spellingShingle	BIRTH FIRST BIRTH KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT CHILDBIRTH URBAN GIRLS NUMBER OF GIRLS LIVE BIRTH CHILDREN EARLY PREGNANCY EDUCATION POLICIES POPULATION KNOWLEDGE LIFE RURAL AREAS WOMAN YOUNG WOMEN CHILD MARRIAGE AGE FIRST CHILD BIRTHS FIRST MARRIAGE ALL POPULATION LABOR FORCE GIRLS CHILDBIRTHS VIOLENCE URBAN AREAS PREVALENCE EARLY MARRIAGE FOR GIRLS EFFECTS FERTILITY MARRIAGE HEALTH WOMEN YOUNGER GIRLS EARLY CHILDBIRTH NUTRITION MOTHER EARLY MARRIAGE RURAL GIRLS PREGNANCY BULLETIN AGE AT MARRIAGE HEALTH RISKS POLICY Malé, Chata Wodon, Quentin Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Nigeria
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description	This brief has provided a basic profile of early childbirth in Nigeria. Measures of early childbirth are high. The share of women ages 18-22 who had their first child before 18 is 28.0 percent, but it has decreased over time. The share of women with their first child before 15 is at 5.1 percent. Early childbirth is associated with lower wealth and lower education levels, and employment with 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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author	Malé, Chata Wodon, Quentin
author_facet	Malé, Chata Wodon, Quentin
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title	Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Nigeria
title_short	Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Nigeria
title_full	Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Nigeria
title_fullStr	Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Nigeria
title_sort	basic profile of early childbirth in nigeria
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26490063/basic-profile-early-childbirth-nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24560
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Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Nigeria

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