Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Mauritania

Measures of early childbirth are high in Mauritania. The share of women ages 18-22 who had a child before 18 is 19.8 percent, but it has decreased over time. The share of girls who had a child before the age of 15, at 6.3 percent, has also decrease...

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Main Authors:	Male, 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 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/2016/06/26489550/basic-profile-early-childbirth-mauritania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24563

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spelling	okr-10986-245632021-05-25T10:54:39Z Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Mauritania Male, 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 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 Measures of early childbirth are high in Mauritania. The share of women ages 18-22 who had a child before 18 is 19.8 percent, but it has decreased over time. The share of girls who had a child before the age of 15, at 6.3 percent, has also decreased. Early childbirth is associated with lower wealth, lower education levels, and employment without cash earnings. These are however only correlations, not necessarily causal effects. In order to design programs and policies to reduce the prevalence of early childbirth, information is needed on its trend over time, where it is most prevalent in a country, and what the characteristics of girls giving birth early are. 2016-06-17T18:31:04Z 2016-06-17T18:31:04Z 2016-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26489550/basic-profile-early-childbirth-mauritania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24563 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 Mauritania
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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 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 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 Male, Chata Wodon, Quentin Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Mauritania
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description	Measures of early childbirth are high in Mauritania. The share of women ages 18-22 who had a child before 18 is 19.8 percent, but it has decreased over time. The share of girls who had a child before the age of 15, at 6.3 percent, has also decreased. Early childbirth is associated with lower wealth, lower education levels, and employment without cash earnings. These are however only correlations, not necessarily causal effects. In order to design programs and policies to reduce the prevalence of early childbirth, information is needed on its trend over time, where it is most prevalent in a country, and what the characteristics of girls giving birth early are.
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title	Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Mauritania
title_short	Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Mauritania
title_full	Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Mauritania
title_fullStr	Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Mauritania
title_full_unstemmed	Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Mauritania
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
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Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Mauritania

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