Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Ghana
This brief has provided a basic profile of child marriage in Ghana. Measures of child marriage are very high. The share of women aged 18-22 who married as children is 17.2 percent and it has declined substantially over time. The share of girls marr...
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okr-10986-254642021-05-25T10:54:37Z Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Ghana Malé, Chata Wodon, Quentin LITERACY KNOWLEDGE NUMBER OF GIRLS AGE OF MARRIAGE CHILDREN EDUCATION POLICIES INVESTMENT POPULATION KNOWLEDGE AGED CHILD HOUSEHOLDS VALUES WOMAN PARTICIPATION SCHOOLING CHILD MARRIAGE AGE LAWS ENROLLMENT MEN FIRST MARRIAGE GROUPS POPULATION LAW LABOR FORCE GIRLS STUDENTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INTERVENTIONS PRIMARY EDUCATION FERTILITY MARRIAGE WOMEN PRIMARY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN NUTRITION RESIDENCE EARLY MARRIAGE SECONDARY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT GOALS RURAL GIRLS WILL BULLETIN AGE AT MARRIAGE HEALTH RISKS POLICY OLDER WOMEN INEQUALITY This brief has provided a basic profile of child marriage in Ghana. Measures of child marriage are very high. The share of women aged 18-22 who married as children is 17.2 percent and it has declined substantially over time. The share of girls marrying very early, before the age of 15, has also declined. Other measures of child marriage have declined as well over the last 25 years. Child marriage is associated with lower wealth, lower education levels, and higher labor force participation. These are however only correlations, not necessarily causal effects. Other briefs in this series look at potential causal effects. 2016-11-29T14:44:10Z 2016-11-29T14:44:10Z 2016-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/107481468179099453/Basic-profile-of-child-marriage-in-Ghana http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25464 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 Ghana |
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LITERACY KNOWLEDGE NUMBER OF GIRLS AGE OF MARRIAGE CHILDREN EDUCATION POLICIES INVESTMENT POPULATION KNOWLEDGE AGED CHILD HOUSEHOLDS VALUES WOMAN PARTICIPATION SCHOOLING CHILD MARRIAGE AGE LAWS ENROLLMENT MEN FIRST MARRIAGE GROUPS POPULATION LAW LABOR FORCE GIRLS STUDENTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INTERVENTIONS PRIMARY EDUCATION FERTILITY MARRIAGE WOMEN PRIMARY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN NUTRITION RESIDENCE EARLY MARRIAGE SECONDARY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT GOALS RURAL GIRLS WILL BULLETIN AGE AT MARRIAGE HEALTH RISKS POLICY OLDER WOMEN INEQUALITY |
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LITERACY KNOWLEDGE NUMBER OF GIRLS AGE OF MARRIAGE CHILDREN EDUCATION POLICIES INVESTMENT POPULATION KNOWLEDGE AGED CHILD HOUSEHOLDS VALUES WOMAN PARTICIPATION SCHOOLING CHILD MARRIAGE AGE LAWS ENROLLMENT MEN FIRST MARRIAGE GROUPS POPULATION LAW LABOR FORCE GIRLS STUDENTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INTERVENTIONS PRIMARY EDUCATION FERTILITY MARRIAGE WOMEN PRIMARY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN NUTRITION RESIDENCE EARLY MARRIAGE SECONDARY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT GOALS RURAL GIRLS WILL BULLETIN AGE AT MARRIAGE HEALTH RISKS POLICY OLDER WOMEN INEQUALITY Malé, Chata Wodon, Quentin Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Ghana |
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This brief has provided a basic profile
of child marriage in Ghana. Measures of child marriage are
very high. The share of women aged 18-22 who married as
children is 17.2 percent and it has declined substantially
over time. The share of girls marrying very early, before
the age of 15, has also declined. Other measures of child
marriage have declined as well over the last 25 years. Child
marriage is associated with lower wealth, lower education
levels, and higher labor force participation. These are
however only correlations, not necessarily causal effects.
Other briefs in this series look at potential causal effects. |
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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Ghana |
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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Ghana |
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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Ghana |
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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Ghana |
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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Ghana |
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