Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Egypt
This brief has provided a basic profile of child marriage in Egypt. Measures of child marriage are very high. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 16.5 percent and it has declined over time. The share of girls marrying very earl...
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okr-10986-254672021-05-25T10:54:37Z Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Egypt Malé, Chata Wodon, Quentin LITERACY KNOWLEDGE NUMBER OF GIRLS AGE OF MARRIAGE CHILDREN EDUCATION POLICIES POPULATION KNOWLEDGE CHILD DROPOUTS HOUSEHOLDS RURAL AREAS WOMAN CHILD MARRIAGE AGE LAWS MEN FIRST MARRIAGE ABILITY GROUPS POPULATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LAW AGE GROUPS 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 This brief has provided a basic profile of child marriage in Egypt. Measures of child marriage are very high. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 16.5 percent and it has declined 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. 2016-11-29T16:27:11Z 2016-11-29T16:27:11Z 2016-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/395841467996683755/Basic-profile-of-child-marriage-in-Egypt http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25467 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 Middle East and North Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of |
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LITERACY KNOWLEDGE NUMBER OF GIRLS AGE OF MARRIAGE CHILDREN EDUCATION POLICIES POPULATION KNOWLEDGE CHILD DROPOUTS HOUSEHOLDS RURAL AREAS WOMAN CHILD MARRIAGE AGE LAWS MEN FIRST MARRIAGE ABILITY GROUPS POPULATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LAW AGE GROUPS 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 |
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LITERACY KNOWLEDGE NUMBER OF GIRLS AGE OF MARRIAGE CHILDREN EDUCATION POLICIES POPULATION KNOWLEDGE CHILD DROPOUTS HOUSEHOLDS RURAL AREAS WOMAN CHILD MARRIAGE AGE LAWS MEN FIRST MARRIAGE ABILITY GROUPS POPULATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LAW AGE GROUPS 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 Malé, Chata Wodon, Quentin Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Egypt |
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This brief has provided a basic profile
of child marriage in Egypt. Measures of child marriage are
very high. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as
children is 16.5 percent and it has declined 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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Malé, Chata Wodon, Quentin |
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Malé, Chata Wodon, Quentin |
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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Egypt |
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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Egypt |
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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Egypt |
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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Egypt |
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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Egypt |
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