Basic Profile of the Child Marriage in Guinea
This brief has provided a basic profile of child marriage in Guinea. Measures of child marriage are high. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 51.1 percent, but it has declined over time, but not dramatically so. The share of gi...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/915151467831753173/Basic-profile-of-the-child-marriage-in-Guinea http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25469 |
| Summary: | This brief has provided a basic profile
of child marriage in Guinea. Measures of child marriage are
high. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children
is 51.1 percent, but it has declined over time, but not
dramatically so. The share of girls marrying very early,
before the ageof 15, has also declined, but not very rapidly
either. 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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