A Simple Approach to Measuring the Share of Early Childbirths Likely Due to Child Marriage in Developing Countries

Child marriage has large negative effects on the girls who marry early and their children, as well as communities and societies as a whole. Ending child marriage is a target under the Sustainable Development Goals, but investments to delay the age at first marriage remain limited in countries where...

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Main Authors:	Wodon, Quentin, Male, Chata, Onagoruwa, Adenike
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2020
Subjects:	EARLY BIRTH EARLY PREGNANCY CHILD MARRIAGE
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34407

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spelling	okr-10986-344072021-05-25T09:49:10Z A Simple Approach to Measuring the Share of Early Childbirths Likely Due to Child Marriage in Developing Countries Wodon, Quentin Male, Chata Onagoruwa, Adenike EARLY BIRTH EARLY PREGNANCY CHILD MARRIAGE Child marriage has large negative effects on the girls who marry early and their children, as well as communities and societies as a whole. Ending child marriage is a target under the Sustainable Development Goals, but investments to delay the age at first marriage remain limited in countries where child marriage is widespread. As part of a broader argument to make the economic case for ending child marriage, this paper provides a simple approach for measuring the share of early childbirths likely due to child marriage in developing countries. This estimation matters because many of the negative impacts of child marriage on development outcomes for the girls who marry early and their children are through early childbirths – having a child before the age of 18 (for a mother), or being born of a mother younger than 18 (for a child). The estimates provided in this paper suggest that most early childbirths in developing countries are likely due to child marriage. 2020-09-01T18:39:05Z 2020-09-01T18:39:05Z 2019-07-10 Journal Article Forum for Social Economics 0736-0932 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34407 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article
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topic	EARLY BIRTH EARLY PREGNANCY CHILD MARRIAGE
spellingShingle	EARLY BIRTH EARLY PREGNANCY CHILD MARRIAGE Wodon, Quentin Male, Chata Onagoruwa, Adenike A Simple Approach to Measuring the Share of Early Childbirths Likely Due to Child Marriage in Developing Countries
description	Child marriage has large negative effects on the girls who marry early and their children, as well as communities and societies as a whole. Ending child marriage is a target under the Sustainable Development Goals, but investments to delay the age at first marriage remain limited in countries where child marriage is widespread. As part of a broader argument to make the economic case for ending child marriage, this paper provides a simple approach for measuring the share of early childbirths likely due to child marriage in developing countries. This estimation matters because many of the negative impacts of child marriage on development outcomes for the girls who marry early and their children are through early childbirths – having a child before the age of 18 (for a mother), or being born of a mother younger than 18 (for a child). The estimates provided in this paper suggest that most early childbirths in developing countries are likely due to child marriage.
format	Journal Article
author	Wodon, Quentin Male, Chata Onagoruwa, Adenike
author_facet	Wodon, Quentin Male, Chata Onagoruwa, Adenike
author_sort	Wodon, Quentin
title	A Simple Approach to Measuring the Share of Early Childbirths Likely Due to Child Marriage in Developing Countries
title_short	A Simple Approach to Measuring the Share of Early Childbirths Likely Due to Child Marriage in Developing Countries
title_full	A Simple Approach to Measuring the Share of Early Childbirths Likely Due to Child Marriage in Developing Countries
title_fullStr	A Simple Approach to Measuring the Share of Early Childbirths Likely Due to Child Marriage in Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed	A Simple Approach to Measuring the Share of Early Childbirths Likely Due to Child Marriage in Developing Countries
title_sort	simple approach to measuring the share of early childbirths likely due to child marriage in developing countries
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2020
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A Simple Approach to Measuring the Share of Early Childbirths Likely Due to Child Marriage in Developing Countries

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