Conflict and Girl Child Marriage : Global Evidence

Child marriage has lasting negative health, human capital, and welfare consequences. Conflict settings are characterized by a number of complex changes that can potentially increase the risk of child marriage, but there has been limited population-...

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Main Authors:	Krafft, Caroline, Arango, Diana Jimena, Rubin, Amalia Hadas, Kelly, Jocelyn
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:	CHILD MARRIAGE CONFLICT HUMANITARIAN SETTINGS GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS HUMAN CAPITAL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099224508032213918/IDU0ea79b47b0ab0b049730a3270150a58640978 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37827

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spelling	okr-10986-378272022-08-04T05:10:24Z Conflict and Girl Child Marriage : Global Evidence Krafft, Caroline Arango, Diana Jimena Rubin, Amalia Hadas Kelly, Jocelyn CHILD MARRIAGE CONFLICT HUMANITARIAN SETTINGS GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS HUMAN CAPITAL Child marriage has lasting negative health, human capital, and welfare consequences. Conflict settings are characterized by a number of complex changes that can potentially increase the risk of child marriage, but there has been limited population-based research directly estimating the relationship between conflict and child marriage. Using Demographic and Health Survey data from 19 conflict-affected countries, this paper estimates the relationship between conflict and child marriage. It identifies the relationship based on variation over space and time in conflict intensity. The findings are mixed; in some countries conflict is associated with an increase in child marriage, in others it is associated with a decrease in child marriage, and in some cases there is not a statistically significant relationship. This overall pattern is robust to a variety of approaches to measuring conflict. These findings underscore how efforts to reduce child marriage need to consider conflict as a potential risk factor, but also one that is likely to interact with local economic, social, and demographic environments. 2022-08-03T18:25:18Z 2022-08-03T18:25:18Z 2022-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099224508032213918/IDU0ea79b47b0ab0b049730a3270150a58640978 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37827 English en Policy Research Working Papers;10135 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	CHILD MARRIAGE CONFLICT HUMANITARIAN SETTINGS GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS HUMAN CAPITAL
spellingShingle	CHILD MARRIAGE CONFLICT HUMANITARIAN SETTINGS GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS HUMAN CAPITAL Krafft, Caroline Arango, Diana Jimena Rubin, Amalia Hadas Kelly, Jocelyn Conflict and Girl Child Marriage : Global Evidence
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description	Child marriage has lasting negative health, human capital, and welfare consequences. Conflict settings are characterized by a number of complex changes that can potentially increase the risk of child marriage, but there has been limited population-based research directly estimating the relationship between conflict and child marriage. Using Demographic and Health Survey data from 19 conflict-affected countries, this paper estimates the relationship between conflict and child marriage. It identifies the relationship based on variation over space and time in conflict intensity. The findings are mixed; in some countries conflict is associated with an increase in child marriage, in others it is associated with a decrease in child marriage, and in some cases there is not a statistically significant relationship. This overall pattern is robust to a variety of approaches to measuring conflict. These findings underscore how efforts to reduce child marriage need to consider conflict as a potential risk factor, but also one that is likely to interact with local economic, social, and demographic environments.
format	Working Paper
author	Krafft, Caroline Arango, Diana Jimena Rubin, Amalia Hadas Kelly, Jocelyn
author_facet	Krafft, Caroline Arango, Diana Jimena Rubin, Amalia Hadas Kelly, Jocelyn
author_sort	Krafft, Caroline
title	Conflict and Girl Child Marriage : Global Evidence
title_short	Conflict and Girl Child Marriage : Global Evidence
title_full	Conflict and Girl Child Marriage : Global Evidence
title_fullStr	Conflict and Girl Child Marriage : Global Evidence
title_full_unstemmed	Conflict and Girl Child Marriage : Global Evidence
title_sort	conflict and girl child marriage : global evidence
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2022
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099224508032213918/IDU0ea79b47b0ab0b049730a3270150a58640978 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37827
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Conflict and Girl Child Marriage : Global Evidence

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