Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Nepal
Measures of child marriage are high in Nepal. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 38.5 percent, but it has declined substantially over time. The share of girls marrying very early, before the age of 15, has also declined. Child...
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| 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/2016/06/26489789/basic-profile-child-marriage-nepal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24546 |
| Summary: | Measures of child marriage are high in
Nepal. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children
is 38.5 percent, but it has declined substantially over
time. The share of girls marrying very early, before the age
of 15, has also declined. Child marriage is associated with
lower wealth, lower education levels, and lower labor force
participation. These are however only correlations, not
necessarily causal effects. In order to design programs and
policies to reduce child marriage, information is needed on
the trend in the practice over time, where it is most
prevalent in a country, and what the characteristics of
girls marrying early are. |
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