Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Mauritania

Measures of child marriage are high in Mauritania. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 35.2 percent, but it has declined over time. The share of girls marrying very early, before the age of 15, has also declined. Child marriage...

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Main Authors: Male, Chata, Wodon, Quentin
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
AGE
MEN
LAW
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26489548/basic-profile-child-marriage-mauritania
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24551