Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Mali
Measures of early childbirth are high in Mali. The share of women aged 18-22 who had a child before 18 is 44.9 percent and it has increased over time. The share of girls who had a child before the age of 15, at thirteen percent, has also increased....
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26489546/basic-profile-early-childbirth-mali http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24562 |
| Summary: | Measures of early childbirth are high in
Mali. The share of women aged 18-22 who had a child before
18 is 44.9 percent and it has increased over time. The share
of girls who had a child before the age of 15, at thirteen
percent, has also increased. Early childbirth is associated
with lower wealth, lower education levels, and employment
without cash earnings. These are however only correlations,
not necessarily causal effects. In order to design programs
and policies to reduce the prevalence of early childbirth,
information is needed on its trend over time, where it is
most prevalent in a country, and what the characteristics of
girls giving birth early are. |
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