Basic Profile of Child Marriage in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Measures of child marriage are high in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 35.9 percent, but it has declined over time. The share of girls marrying very early, before the age of 15, at ju...
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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/448331467831741265/Basic-profile-of-child-marriage-in-the-Democratic-Republic-of-Congo http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25466 |
| Summary: | Measures of child marriage are high in
the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The share of women
ages 18-22 who married as children is 35.9 percent, but it
has declined over time. The share of girls marrying very
early, before the age of 15, at just under 10 percent has
also declined. Child marriage is associated with lower
wealth, lower education levels, and higher 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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