Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Pakistan
This brief has provided a basic profile of child marriage in Pakistan. Measures of child marriage remain substantial. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 18.7 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 higher labor force participation. These are however only correlations, not necessarily causal effects. Other briefs in this series look at potential causal effects.
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Format: | Brief biblioteca |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016-03
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Subjects: | LITERACY, KNOWLEDGE, NUMBER OF GIRLS, AGE OF MARRIAGE, CHILDREN, EDUCATION, POLICIES, POPULATION KNOWLEDGE, CHILD, DROPOUTS, HOUSEHOLDS, VALUES, WOMAN, CHILD MARRIAGE, AGE, LAWS, MEN, FIRST MARRIAGE, ABILITY, GROUPS, POPULATION, LAW, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, GIRLS, LABOR FORCE, STUDENTS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, FERTILITY, MARRIAGE, WOMEN, PRIMARY SCHOOL, NUTRITION, RESIDENCE, EARLY MARRIAGE, SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, RURAL GIRLS, WILL, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, BULLETIN, HEALTH RISKS, POLICY, OLDER WOMEN, INEQUALITY, |
Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26490064/basic-profile-child-marriage-pakistan https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24548 |
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Summary: | This brief has provided a basic profile
of child marriage in Pakistan. Measures of child marriage
remain substantial. The share of women ages 18-22 who
married as children is 18.7 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 higher labor force participation. These are
however only correlations, not necessarily causal effects.
Other briefs in this series look at potential causal effects. |
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