Conflict and Girl Child Marriage : Global Evidence
Child marriage has lasting negative health, human capital, and welfare consequences. Conflict settings are characterized by a number of complex changes that can potentially increase the risk of child marriage, but there has been limited population-based research directly estimating the relationship between conflict and child marriage. Using Demographic and Health Survey data from 19 conflict-affected countries, this paper estimates the relationship between conflict and child marriage. It identifies the relationship based on variation over space and time in conflict intensity. The findings are mixed; in some countries conflict is associated with an increase in child marriage, in others it is associated with a decrease in child marriage, and in some cases there is not a statistically significant relationship. This overall pattern is robust to a variety of approaches to measuring conflict. These findings underscore how efforts to reduce child marriage need to consider conflict as a potential risk factor, but also one that is likely to interact with local economic, social, and demographic environments.
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| Format: | Working Paper biblioteca |
| Language: | English English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2022-08
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| Subjects: | CHILD MARRIAGE, CONFLICT, HUMANITARIAN SETTINGS, GENDER-BASED, VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS, HUMAN CAPITAL, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099224508032213918/IDU0ea79b47b0ab0b049730a3270150a58640978 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37827 |
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