Basic profile of child marriage in Ghana (English)

This brief has provided a basic profile of child marriage in Ghana. Measures of child marriage are very high. The share of women aged 18-22 who married as children is 17.2 percent and it has declined substantially over time. The share of girls marrying very early, before the age of 15, has also declined. Other measures of child marriage have declined as well over the last 25 years. Child marriage is associated with lower wealth, lower education levels...

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Malé,Chata;

Wodon,Quentin T.;
Document Date
2016/03/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
105924
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Ghana,
Region
Western and Central Africa,
Disclosure Date
2016/05/26
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Basic profile of child marriage in Ghana
Keywords
Child Marriage

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Malé,Chata; Wodon,Quentin T..

Basic profile of child marriage in Ghana (English). Health, nutrition, and population (HNP) knowledge brief : child marriage series Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/107481468179099453

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