Basic Profile of Child Marriage in the Dominican Republic

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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in the Dominican Republic

dc.contributor.author	Male, Chata
dc.contributor.author	Wodon, Quentin
dc.date.accessioned	2016-06-02T18:23:29Z
dc.date.available	2016-06-02T18:23:29Z
dc.date.issued	2016-03
dc.description.abstract	Measures of child marriage are high in the Dominican Republic. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 34.6 percent and it has not decreased substantially over time. The share of girls marrying very early, before the age of 15, has decreased. Child marriage is associated with lower wealth, lower education levels, and lower 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.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26407441/basic-profile-child-marriage-dominican-republic
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/24386
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24386
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Health, Nutrition and Population Knowledge Brief;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
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dc.subject	LITERACY
dc.subject	KNOWLEDGE
dc.subject	NUMBER OF GIRLS
dc.subject	AGE OF MARRIAGE
dc.subject	CHILDREN
dc.subject	EDUCATION
dc.subject	POLICIES
dc.subject	INVESTMENT
dc.subject	POPULATION KNOWLEDGE
dc.subject	CHILD
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	VALUES
dc.subject	WOMAN
dc.subject	PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	SCHOOLING
dc.subject	CHILD MARRIAGE
dc.subject	AGE
dc.subject	LAWS
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	MEN
dc.subject	FIRST MARRIAGE
dc.subject	GROUPS
dc.subject	POPULATION
dc.subject	LEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	LAW
dc.subject	AGE GROUPS
dc.subject	GIRLS
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	STUDENTS
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	FERTILITY
dc.subject	MARRIAGE
dc.subject	WOMEN
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	NUTRITION
dc.subject	RESIDENCE
dc.subject	EARLY MARRIAGE
dc.subject	SECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject	RURAL GIRLS
dc.subject	WILL
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	BULLETIN
dc.subject	HEALTH RISKS
dc.subject	POLICY
dc.subject	OLDER WOMEN
dc.subject	INEQUALITY
dc.title	Basic Profile of Child Marriage in the Dominican Republic	en
dc.type	Brief	en
dc.type	Fiche	fr
dc.type	Resumen	es
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okr.date.disclosure	2016-05-26
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okr.region.administrative	Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.country	Dominican Republic
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Law
okr.unit	Health, Nutrition, and Population Global Practice (GHNDR)
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