Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Ghana

doi:10.1596/25464

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Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Ghana

dc.contributor.author	Malé, Chata
dc.contributor.author	Wodon, Quentin
dc.date.accessioned	2016-11-29T14:44:10Z
dc.date.available	2016-11-29T14:44:10Z
dc.date.issued	2016-03
dc.description.abstract	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, and higher labor force participation. These are however only correlations, not necessarily causal effects. Other briefs in this series look at potential causal effects.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/107481468179099453/Basic-profile-of-child-marriage-in-Ghana
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/25464
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/25464
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
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
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	AGED
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	LAW
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	GIRLS
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	INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN
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	BULLETIN
dc.subject	AGE AT MARRIAGE
dc.subject	HEALTH RISKS
dc.subject	POLICY
dc.subject	OLDER WOMEN
dc.subject	INEQUALITY
dc.title	Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Ghana	en
dc.type	Brief	en
dc.type	Fiche	fr
dc.type	Resumen	es
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okr.date.disclosure	2016-05-26
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Brief
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okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	Ghana
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Law
okr.topic	Culture and Development::Anthropology
okr.topic	Education::Education and Society
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population::Early Child and Children's Health
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population::Reproductive Health
okr.unit	Education Global Practice; Health, Nutrition, and Population Global Practice
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