Basic Profile of Child Marriage in the Republic of Congo

Male, Chata ; Wodon, Quentin

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AGE OF MARRIAGE;    POLICIES;    VALUES;    WOMAN;    PARTICIPATION;   

RP-ID  :  105914

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Measures of child marriage are high inthe Republic of Congo. The share of women ages 18-22 whomarried as children is 34.0 percent, and it has decreasedonly slightly over time. The share of girls marrying veryearly, before the age of 15, has also declined slightly.Child marriage is associated with lower wealth, lowereducation levels, and higher labor force participation.These are however only correlations, not necessarily causaleffects. In order to design programs and policies to reducechild marriage, information is needed on the trend in thepractice over time, where it is most prevalent in a country,and what the characteristics of girls marrying early are.