Early Childbearing and Child Marriage: An Update.
child marriage
early childbearing
Journal
Studies in family planning
ISSN: 1728-4465
Titre abrégé: Stud Fam Plann
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7810364
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2023
09 2023
Historique:
medline:
22
9
2023
pubmed:
6
7
2023
entrez:
6
7
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Eliminating child marriage is seen by policy makers and advocates as a path toward reducing births to girls below age 18, as most early births have been previously found to occur within marriage. There has been little recent evidence, however, of the marital context in which early childbearing occurs or how this relationship varies across space and levels of development. Using survey and vital registration data covering approximately 95 percent of the world's births to mothers younger than 18 years, we estimated the share of first births that occur within marriage at the global, regional and national levels. We found that more than half of births to mothers below age 18 worldwide take place in sub-Saharan Africa, and this share will continue to grow. Globally, 76 percent of first births to mothers below age 18 occur within marriage and there are large regional differences. Over the past two decades, the share of first births to mothers below age 18 occurring within marriage declined in most countries with data available, but there are important exceptions. Although most first births to women below age 18 occur following seven months of marriage, the sequencing of child marriage and early childbearing varies widely across countries.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
503-521Subventions
Organisme : Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
ID : Grant INV-033016
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Population Council, Inc.
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