Increases in child marriage among the poorest in Mali

Child marriage is associated with adverse outcomes related to women's well-being. Many countries have introduced laws banning this practice, and a number of studies have evaluated their impact. Scant research has focused on instances where countries have lowered the legal minimum age at marriag...

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Autores: Batyra, Ewa|||0000-0002-2967-1508, Pesando, Luca Maria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Child marriage
Policies and laws
Education
Data quality
SDGs
Mali
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Increases in child marriage among the poorest in Mali
'reverse policies' or data quality issues?
title Increases in child marriage among the poorest in Mali
spellingShingle Increases in child marriage among the poorest in Mali
Batyra, Ewa|||0000-0002-2967-1508
Child marriage
Policies and laws
Education
Data quality
SDGs
Mali
title_short Increases in child marriage among the poorest in Mali
title_full Increases in child marriage among the poorest in Mali
title_fullStr Increases in child marriage among the poorest in Mali
title_full_unstemmed Increases in child marriage among the poorest in Mali
title_sort Increases in child marriage among the poorest in Mali
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Batyra, Ewa|||0000-0002-2967-1508
Pesando, Luca Maria
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Pesando, Luca Maria
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Child marriage
Policies and laws
Education
Data quality
SDGs
Mali
topic Child marriage
Policies and laws
Education
Data quality
SDGs
Mali
description Child marriage is associated with adverse outcomes related to women's well-being. Many countries have introduced laws banning this practice, and a number of studies have evaluated their impact. Scant research has focused on instances where countries have lowered the legal minimum age at marriage, even though such 'reverse policies' could result in stalled or uneven progress in eradicating child marriage. Using visualization techniques, regression analyses, and multiple robustness checks, we document changes in the prevalence of child marriage in Mali, where in 2011 the general minimum age at marriage of 18 was lowered to 16. Since 2011, the prevalence of child marriage has progressively increased among women with no education and women living in communities characterized by low local development. We reflect on the role that data collection processes may play in explaining some of these findings and stress how repealing existing provisions aiming to protect girls can have adverse consequences on the most vulnerable social strata.
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