Notes - 21.3% of slum dwellers perform child marriage - migrant communities do child marriages more often - children are married off to get rid of the burden of taking care of a child - there is a "sense of security" attached with marriage - child marriages occur in patriarchial societies of india.
- Erica Martelly
on 2009-05-04
Notes - 22.6% of girls were wed before 16 -2.6% wed before 13 - child brides were 37% more likely NOT to use contraception - child brides are 7 times more likely to have THREE OR MORE births - 3 times more likely to have another child in 24 months - child brides are at a greater risk to fistula and death in childbirth -More health problems for the bride and her children - Child marriage stunts education - Child marriage is reducing slightly. Has reduced only a little since 1999
- Erica Martelly
on 2009-05-04
- 21.3% of slum dwellers perform child marriage
- migrant communities do child marriages more often
- children are married off to get rid of the burden of taking care of a child
- there is a "sense of security" attached with marriage
- child marriages occur in patriarchial societies of india. - Erica Martelly on 2009-05-04