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Child marriage and early child-bearing in India: risk factors and policy implications
- Abstract:
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Prevalence rates of child marriage and early child-bearing have been declining across India over the past two decades, but absolute numbers remain high. The paper uses data collected from 3,000 children over 15 years in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, to provide an evidence base from which to strengthen policy and programming in this area.
An ecological life-course framework is used to explore the causes of child marriage and early child-bearing and the factors which help to prevent ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Not peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Young Lives Publisher's website
- Host title:
- Young Lives
- Series:
- Young Lives
- Volume:
- Policy Paper 10
- Publication date:
- 2016-09-01
- Paper number:
- Policy Paper 10
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- other
- Pubs id:
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pubs:648557
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uuid:39b51ffd-8da4-4a4b-9575-9c73d50f730a
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- pubs:648557
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648557
- Deposit date:
- 2016-10-10
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- Young Lives
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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available online from Young Lives at: https://www.younglives.org.uk/content/child-marriage-and-early-child-bearing-india-risk-factors-and-policy-implications
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