Married Too Young? The Behavioral Ecology of ‘Child Marriage’
For girls and women, marriage under 18 years is commonplace in many low-income nations today and was culturally widespread historically. Global health campaigns refer to marriage below this threshold as ‘child marriage’ and increasingly aim for its universal eradication, citing its apparent negative...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-05-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/5/161 |