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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Main Authors: Susan B. Schaffnit, David W. Lawson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Social Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/5/161