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Girl child marriage, a formal union of a female before age 18, and undernutrition remain common in Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study is to establish the extent to which girl child marriage contributes to socioeconomic status and underweight, a measure of undernutrition, among adult wome...
Comparable data on number of children and parenthood for men were unavailable at Statistics Netherlands. The majority of the victims married at least once (66.2 %), and they were on average 27.1 years old at the time of their first marriage (SD = 6.4). Many married young: at 21 years ...
Comparable data on number of children and parenthood for men were unavailable at Statistics Netherlands. The majority of the victims married at least once (66.2 %), and they were on average 27.1 years old at the time of their first marriage (SD = 6.4). Many married young: at 21 years ...
In literature, several theses try to explain the relationships between marital stability and the ages at first marriage [5]. The “earlier-is-better” is one such thesis that states that those who wait until they have completely developed their personal identities run risks of becoming rigid and...
Many of the factors that increase risk of child marriage are common among refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs). We sought to address the gaps in knowledge surrounding child marriage in displaced and host populations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Methods A multistage cluster ...
Parents’ and children’s ambivalence about their situation, suggested a family contract in transition. First, in spite of evidence of a commitment shift after marriage in the UK, one-child migrants still regarded being filial to their parents as a moral obligation. Second, parents of the one-...
Stead, editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, published the first article “The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon” on July 6th, 1885. There are descriptions of what we now call ‘grooming’ – taking young working class girls out to the theatre, gifts, flattery, promises of marriage etc. Girls ...
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Existing studies have shown that the higher wages of female sex workers can be explained as compensation for the loss of future benefits, such as marriage and health.6 In contrast, trafficked workers’ future lives are completely ruined, and they earn lower wages. This contrast suggests that ...