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Child Marriage in the United States: Prevalence and Implications - Journal of Adolescent Health. Commentary | Volume 69, ISSUE 6, SUPPLEMENT , S8-S10, December 2021. Download Full Issue. Child Marriage in the United States: Prevalence and Implications. Fraidy Reiss. Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.07.001.
The research on age at marriage in the United States shows that marrying early has universally detrimental effects over a range of outcomes, including educational attainment; earnings; physical, reproductive, and mental health; experiences of violence; and likelihood of divorce, particularly for girls.
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Download Full Issue. What Are the Drivers of Child Marriage? A Conceptual Framework to Guide Policies and Programs. Stephanie R. Psaki, Ph.D. Andrea J. Melnikas, Dr.P.H. Eashita Haque, M.A. Sangram K. Patel, Ph.D. Thoai Ngo, Ph.D. Sajeda Amin, Ph.D. Show all authors. Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.09.001.
We found that some 297,033 childrenwere married in the U.S. between 2000 and 2018: 232,474 based on marriage-certi cate fi data plus 64,559 based on estimates (Table 1). A few children were as young as 10 years when they married, but of those for whom age information was available, nearly alld96%dwere aged 16 or 17 years.
An estimated 297,033 children were married in the U.S. between 2000 and 2018. Child marriage often covers up child rape. Some 60,000 marriages since 2000 occurred at an age or spousal age difference that should have been considered a sex crime [8]. In about 88% of those marriages, the marriage license became a “get out of jail free” card ...
