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We found that some 297,033 children were married in the U.S. between 2000 and 2018: 232,474 based on marriage-certificate data plus 64,559 based on estimates . A few children were as young as 10 years when they married, but of those for whom age information was available, nearly all—96%—were aged 16 or 17 years.
mental health of child brides in America, estimated between 8.9% and 11.96% of women are married as minors in the United States.17 While the general public often assumes that child marriage is issue that doesn’t pertain to America, it is widespread across the country today.
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In the United States, between 70% and 80% of marriages involving a child end in divorce, and. child marriage followed by divorce doubles the likelihood that child mothers will descend into poverty.33 Consequently, in addition to being a dire social issue, child marriage is a deeply.
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the U.S. to date shows that without legal protections, significant numbers of children (mostly girls) continue to marry in the U.S. each year, preventing them from completing their education; lowering their future earnings; causing physical, reproductive, and mental health problems;
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Apr 17, 2018 · Immigrant children were more likely than U.S.-born children to have been married; prevalence among children from Mexico, Central America and the Middle East was 2–4 times that of children born in the United States.
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For most of early American history, it was fairly common for minors — particularly girls — to get married, according to Nicholas Syrett, a history professor at the University of Kansas and the...
More than 200,000 minors were married in the U.S. between 2000 and 2015 While there is some evidence that children (mostly girls) are more at risk of child marriage in rural and poorer settings in the U.S., the fact is that child marriage affects all communities.
