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6 days ago · Between 2000 and 2018, an estimated 300,000 children under 18 were legally married in the US – some as young as 10. Most states set the minimum age at 16, although there are "a handful of states ...
4 days ago · Fri, May 10, 2024, 6:15 AM EDT · 1 min read. Activists in wedding dresses march against child marriage at a protest in Boston, Massachusetts in 2021. Each year tens of thousands of children, some ...
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Apr 29, 2024 · Between 2000 and 2018, an estimated 300,000 minors under age 18 were legally married in the US. California, for example, does not specify any minimum age for marriage, and more than 8,000 children ...
1 day ago · Brief summarizing the latest research and evidence on multisectoral and multilevel approaches to end child marriage, with key takeaways from featured studies, and highlighting current evidence and funding gaps.
May 2, 2024 · Sociologist’s Advice to Young Americans: Get Married. Josiah Hasbrouck on May 2, 2024. Amidst an increasingly complex world, many young people – both Christians and non-Christians – are skeptical of marriage ’s relevancy and necessity. One scholar, however, argues that they shouldn’t be.
5 days ago · In the U.S., women say that about 2.5 kids is ideal, and that they realistically plan to have around 2.0 kids. They end up having 1.62, leaving a gap of about 0.4 to 0.9 kids. They end up having 1 ...
May 4, 2024 · Younger people are more stary-eyed about marriage while older couples are putting marriage off. Pew research shows that by 2020 marriage has reached an all-time low, with only 29 percent of couples believing it’s important to be married.
