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<p><u><strong>Short Name</strong></u><br>
Child marriage before age 18<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Full Name</strong></u><br>
Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 who were married or in a union before age 18<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Domain</strong></u><br>
Gender equality<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Sub-domain</strong></u><br>
Child marriage<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Tags</strong></u><br>
End gender-based violence and harmful practices, Latin America and the Caribbean Key Indicators, Montevideo Consensus, SDG Target 5.3, Strategic Plan<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Definition</strong></u><br>
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18.<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Method of Calculation</strong></u><br>
Number of women aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before age 18 divided by the total number of women aged 20 to 24 in the population multiplied by 100.
<br><em>Data source specific method of calculation:</em><br>
<br><strong>DHS:</strong><br> <br><em>Numerator:</em><br> Number of women aged 20 to 24 years whose first marriage or consensual union occurred before age 18.
<br><em>Denominator:</em><br> Number of women aged 20 to 24 years, including those who have never been married or in a consensual union.
<br><em>Calculation:</em><br> Numerators are divided by the overall denominator and multiplied by 100.
<br><strong>IPUMS:</strong><br> The number of females aged 20 to 24 years who married before age 18 divided by the total number of persons age 20 to 24. Age at marriage is determined using the IPUMS AGEMARR variable, which indicates age at first marriage or consensual union: <a href="https://international.ipums.org/international-action/variables/AGEMARR#codes_section">Link</a>. Samples vary in treatment of consensual unions.<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Expected Frequency of Data Dissemination</strong></u><br>
Annual<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Geospatial Dimension Availability</strong></u><br>
Country (geolev0), Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), Least Developed Countries (LDCs), SDG Regions, SDG Sub-Regions, Small island developing States (SIDS), Sub-national level 1 (geolev1), Sub-national level 2 (geolev2), World<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Time Dimension Availability</strong></u><br>
1960, 1971, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Disaggregation Dimension Availability</strong></u><br>
Age group: <em>20 to 24 years old</em><br>Education level: <em>Higher, No education, No education or primary education, Primary education, Secondary education, Secondary education or higher</em><br>Nativity: <em>Foreign-born, Native-born</em><br>Place of residence: <em>Rural, Urban</em><br>Race: <em>American Indian, Asian, Black, Brown (Brazil), Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Indigenous, Japanese, Korean, Mixed race, Other, Other Asian, Vietnamese, White</em><br>Sex: <em>Female</em><br>Wealth index: <em>Middle, Poorer, Poorest, Richer, Richest</em><br></p>
<p><u><strong>References</strong></u><br>
SDG Indicator 5.3.1 metadata: <a href="https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-05-03-01.pdf">Link</a><br></p>
<p><u><strong>Comments</strong></u><br>
<strong>DHS:</strong> Percentages are not calculated for the age-at-first-marriage categories by cohorts of women where the youngest member of the cohort has not yet completed the oldest age of the category. For example, percentages for the cohort of women 15-19 at the time of the survey will not be calculated for age categories 18, 20, 22, and 25 because some women (or men) who have never been married are still below those ages and could still marry or start to live in a consensual union before reaching those age categories.
<strong>IPUMS:</strong> Age at first marriage is available only for persons in their first marriage or union in the following samples: Argentina 2001, Romania 1992, and Spain 1981. Indicator values have been calculated for these censuses but caution should be used in cross-national comparisons involving these samples.<br></p> |