Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Mozambique

Male, Chata; Wodon, Quentin

Basic Profile of Early Childbirth in Mozambique

2016

Male, Chata | Wodon, Quentin

Measures of early childbirth are high in Mozambique. The share of women ages 18-22 who had a child before 18 is 39.0 percent and it has increased over time. The share of women who had a child before the age of 15, at six percent, has however decreased. Early childbirth is associated with lower wealth, lower education levels, and higher employment. These are however only correlations, not necessarily causal effects. In order to design programs and policies to reduce the prevalence of early childbirth, information is needed on its trend over time, where it is most prevalent in a country, and what the characteristics of girls giving birth early are.

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age age groups birth bulletin children development education effects fertility health health risks illiteracy knowledge marriage nutrition policies population pregnancy productivity rural areas urban areas violence women

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Mother; International center for research on women; Early marriage for girls; Urban girls; First birth; Age at marriage; Policy; Childbirths; Girls; First marriage; Early marriage; Live birth; Childbirth; Population knowledge; Younger girls; Prevalence; Young women; Life; Labor force; Births; Early childbirth; Woman; First child; Number of girls; Child birth; Rural girls; Child marriage; Early pregnancy

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English

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