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Child marriage in India: a tradition with alarming implications
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Salvi, Vinita |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | The earth is now inhabited by about 6.7 billion people. The population has grown nearly ten-fold in the past three centuries and has increased four-fold in the past century. Between 2005 and 2050 eight countries including India are expected to contribute to half of the worlds projected population increase. China and India will most likely remain the only countries with populations over 1 billion and probably no others will come close to this level. Indias population is a staggering 1.15 billion at present. This population explosion is detrimental not only for India but also for the entire world. It is important therefore to evaluate the various factors that have caused the increase if one is to arrive at any long-term solutions. The study by Anita Raj and colleagues in The Lancet today on the prevalence of child marriage in young women in India and its effect on fertility and fertility control assesses one such important factor. Even today 44.5% of marriages in India occur before the wife is aged 18 years and are associated with high fertility and other disadvantages such as multiple unwanted pregnancies. Marriage at such ages has enormous adverse implications not just for womens health and empowerment in general but also for humankind in the long term. (excerpt) |
| Starting Page | 1826 |
| Ending Page | 1827 |
| Page Count | 2 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60452-9 |
| PubMed reference number | 19278722 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 373 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/pii/S0140673609604529 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673609604529?dgcid=api_sd_search-api-endpoint |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2809%2960452-9 |
| Journal | The Lancet |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
