For a girl in Ethiopia, her mother’s wealth can protect her from becoming a child bride – but if a father prefers child marriage, his own wealth may increase the likelihood that she will be married before 18, according to a Rutgers University-New Brunswick study.
Published in the journal World Development, the study found that girls whose mothers have more asset holdings – a cellphone, bicycle, sewing machine, jewelry or other valuables – have a reduced rate of entering into a child marriage, while the rate is higher for girls whose fathers have more asset holdings.
“Child marriage is concerning from a human rights, health and economic perspective,” said the study’s author Felix Muchomba, assistant professor at the Rutgers School of Social Work. [Read more…] about In Ethiopia, mother’s wealth more protective against child marriage than father’s
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