The impact of girl child marriage on the completion of the first cycle of secondary education in Zimbabwe: A propensity score analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between girl child marriage and education is widely acknowledged; however, there is no large body of demographic studies from Zimbabwe that have addressed this aspect. This study aimed to examine the extent to which child marriage affects one academic milestone, i.e. completion of the Ordinary Level, the first cycle of high school, which is also the most critical indicator of educational achievement in Zimbabwe.

Methods

We used the 2015 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey and extracted 2380 cases of ever-married women aged between 20-29 years. We applied a propensity score-based method, which allowed us to mimic a hypothetical experiment and estimate outcomes between treated and untreated subjects.

Results

Our results suggest that child a

SUBMITTER: Bengesai AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8189498 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature