Trends and factors associated with child marriage among girls in Indian subcontinent countries

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Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran.

10.22111/jsr.2025.49553.2451

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Child marriage as an anti-human rights behavior has irreparable consequences in the mental, physical, social, and economic dimensions of girls. This study analyzes the rate, trends, and factors related to child marriage using secondary analysis of World Bank and UNICEF data in eight countries of the Indian subcontinent with Excel and Spss software. The findings of this research showed that child marriage is a common problem in the Indian subcontinent. Bangladesh and Nepal have the highest percentage of child marriages, and Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar have the lowest. The general trend of child marriage in the last 25 years among the eight countries of the Indian subcontinent has downward changes. The highest rate of child marriage occurs in the poor, uneducated, and rural classes. Also, the current research findings indicate that with the increase of the gross national income, human development, fertility, and the reduction of poverty and gender inequality, mutually the social and economic disparities have also decreased. As a result, the number of female child marriages has decreased. Patterns and policies should widely promote the prohibition of marriage before the age of 18 with targeted and supportive interventions for disadvantaged groups.

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Journal of Subcontinent Researches

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Available Online from 14 April 2025

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