WORLD African Child Marriage Laws 2023

Africa, 1995 - 2023

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afr-world-wacml-2023-v1

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WORLD Policy Analysis Center (WORLD)

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WORLD Policy Analysis Center, African Laws and Policies

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Dec 06, 2024

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Data file: minagemarr-1995-2023-v1

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Valid: 1550

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

loc_start_pos: 60

loc_end_pos: 85

Width: 26

Range: -

Format: character

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Value	Category	Cases
Middle East & North Africa		174	11.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa		1376	88.8%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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