Monday, August 29, 2011

Child Marriage in the United States and Its Association With Mental Health in Women

Via Incidental Economist: 

A study published in Pediatrics finds that about 9% of women marry before the age of 18 years. They also found that the “overall lifetime and 12-month rates of psychiatric disorders were higher for women who married as children, compared with women who married as adults.”

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