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The Impact of Early Marriage on the Life Satisfaction, Education and Subjective Health of Young Women in India: A Longitudinal Analysis

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Kanji, Shireen, Carmichael, Fiona, Darko, Christian, Egyei, Richmond, Vasilakos, Nicholas·2024·The Journal of Development Studies
DOI 10.1080/00220388.2023.2284678
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Despite progress in reducing rates of early marriage, it is still a widespread practice in India accounting for 30 per cent of the world’s early marriages. Understanding its impacts is thus of high importance to global gender equality goals. This article examines the impact of early marriage on multi-dimensional aspects of well-being: life satisfaction, subjectively assessed health and educational attainment. Difference-in-differences analysis with propensity score matching examines causal effects using Young Lives Study data. The analysis shows women who married early experience a trajectory of lower life satisfaction which is in evidence before marriage, even at age 12, persisting until the latest survey at age 22. There is no evidence of a causal negative effect of early marriage on life satisfaction; the relationship is more complicated, linked to trajectories of deprivation which commence from a very young age. In contrast, early marriage negatively affects women’s self-reported health and educational attainment by age 22.

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Authors
Kanji, S., Carmichael, F., Darko, C., Egyei, R., & Vasilakos, N.
Affiliations
  • Brunel University of London (GB)
  • University of Birmingham (GB)
  • King's College London (GB)
  • University of East Anglia (GB)
Corresponding author
Kanji, Shireen
ORCID
Venue
The Journal of Development Studies
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2023-12-18
Volume
60
Issue
5
Pages
705-723
ISSN
  • 0022-0388 (ISSN-L)
  • 1743-9140
DOI
10.1080/00220388.2023.2284678
OpenAlex
W4389886827
Cited by
15
References
6
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 4
FWCI
6.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • The Journal of Development Studies (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Brunel University Research Archive (BURA) (Brunel University London) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Figshare (cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Marriage and Family Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
Keywords
early marriage, life satisfaction, self-rated health, educational attainment, young women, women's well-being, gender equality, India

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