Nexus between Economic Factors and Practice of Child Marriage: A Case Study of District Mohmand Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Syed Haroon Shah, Niaz Muhammad and Aman Ullah

Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies, 2022, vol. 8, issue 1, 25-32

Abstract: Purpose: This study aims to examine the economic factor as a stimulant behind the phenomena of child marriage in District Mohmand Khyber PakhtunkhwaMethodology: For this purpose, 200 sample respondents were selected through quota sampling from the selected Tehsil of Mommand agency. Furthermore, a chi-Square test was performed for measuring the association between study variables at Bivariate and Multivariate levels of analysis.Findings: Findings of the study unveil that economic factors significantly contributed to the phenomena of child marriage practices for both gendersImplications: Based on study findings it has been recommended that efforts on micro and macro levels should be made to decrease the level of poverty, particularly in rural areas where the practice of child marriage is more prevalent than in urban areas. By providing social alternatives to marriage, such as education, skill, and technical development opportunities, especially for young girls, and the provision of loans to the poor families for entrepreneurship, the unfortunate practice of child marriage can be significantly overcome

Keywords: Economic; Poverty; Illiteracy; Child Marriage; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.26710/jafee.v8i1.2132

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