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Early Marriage Among Teenagers; Implication For A Sustainable Future
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1.2 Statement of the Problem
The practice of early marriage
mainly arises due to poverty, civil strife and low level of development.
Some families believe that it limits and discourages promiscuity. Early
marriage discriminates against the girl child’s right, limits her
freedom to make decisions, isolates her from her peers, increases her
risk of intimate sexual violence and sexually transmitted infections
including HIV infection, predisposes her to complications of child birth
such as obstructed labor and obstetric fistulae. Maternal mortality in
pregnancy is four times higher among girls below the age of 16 years and
their new born death rate is 50% higher compared to women who become
pregnant after the age of 20 years. Early marriage also causes the girl
child to discontinue or interrupt her education. Her children are also
less likely to grow up healthy and go to school, thus continuing and
worsening the cycle of poverty for generations to come.
1.3 Objective of the Study
The
main objective of this study is to find out the implication of early
marriage on sustainable future of teenage girls in Nigeria. Specifically
the study intends to:
1. Find out the causes of early marriage in Nigeria
2. Analyze the implication of early marriage on sustainable future of teenage girls in Nigeria
3. Proffer solution to the problem of early marriage among teenage girls in Nigeria
1.4 Research Question
1. What is the causes of early marriage in Nigeria?
2. Is there any implication of early marriage on sustainable future of teenage girls in Nigeria?
3. What is the solution to the problem of early marriage among teenage girls in Nigeria?
1.5 Research Hypothesis
Ho: there is no implication of early marriage on sustainable future of teenage girls in Nigeria
Hi: there is implication of early marriage on sustainable future of teenage girls in Nigeria
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