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Child brides: In Jharkhand, 1 in 2 girls aged 15-19 is married

Girls from Rajasthan started living with their husbands at a median age of 17 after spending four years in their parents' homes after marriage

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Swagata Yadavar | IndiaSpend
India’s eastern state of Jharkhand has the highest proportion of girls aged 15-19 years currently married at 49%.
The proportion of married girls aged 15-19 years ranged from 13% to 49% across four states–Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar and Rajasthan–according to the 2017 report More than Brides Alliance: A Baseline by non-profits Population Council, Save The Children and Oxfam.
The report, based on a study that covered 2,982 girls aged 12-19 years in nine districts of the four states, found large variations in average age of marriage within these

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