Preferred term
EARLY MARRIAGE
Broader concept
Used for
- CHILD MARRIAGE
Scope note
- Refers to marriages involving a person aged below 18 in countries where the age of majority is attained earlier or upon marriage, can also refer to marriages where both spouses are 18 or older but other factors make them unready to consent to marriage.
In other languages
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URI
http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1001806