Child marriages in Indonesia increase women's depression, research shows
- Written by Danusha Jayawardana, Research Fellow in Health Economics, Monash University
A one-year delay in marriage decreases the likelihood of women having depression.Rizka/2019-UNICEFAn estimated 640 million girls and women in the world today were married in childhood, according to UNICEF. The prevalence has slightly declined: with one in five young women aged 20 to 24 years being married as children, down from nearly one in four...





