child marriage

marriage entered into by an individual before reaching the age of majority
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child marriage

Summary

child marriage is a type of marriage[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of type_of_marriage entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,552 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • child marriage's instance of is recorded as type of marriage[3].
  • child marriage is a type of marriage[4].
  • child marriage is a type of child sexuality[5].
  • child marriage is a type of harmful cultural practice[6].
  • child marriage's Commons category is recorded as Child marriage[7].
  • A participant in child marriage was minor[8].
  • child marriage's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Child marriage[9].
  • child marriage's described at URL is recorded as https://eige.europa.eu/thesaurus/terms/1062[10].
  • child marriage's facet of is recorded as women's health[11].
  • child marriage's facet of is recorded as child mortality[12].
  • child marriage's facet of is recorded as marriage law[13].
  • child marriage's partially coincident with is recorded as forced marriage[14].
  • child marriage's partially coincident with is recorded as arranged marriage[15].
  • child marriage's partially coincident with is recorded as child abuse[16].
  • child marriage's has contributing factor is recorded as prostitution of children[17].
  • child marriage's has contributing factor is recorded as trafficking of children[18].
  • child marriage's has contributing factor is recorded as gender inequality[19].
  • child marriage's has contributing factor is recorded as pedophilia[20].
  • child marriage's has contributing factor is recorded as tradition[21].
  • child marriage's has contributing factor is recorded as reproductive coercion[22].
  • child marriage's has contributing factor is recorded as domestic violence[23].
  • child marriage's has contributing factor is recorded as teenage pregnancy[24].
  • child marriage's has contributing factor is recorded as kidnapping[25].
  • child marriage's has contributing factor is recorded as cultural genocide[26].
  • child marriage's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[27].

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Definition and Type

child marriage's instance of is recorded as type of marriage[3]. Recorded subclass of include marriage[4], child sexuality[5], and harmful cultural practice[6].

Why It Matters

child marriage ranks in the top 10% of type_of_marriage entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,552 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . unicef.org.. unicef.org.. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). child marriage. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/child-marriage
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_child-marriage_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{child marriage}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/child-marriage}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 15d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Facet of women's health, child mortality, marriage law
    Aliases
    Subclass of marriage, child sexuality, harmful cultural practice
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20919, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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