I agree with Lizka’s comment, “(I’m also wondering if, assuming that education delays marriage,more effective education-support programs, like iron supplementation, are just the way to go here.)
In general, it seems like there might be a bit of circularity (or, alternatively, loss of information)q if we do something like: “ok, these interventions, which we evaluate on a given factor — how much they delay (child) marriage — are effective to [this degree] at achieving the particular thing we’re measuring, which we think is important for [a number of factors
Anything that is proven improve the education of girls may well be a great place to start on the potential intervention front.
I agree, child marriage would probably be only one outcome we would be aiming to address. The broader picture might be an effort to increase girls’ education through a simple and scalable intervention.
I agree with Lizka’s comment, “(I’m also wondering if, assuming that education delays marriage, more effective education-support programs, like iron supplementation, are just the way to go here.)
In general, it seems like there might be a bit of circularity (or, alternatively, loss of information)q if we do something like: “ok, these interventions, which we evaluate on a given factor — how much they delay (child) marriage — are effective to [this degree] at achieving the particular thing we’re measuring, which we think is important for [a number of factors
Anything that is proven improve the education of girls may well be a great place to start on the potential intervention front.
I agree, child marriage would probably be only one outcome we would be aiming to address. The broader picture might be an effort to increase girls’ education through a simple and scalable intervention.