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| Body: | Kai Schultz and Suhasini Raj "Bihar, a poor, agrarian state in northern India, has one of the highest rates of underage marriages in the country, according to India’s National Family Health Survey. In 2005, 69 percent of surveyed women said they married when they were underage. Ten years later, the number fell to 42.5 percent..." |
| Abstract: | Kai Schultz and Suhasini Raj "Bihar, a poor, agrarian state in northern India, has one of the highest rates of underage marriages in the country, according to India’s National Family Health Survey. In 2005, 69 percent of surveyed women said they married when they were underage. Ten years later, the number fell to 42.5 percent..." |
| URL to article: | https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/world/asia/india-child-marriage.html |