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1 in 5 slum dwellers practice child marriage
Updated On: 14 March, 2009 07:41 AM IST | | Alisha Coelho
Shocking survey finds the custom is followed by 21.3 per cent of the sample size interviewed in mega cities like Mumbai; generally among migrant population from north India
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Shocking survey finds the custom is followed by 21.3 per cent of the sample size interviewed in mega cities like Mumbai; generally among migrant population from north India
It's hard to believe, but child marriages do occur in mega cities like Mumbai, according to an article published in the UK-based Lancet medical journal this week. Even though western India recorded the lowest numbers in a pan-India survey about child marriage and related health problems, it was observed that nearly a fifth of the sample surveyed in mega cities practised this archaic tradition.
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