Prévalence of the early marriages in the septentrional areas of Mali.

Abstract

If the practice of the early marriages moved back on a world level during 30 last years, it is still widespread at the poorest countries and in rural zones. It is in South Asia, West Africa and central Africa which it is most frequent. An exploratory study of descriptive type, having used a quantitative and qualitative approach related to the practice of the early marriages from October 2007 at November 2009 in the areas of Mopti, Gao and Tombouctou. The practice of the early marriage remained rather significant in the three areas studied with levels of prévalence of 52,3 % to Mopti, 63,3% with Gao and 58% with Tombouctou. The practice remained strongly endogamic with 85%de early marriage practised S within the same family with Tombouctou, 71,6% with Mopti, and 37,2% with Gao. All the ethnos groups were concern ée S. The principal reason of the early marriage was the fear of the illegitimate pregnancies with 51,7 % with Tombouctou, 42,8 % with Gao et41,1 % in Mopti