Age of Marriage

The bar chart shows the fall in the percentage of women aged between 15 to 19 years old who are married in six Arab countries. The table shows the age of first marriage for men and women in 14 countries.

In the bar graph the percentage of 15-19 year olds who are married has fallen in six Arab countries. The most striking fall is in the UAE, from 57% in 1975 to 8% in 1995. Also, a most dramatic fall is in Kuwait, from 38% in 1970 to 5% in 1996.
The table shows that the age of first marriage for men, in 12 Arab countries plus Iran and Turkey, ranges from the mid-20’s to the high-20’s. For women the range is low-20’s to mid-20’s.

The bar chart shows that in the Kuwait 38% of girls aged 15-19 were married in 1970 but the table shows that in 2000 the average of marriage for women in the UAE was 25. In this, the figures in the table confirm the evidence of the bar chart.

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