• Objectives
• To analyse the various socio-economic and cultural factors leading to child marriage in the selected states;
• To assess the prevalence and incidence of child marriages, specially related to the girl child, in the selected states;
• To identify variables influencing early marriages and early pregnancy in the selected states;
• To assess the impact of early marriages and early pregnancy on health, education and society at large;
• To review the existing constitutional and legal measures prohibiting child marriage and their enforcement;
• To examine the view perception of parents regarding their values, traditions and attitudes related to early marriage and early pregnancy;
• To examine the role of Child Marriage Prohibition Act 2006 in controlling the social problem and also to examine the problems, constraints and difficulties in effective enforcement of the Act.
• To suggest measures for effective enforcement of Child Marriage Prohibition Act and addressing the issue of child marriage and early pregnancy.

• Activities
• Development and printing of interview schedule
• Survey
• Training/ capacity building of research/ study team
• Interaction with households

Poverty, increased household responsibilities, infant mortality, morbidity and low birth rate, poor mental health, abuse and violence, isolation and abandonment, pre-mature pregnancy, maternal mortality, morbidity and under nutrition, discontinuing of education, etc. are the main consequences of early marriage and early pregnancy.