Table 6 provides data on labor force participation. In
some countries child marriage may reduce labor force
participation through higher fertility. In others, if child
marriage is associated with poverty, women may leave
little choice but to work. Other effects could be at work, so
that the relationship between child marriage and labor
force participation is complex. In Guinea, child marriage
measures are lower for women not working, suggesting a
positive association between child marriage and work. In
addition, the type of work associated most with child
marriage is work without cash earnings, which may be
work with low productivity. These basic statistics however
do not imply causality.