Recommendations for further research
•	Changes in factors contributing to child marriage in well studied areas e.g. Africa and South Asia, and great attention to less studied areas e.g. Central Asia, North Africa and Latin America.
•	Impact of structural factors such as urbanization, migration, climate change and resultant food insecurity, changes in labour markets, civil strife and war on child marriage.
•	Better understanding of the normative shifts in perceptions of and expectations of marriage.
•	Protective factors which impede child marriage in areas where the practice is prevalent, including positive deviants.