What decides women's marital age — wealth, education or caste
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The Poverty of Dalits, Adivarsis, and OBCs
The median age range among SC, SD, OBC women was below 20. A major reason for this overarching issue is poverty, but also the disproportionate levels of violence that girls from these communities face. Dalit girls are much more vulnerable to sexual predators as a result because they're going out with young upper caste men.
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