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Annie Haakenstad

Annie Haakenstad

Researcher

Oct 28, 2026

5:08
So I guess then the million dollar question is, what did you find when looking at these countries?
5:13
So a few key findings.
5:16
One thing that really comes out in this work is in all five countries, we saw major reductions in the share of adolescents that were married.
5:25
And this was associated with a large decline in the adolescent pregnancy rate.
5:32
And we can see this really starkly that some adolescent pregnancy rate drops really substantially when you compare married adolescents to non-married adolescents.
5:41
It's a very, very big difference.
5:43
And so not only does that suggest changes in marriage as a key driver, There's also, you know, our study is not causal study, but there's very good causal evidence of, you know, the role of marriage and adolescent pregnancy.

12 MINS LATER

17:42
And that also leads me really nicely on to finish you up asking you both, what's next for you in this area of research? What are the questions you're hoping to answer, I guess, over the incoming research?

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