Changing patterns of family formation among internally displaced populations in Yemen: evidence from cross-sectional surveys.

Introduction: Yemen has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the Middle East and North Africa region and is home to one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. How the conflict and resulting displacement have impacted family formation patterns is not entirely clear. In this study, we investigate the impact of displacement on child marriage and early childbearing by comparing time-to-first-marriage and time-to-first-birth among displaced and non-displaced girls.