Increasing opportunities to delay marriage and promote schooling. Results from a baseline survey in rural Tanzania.

This research brief describes girls experience of early marriage education and sexual behavior in the Tabora region of Tanzania. Located in the central-western part of the country Tabora has an estimated population of more than 1700000 and is largely rural and devoted to agriculture. Findings from this brief are drawn from a baseline study conducted in 2011 in rural Uyui district of Tabora. More than 2000 girls ages 12 to 17 were interviewed as well as approximately 400 parents.