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Source
UNFPA — https://pakistan.unfpa.org/en/child-marriage-0. Verified in source set / retroactive normalization pending.
What it proves
Early marriage can be analysed as an agency/bargaining-power problem.
How to deploy: Use Among young women 15-19 in cited evidence, only about 1 in 10 had say over healthcare, major purchases and visits to rel (Among young women 15-19 in cited evidence, only about 1 in 10 had say over healthcare, major purchases and visits to relatives., None) to support the claim that Early marriage can be analysed as an agency/bargaining-power problem.
What it does not prove: This measures say over three specific household decisions — own healthcare, major purchases, visits to relatives — among one narrow five-year age band, so it is a snapshot of newly-formed households rather than a measure of women's autonomy across a marriage or a lifetime. It is self-reported and says nothing about whether bargaining power rises with age, schooling or childbearing.
Memory hook: 1 in 10 → nine of ten young women with no say at home
Rebuts the claim: 'A girl in a harmful marriage can simply refuse or walk away' — nine in ten cannot even decide their own medical care.