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There are some signs that future generations of Roma may be allowed to choose education instead of early marriage and thus escape poverty on the fringes of society.
"No statistics exist on the number of underage girls forced into illegal marriage-like arrangements among Eastern Europe's more than 5 million Roma. But a 2008 Romanian report says that 55% of Gypsies had their first pregnancy while under 18, compared with 14% of non-Gypsy Romanians."
A 2006 UN survey of southeast Europe reported that 2 in 3 Roma did not finish primary school and 2 in 5 didn't even start school. One in 4 was illiterate and just 8% had completed secondary school or above.
