Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of married women aged 15–19 years
Characteristic | n (%) a | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oromia, Ethiopia N = 1198 | Nasarawa, Nigeria N = 4816 | Mwanza, Tanzania N = 201 | ||||
Age (years): Mean (SD) | 17.8 (1.1) | 17.6 (1.3) | 17.2 (1.2) | |||
Age at marriage (years) | n (%)a | Median (IQR) | n (%)a | Median (IQR) | n (%)a | Median (IQR) |
< 15 | 167 (12.7) | 14 (13–14) | 929 (19.3) | 14 (13–14) | 4 (2.0) | 12 (12–12) |
15–17 | 840 (71.3) | 16 (15–17) | 3172 (65.9) | 16 (15–17) | 107 (53.2) | 17 (16–17) |
18–19 | 191 (16.0) | 18 (18–18) | 669 (13.9) | 18 (18–18) | 90 (44.8) | 19 (19–19) |
Don’t know | 0 (0) | – | 46 (0.96) | – | 0 (0) | – |
Overall | 1198 (100.0) | 16 (15–17) | 4816 (100.0) | 16 (15–17) | 201 (100.0) | 17 (16–18) |
Age of husband (years) | n (%)a | Median (IQR) | n (%)a | Median (IQR) | n (%)a | Median (IQR) |
15–19 | 10 (7.4) | 18 (18–19) | 0 (0) | – | 0 (0) | – |
20–24 | 71 (49.0) | 22 (21–24) | 22 (6.5) | 22 (21–23) | 6 (37.5) | 22 (21–23) |
25–29 | 55 (40.5) | 26 (25–27) | 98 (30.1) | 27 (26–28) | 7 (43.8) | 27 (26–29) |
> 30 | 6 (3.1) | 32.5 (32–35) | 206 (63.4) | 34 (31–37) | 3 (18.8) | 37 (30–40) |
Overall | 142 (100.0) | 24 (22–26) | 326 (100.0) | 30 (28–35) | 16 (100.0) | 26.5 (22.5–29) |
Highest level of education | ||||||
No education | 327 (31.4) | 1321 (27.4) | 15 (7.5) | |||
b Quranic | N/A | 125 (2.6) | N/A | |||
Primary | 695 (54.7) | 1173 (24.4) | 131 (65.2) | |||
Secondary | 172 (13.7) | 2082 (43.2) | 55 (27.4) | |||
Higher/Technical/Vocational | 4 (0.24) | 113 (2.3) | 0 (0) | |||
Don’t know | 0 (0) | 2 (0.04) | 0 (0) | |||
Religion | ||||||
Roman Catholic | 0 (0) | 542 (11.3) | 61 (30.4) | |||
Orthodox Christian | 868 (65.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||
Protestant | 106 (7.8) | 1941 (40.3) | 99 (49.3) | |||
Muslim | 205 (24.7) | 2310 (48.0) | 38 (18.9) | |||
Traditional | 18 (1.5) (18) | 19 (0.39) | 0 (0) | |||
No religion | 1 (0.07) | 4 (0.08) | 3 (1.5) | |||
Currently do any activity to earn money | ||||||
Yes | 180 (13.4) | 2022 (42.0) | 32 (15.9) | |||
No | 1018 (86.6) | 2788 (57.9) | 169 (84.1) | |||
No response | 0 (0) | 6 (0.12) | 0 (0) | |||