Table 1 Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the participants
From: Child marriage, marital disruption, and marriage thereafter: evidence from a national survey
Variables | Married prior to 18 (n = 37, 279) | Married at 18 or later (n = 20, 197) | p |
|---|---|---|---|
Had a history of marital disruption (%) | 7.97 | 7.37 | 0.04 |
Age at first marriage | 14.96 (SD ± 1.58) | 20.34 (SD ± 2.86) | < 0.01 |
Women’s age | 31.99 (SD ± 9.03) | 27.36 (SD ± 9.73) | < 0.01 |
Women’s education (%) | |||
 None | 20.10 | 16.13 | < 0.01 |
 Primary | 28.69 | 20.67 | |
 Secondary | 44.74 | 38.78 | |
 Higher secondary or further | 6.47 | 24.41 | |
Religion (%) | |||
 Islam | 90.58 | 84.49 | < 0.01 |
 Hindu | 8.13 | 11.11 | |
 Other | 1.30 | 4.40 | |
Ethnicity (%) | |||
 Bengali | 98.66 | 95.56 | < 0.01 |
 Other | 1.34 | 4.44 | |
Wealth quintile (%) | |||
 Poorest | 21.83 | 19.78 | < 0.01 |
 Second | 22.75 | 17.78 | |
 Middle | 21.81 | 18.81 | |
 Fourth | 19.85 | 20.31 | |
 Richest | 13.76 | 23.32 | |
Ever given birth | |||
 Yes | 92.86 | 86.19 | < 0.01 |
 No | 7.14 | 13.81 | |
Residence | |||
 Urban | 18.19 | 23.03 | < 0.01 |
 Rural | 81.81 | 76.97 | |
Administrative region | |||
 Barishal | 9.00 | 8.59 | < 0.01 |
 Chattogram | 15.54 | 22.57 | |
 Dhaka | 18.22 | 24.25 | |
 Khulna | 19.37 | 10.99 | |
 Mymenshing | 5.19 | 5.15 | |
 Rajshahi | 14.82 | 7.59 | |
 Rangpur | 13.06 | 10.68 | |
 Sylhet | 4.80 | 10.18 | |