TABLE 4.

Characteristics of Amenah Early Marriage Pilot Intervention Participants and Their Households

No. (%)
Household characteristics
Residence in ITS
 No143 (80)
 Yes35 (20)
Mothers' characteristics
Mother age, years
 25–296 (3)
 30–3447 (26)
 35–3956 (31)
 40–4434 (19)
 45+24 (13)
 Missing11 (6)
Mother education
 Primary or less75 (42)
 Preparatory or higher92 (52)
 Missing11 (6)
Mother's age at marriage, years
 <1631 (17)
 16–1751 (29)
 18–1937 (21)
 20–2442 (24)
 25+14 (8)
 Missing3 (2)
Fathers' characteristics
Father education
 Primary or less57 (32)
 Preparatory or higher95 (53)
 Missing26 (15)
Father employment
 Not employed32 (18)
 Working but not regularly76 (43)
 Working regularly44 (25)
 Missing26 (15)
Father UNHCR registration status
 Registered133 (75)
 Not registered19 (11)
 Missing26 (15)
Girls' characteristics
Age at baseline, years
 1128 (16)
 1263 (35)
 1354 (30)
 1433 (19)
School attended at baseline
 Public elementary school43 (24)
 Public middle school44 (25)
 NGO school 133 (19)
 NGO school 258 (33)
Grade level at baseline
 36 (3)
 432 (18)
 533 (19)
 663 (35)
 731 (17)
 813 (7)
Grade level compared to age
 In expected grade level or higher75 (42)
 1–2 grade levels below expected93 (52)
 3 or more grade levels below expected10 (6)
Total178 (100)
  • Abbreviations: NGO, nongovernmental organization; UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

  • aN=150 due to missing data on fathers’ age.