Table 2 Characteristics of mothers and their relationship with attitude about early pregnancy (n = 270)
Characteristic | Number (%) | Agreement with child marriage Number (%) | P-value* | Characteristic | Number (%) | Agreement with child marriage Number (%) | P-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (Year) | 0.501 | marriage age | 0.435 | ||||
< 40 | 134 (49.7) | 17 (48.6) | < 20 | 121 (44.8) | 19 (54.3) | ||
41–50 | 114 (42.2) | 13 (37.1) | ≥20 | 149 (55.1) | 16 (45.7) | ||
> 50 | 22 (8.1) | 5 (14.3) | Number of girls | 0.017 | |||
Education | 0.001 | 1 | 162 (60.0) | 22 (62.9) | |||
Illiterate/Elementary school | 40 (14.9) | 14 (40.0) | 2 | 84 (31.1) | 6 (17.1) | ||
Secondary school | 35 (13) | 5 (14.3) | ≤3 | 24 (8.9) | 7 (20.0) | ||
High school/diploma | 106 (39.3) | 10 (28.6) | Number of boys | 0.001 | |||
University | 89 (33.0) | 6 (17.1) | 0 | 109 (40.4) | 10 (29.4) | ||
Job | 0.023 | 1 | 125 (46.3) | 9 (26.5) | |||
Housewife | 199 (73.7) | 32 (91.4) | ≥2 | 36 (13.3) | 15 (44.1) | ||
Working at home and outside the home | 72 (26.3) | 2 (5.7) | The marriage of other children under 18 years of age | ||||
Spouse Education | 0.116 | Yes | 37 (13.8) | 16 (45.7) | 0.001 | ||
Illiterate/Elementary school | 38 (14.1) | 7 (20.6) | No | 233 (86.2) | 19 (54.3) | ||
Secondary school | 47 (17.4) | 7 (20.6) | Appropriate age of marriage for girls | ||||
High school diploma | 92 (34.1) | 12 (35.3) | 16–20 | 43 (15.9) | 15 (42.9) | 0.001 | |
University | 93 (34.4) | 8 (23.5) | 21–25 | 165 (61.1) | 16 (45.7) | ||
Spouse Job | 0.945 | ≥26 | 62 (23.0) | 4 (11.4) | |||
Unemployed | 12 (4.5) | 1 (2.9) | Final decision-maker about your daughter’s marriage | ||||
Freelance | 126 (46.7) | 17 (50.0) | My daughter | 146 (54.1) | 12 (34.3) | 0.021 | |
Employee | 88 (32.6) | 10 (29.4) | Her father and me | 124 (45.9) | 23 (65.7) | ||
Laborer | 44 (16.3) | 6 (17.6) | Disagreement with your daughter if she decides to marriage under the age of 18 years old | ||||
Marital status | 0.030 | Yes | 192 (71.1) | 16 (45.7) | 0.001 | ||
Married | 255 (94.4) | 30 (85.7) | No | 79 (28.9) | 19 (54.3) | ||
Widowed/ Divorced | 15 (5.6) | 5 (14.3) | |||||