Table 1

Demographic characteristics of story narrators

CharacteristicAll respondents (n (%))Non-child marriage respondents (n (%))Child marriage respondents (n (%))
Age of respondent (years)N=1416N =843N=573
 13–17312 (21.9)177 (20.9)135 (23.4)
 18–24335 (23.6)198 (23.4)137 (23.7)
 25–34432 (30.4)251 (29.7)181 (31.4)
 35–44203 (14.3)133 (15.7)70 (12.1)
 45–5496 (6.8)60 (7.1)36 (6.2)
 55–6434 (2.4)21 (2.5)13 (2.3)
 >654 (0.3)3 (0.4)1 (0.2)
SexN=1420N=843N=577
 Male722 (50.8)447 (52.9)275 (47.7)
 Female698 (49.1)396 (46.9)302 (52.3)
Marital statusN=1400N=834N=566
 Married826 (58.1)456 (54.0)370 (64.1)
 Single512 (36.0)348 (41.2)164 (28.4)
 Divorced/separated37 (2.6)15 (1.8)22 (3.8)
 Widowed25 (n=1.8)15 (1.8)10 (1.7)
Identifies as parentN=1390N=830N=560
 Yes695 (48.9)394 (46.6)301 (52.2)
 No695 (48.9)436 (51.6)259 (44.9)
ReligionN=1247N=721N=526
 Sunni1159 (81.5)665 (78.7)494 (85.6)
 Shia26 (1.8)18 (2.1)8 (1.4)
 Druze23 (1.6)17 (2.0)6 (1.0)
 None22 (1.5)11 (1.3)11 (1.9)
 Christian13 (0.9)6 (0.7)7 (1.2)
 Other4 (0.2)2 (0.2)0
Home regionN=1414N=840N=577
 Lebanon305 (21.4)204 (24.1)101 (17.5)
 Homs281 (19.8)155 (18.3)126 (21.8)
 Damascus221 (15.5)128 (15.2)93 (16.1)
 RifDimashq132 (9.3)82 (9.7)50 (8.7)
 Aleppo118 (8.3)67 (7.9)51 (8.8)
 Hama94 (6.6)50 (5.9)44 (7.6)
 Idlib67 (4.7)38 (4.5)29 (5.0)
 Daraa59 (4.1)29 (3.4)30 (5.2)
 Other137 (9.7)87 (10.3)53 (9.2)
Location in LebanonN=1422N=845N=577
 Beqaa471 (33.1)252 (29.8)219 (38.0)
 Greater Beirut area467 (32.8)301 (35.6)166 (28.8)
 Tripoli484 (34.0)292 (34.6)192 (33.3)
Time in Lebanon (years)N=1411N=840N=571
 <182 (5.8)52 (6.2)30 (5.2)
 1–3284 (20.0)161 (19.1)123 (21.3)
 3–5617 (43.4)347 (41.1)270 (46.8)
 5–781 (5.7)51 (6.0)30 (5.2)
 >7 years347 (24.4)229 (27.1)118 (20.5)
Stories by subgroupN=1422N=845N=577
 Married Syrian girls197 (13.9)68 (8.0)129 (22.4)
 Unmarried Syrian girls230 (16.2)161 (19.1)69 (12.0)
 Syrian mothers245 (17.2)154 (18.2)91 (15.8)
 Syrian fathers198 (13.9)118 (14.0)80 (13.9)
 Married men228 (16.0)133 (15.7)95 (16.5)
 Unmarried men268 (18.8)180 (21.3)88 (15.3)
 Community leaders56 (3.9)31 (3.7)25 (4.3)
  • Demographic characteristics disaggregated by whether the shared stories were about or mentioned child marriage (child marriage respondents) or did not mention child marriage (non-child marriage respondents).

  • n, number of shared stories.