Type of respondent*† | Approximate age at interview‡ | Approximate age at marriage‡ | Occupation | Educational level | |
Study site 1 (SS1) | |||||
Case study 1 (CS1) | MAG | 18 | 15 | Housewife | Primary |
Groom | 25 | 22 | Builder | Primary | |
MoB | Unknown | Housewife | Primary | ||
FoB | 35 | Builder | Primary | ||
MoG | Unknown | Farmer | Primary | ||
FoG | 54 | Farmer | Primary | ||
Study site 2 (SS2) | |||||
Case study 2 (CS2) | MAG | 20 | 18 | University student | University |
Groom | 28 | 26 | Farmer and trader | University | |
MoB | 50 | Housewife | No education | ||
FoB | 58 | Driver | No education | ||
MoG | 45 | Housewife | No education | ||
FoG | 56 | Farmer and trader | Primary | ||
Case study 3 (CS3) | MAG | 21 | 18 | Housewife | Secondary |
Groom | 27 | 24 | Trader | Secondary | |
MoB | 45 | Housewife | No education | ||
FoB | 50 | Bed maker | Primary | ||
MoG | 45 | Housewife | No education | ||
FoG | 59 | Trader | Primary | ||
Case study 4 (CS4) | MAG | 20 | 18 | Housewife | University |
Study site 3 (SS3) | |||||
Case study 5 (CS5) | MAG | 18 | 18 | Housewife | Secondary |
Groom | 27 | 27 | Animal farmer | Primary | |
MoB | 43 | Housewife | No education | ||
FoB | 53 | Farmer | No education | ||
MoG | 48 | Housewife | No education | ||
Case study 6 (CS6) | MAG | 18 | 17 | Housewife | Primary school |
Groom | 27 | 26 | Farmer | Primary school | |
MoB | 40 | Housewife | Primary school | ||
FoB | 46 | Shepherd | Primary school | ||
MoG | 55 | Housewife | No education | ||
FoG | 70 | Farmer | No education | ||
Study site 4 (SS4) | |||||
Case study 7 (CS7) | MAG | 18 | 17 | Housewife | Primary |
Groom | 26 | 25 | Layman | Primary | |
MoB | 45 | Housewife | No education | ||
FoB | 45 | Builder | Primary | ||
Case study 8 (CS8) | MAG | 16 | 15 | Housewife | Primary |
Groom | 25 | 24 | Merchant | Secondary | |
MoB | 45 | Housewife | No education | ||
FoB | 50 | Village health assistant | Primary | ||
Case study 9 (CS9) | MAG | 15 | 14 | Housewife | Primary |
Groom | 26 | 25 | Shopkeeper | Secondary | |
MoB | 45 | Housewife | No education | ||
Case study 10 (CS10) | MAG | 15 | 14 | Housewife | Primary |
Groom | 23 | 22 | Shopkeeper | Secondary | |
MoB | 25 | Housewife | Primary | ||
Case study 11 (CS11) | MAG | 18 | 16 | Housewife | Primary |
Groom | 25 | 23 | Trader | Secondary |
*Type of respondent acronyms as follows: married adolescent girl (MAG), groom, mother of bride (MoB), father of bride (FoB), mother of groom (MoG) and father of groom (FoG).
†Where expected participants are missing from case studies, participants were either deceased, not living in study communities or refused to take part in the study.
‡Ages represented may not be accurate as participants were often unaware of their age and so gave an approximation. This was common across all participants.