Yes Yes NO NO In asking all these questions the researchers must be clear on the following aspects as explained by the participant themselves. If need be, these aspects must be asked as specific and direct questions, if the information has not already been volunteered. a) Does the participant consider the time that she got married to have been the right time? b) Would she wish the same for her daughter? c) Did this also happen to her sisters, friends or peers (age mates)? d) Does she think that something could have been done to prevent the marriage from happening when it did? If so what does she say should have been done? e) Was it common in her community for people to marry as she did? The following instrument shall be used for this part of the research to guarantee that all the interviews will produce the same values of data, which would be easy to code: 2.1 – Before you were married, was there anything that you thought affected your life in an important way? When did this happen? [record the year] What happened? What else was happening at that time? Was this a common occurrence in the community? [tick as appropriate] Very common Common Not common Very uncommon How did you feel about this? [tick as appropriate] Very happy Happy Unhappy Very unhappy How was your life before you got married? [tick as appropriate] Very good Good Not very good Very bad How would you describe your economic status before you got married? [tick as appropriate] Very rich Rich Comfortable Poor Very poor 2.2 – How was getting married for you? When did this happen? [record the year] 33