Appendix 2 Variables and Questions about Early Marriage 1. • • • • • • 2. • • 3. • • 4. • 5. • 6. • • • • • 7. • • Description of marriage Does age < 34 help to describe the type of marriage does age < 18 help to explain whether marriage was early Does getting married before 1985 help to explain the description of marriage Does getting married before turning 18 affect the description of marriage Do married women feel contended in marriage than the single or divorced does location of a person affect description of marriage Second marriage Does age < 34 help to explain second marriages Does getting married before turning 18 explain prevalence of second marriage phenomenon Causes of marriage does location cause child marriage does religion have a bearing on causes of child marriages Life experiences Does a woman married as a child have a negative life compared to women married older Types of child marriage Does age help explain child marriage Prevention of child marriage Does the age when a person was married have a bearing on the types of marriage that people end up in Does a rural, urban, or peri-urban upbringing have a bearing on the types of marriage that people end up in Does the religion followed determine the type of marriage entered into? does the level of education determine the preferred type of marriage Does the family size from which one comes from determine the type of marriage the type of marriage they themselves go into? Circumstances leading to marriage What are their thoughts about prevention, Age of the men who marry young girls, marital status, does upbringing have a bearing on child marriage, type of marriage, employment, married as child, religion both before and after, education how old are the man who marry children and why 37