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]
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