Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of story narrators
| Characteristic | All respondents (n (%)) | Non-child marriage respondents (n (%)) | Child marriage respondents (n (%)) |
| Age of respondent (years) | N=1416 | N =843 | N=573 |
| 13–17 | 312 (21.9) | 177 (20.9) | 135 (23.4) |
| 18–24 | 335 (23.6) | 198 (23.4) | 137 (23.7) |
| 25–34 | 432 (30.4) | 251 (29.7) | 181 (31.4) |
| 35–44 | 203 (14.3) | 133 (15.7) | 70 (12.1) |
| 45–54 | 96 (6.8) | 60 (7.1) | 36 (6.2) |
| 55–64 | 34 (2.4) | 21 (2.5) | 13 (2.3) |
| >65 | 4 (0.3) | 3 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) |
| Sex | N=1420 | N=843 | N=577 |
| Male | 722 (50.8) | 447 (52.9) | 275 (47.7) |
| Female | 698 (49.1) | 396 (46.9) | 302 (52.3) |
| Marital status | N=1400 | N=834 | N=566 |
| Married | 826 (58.1) | 456 (54.0) | 370 (64.1) |
| Single | 512 (36.0) | 348 (41.2) | 164 (28.4) |
| Divorced/separated | 37 (2.6) | 15 (1.8) | 22 (3.8) |
| Widowed | 25 (n=1.8) | 15 (1.8) | 10 (1.7) |
| Identifies as parent | N=1390 | N=830 | N=560 |
| Yes | 695 (48.9) | 394 (46.6) | 301 (52.2) |
| No | 695 (48.9) | 436 (51.6) | 259 (44.9) |
| Religion | N=1247 | N=721 | N=526 |
| Sunni | 1159 (81.5) | 665 (78.7) | 494 (85.6) |
| Shia | 26 (1.8) | 18 (2.1) | 8 (1.4) |
| Druze | 23 (1.6) | 17 (2.0) | 6 (1.0) |
| None | 22 (1.5) | 11 (1.3) | 11 (1.9) |
| Christian | 13 (0.9) | 6 (0.7) | 7 (1.2) |
| Other | 4 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | 0 |
| Home region | N=1414 | N=840 | N=577 |
| Lebanon | 305 (21.4) | 204 (24.1) | 101 (17.5) |
| Homs | 281 (19.8) | 155 (18.3) | 126 (21.8) |
| Damascus | 221 (15.5) | 128 (15.2) | 93 (16.1) |
| RifDimashq | 132 (9.3) | 82 (9.7) | 50 (8.7) |
| Aleppo | 118 (8.3) | 67 (7.9) | 51 (8.8) |
| Hama | 94 (6.6) | 50 (5.9) | 44 (7.6) |
| Idlib | 67 (4.7) | 38 (4.5) | 29 (5.0) |
| Daraa | 59 (4.1) | 29 (3.4) | 30 (5.2) |
| Other | 137 (9.7) | 87 (10.3) | 53 (9.2) |
| Location in Lebanon | N=1422 | N=845 | N=577 |
| Beqaa | 471 (33.1) | 252 (29.8) | 219 (38.0) |
| Greater Beirut area | 467 (32.8) | 301 (35.6) | 166 (28.8) |
| Tripoli | 484 (34.0) | 292 (34.6) | 192 (33.3) |
| Time in Lebanon (years) | N=1411 | N=840 | N=571 |
| <1 | 82 (5.8) | 52 (6.2) | 30 (5.2) |
| 1–3 | 284 (20.0) | 161 (19.1) | 123 (21.3) |
| 3–5 | 617 (43.4) | 347 (41.1) | 270 (46.8) |
| 5–7 | 81 (5.7) | 51 (6.0) | 30 (5.2) |
| >7 years | 347 (24.4) | 229 (27.1) | 118 (20.5) |
| Stories by subgroup | N=1422 | N=845 | N=577 |
| Married Syrian girls | 197 (13.9) | 68 (8.0) | 129 (22.4) |
| Unmarried Syrian girls | 230 (16.2) | 161 (19.1) | 69 (12.0) |
| Syrian mothers | 245 (17.2) | 154 (18.2) | 91 (15.8) |
| Syrian fathers | 198 (13.9) | 118 (14.0) | 80 (13.9) |
| Married men | 228 (16.0) | 133 (15.7) | 95 (16.5) |
| Unmarried men | 268 (18.8) | 180 (21.3) | 88 (15.3) |
| Community leaders | 56 (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.