TABLE 1—
Demographic Characteristics of the Study Population (Adolescents and Parents): Afghanistan, 2016
| Males, No. (%), Mean ±SD, or Median (IQR) | Females, No. (%), Mean ±SD, or Median (IQR) | P | |
| Adolescents | |||
| Sample size | 431 | 485 | |
| Age, y | .46 | ||
| 12 | 130 (30.2) | 146 (30.1) | |
| 13 | 114 (26.5) | 109 (22.5) | |
| 14 | 95 (22.0) | 123 (25.4) | |
| 15 | 92 (21.3) | 107 (22.1) | |
| Province | .76 | ||
| Badghis | 107 (24.8) | 108 (22.3) | |
| Bamyan | 126 (29.2) | 144 (29.7) | |
| Daikundi | 109 (25.3) | 139 (28.7) | |
| Kandahar | 53 (12.3) | 50 (10.3) | |
| Logar | 14 (3.2) | 18 (3.7) | |
| Paktya | 22 (5.1) | 26 (5.4) | |
| Current school enrollment | < .01 | ||
| No | 78 (18.1) | 163 (33.6) | |
| Yes | 353 (81.9) | 322 (66.4) | |
| Marriage status | < .01a | ||
| Never married or engaged | 427 (99.1) | 461 (95.1) | |
| Engaged to be married | 4 (0.9) | 18 (3.7) | |
| Married | 0 (0) | 6 (1.2) | |
| Household educational level | .52 | ||
| None | 242 (56.1) | 279 (57.5) | |
| Primary education | 128 (29.7) | 124 (25.6) | |
| Secondary education | 23 (5.3) | 39 (8.0) | |
| High school | 25 (5.8) | 28 (5.8) | |
| Teacher-training college | 9 (2.1) | 9 (1.9) | |
| University | 4 (0.9) | 6 (1.2) | |
| Household wealth index | < .01 | ||
| Index | 0.29 ±1.77 | –0.26 ±1.63 | < .01c |
| Low (–1.59 ±0.40) | 108 (25.1) | 198 (40.8) | |
| Medium (–0.38 ±0.39) | 149 (34.6) | 156 (32.2) | |
| High (1.97 ±1.41) | 174 (40.4) | 131 (27.0) | |
| Parents | |||
| Sample size | 198 | 256 | |
| Age, y | < .01 | ||
| < 30 | 19 (9.6) | 57 (22.3) | |
| 30–50 | 114 (57.6) | 169 (66.0) | |
| > 50 | 65 (32.8) | 30 (11.7) | |
| Province | .66 | ||
| Badghis | 52 (26.3) | 67 (26.2) | |
| Bamyan | 61 (30.8) | 77 (30.1) | |
| Daikundi | 53 (26.8) | 79 (30.9) | |
| Kandahar | 17 (8.6) | 13 (5.1) | |
| Logar | 7 (3.5) | 7 (2.7) | |
| Paktya | 8 (4.0) | 13 (5.1) | |
| Marriage status | .01a | ||
| Single | 2 (1.00) | 3 (1.2) | |
| Married | 192 (97.0) | 235 (91.8) | |
| Separated | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | |
| Widowed | 3 (1.5) | 18 (7.0) | |
| Age at first marriage | 20 (18–25) | 16 (15–19) | < .01b |
| Education | |||
| Never | 130 (65.7) | 238 (93.0) | < .01a |
| Elementary | 31 (15.7) | 11 (4.3) | |
| Secondary | 31 (15.7) | 6 (2.3) | |
| Beyond secondary | 6 (3.0) | 1 (0.4) | |
Note. IQR = interquartile range.
a
Fisher exact test.
b
Wilcoxon rank-sum test.
c
Student t test.