Table 3.

Percent agreement with statements related to prudential reasons, personal normative beliefs, and social expectations regarding child marriage at baseline by site, Malawi, 2017

	Chiwalo (n = 375)		Mchiramwera (n = 375)		Changata (n = 372)		Nazombe (n = 370)		Total (n = 1,492)
	%	CI	%	CI	%	CI	%	CI	%	CI
Empirical expectations
Most girls in this community marry before the age of 18 y	85.1	79.3, 89.4	94.1	89.6, 96.7	95.1	89.7, 97.8	82.7	76.9, 87.3	89.3	86.9, 91.3
Normative expectations
Most people in this community expect girls to marry before the age of 18	53.6	45.0, 61.9	48.5	43.5, 53.6	62.6	55.9, 68.9	48.1	42.7, 53.5	53.2	49.9, 56.4
Sanctions
If I do not ensure my daughters and/or nieces are married early, my family will not be respected in the community	54.0	45.8, 61.9	31.1	26.4, 36.2	36.8	31.8, 42.0	23.9	18.4, 30.4	36.4	33.4, 39.6
Personal normative beliefs
It is wrong to marry a girl before the age of 18	91.6	87.7, 94.4	93.9	90.9, 95.9	88.9	83.9, 92.6	94.6	91.9, 96.4	92.3	90.5, 93.7
Prudential reasons
Marrying girls at a young age can help provide them security	9.6	6.5, 13.9	7.2	5.1, 10.1	7.8	5.4, 11.1	7.3	5.3, 9.9	8.0	6.7, 9.5
Marrying girls young can help prevent sexual violence, assault, and harassment	14.4	10.0, 20.3	6.1	4.0, 9.3	10.5	8.0, 13.6	9.2	6.7, 12.5	10.1	8.4, 11.9
Marriage of girls under 18 y sometimes happens for financial reasons	62.4	57.6, 67.0	64.5	59.7, 69.1	58.9	51.8, 65.6	57.0	51.0, 62.9	60.7	57.9, 63.5
Marriage of girls under 18 y mostly happens because there is a lack of education and job opportunities	81.1	78.0, 83.8	74.4	69.5, 78.8	80.4	76.0, 84.1	76.8	69.2, 82.9	78.2	75.6, 80.5
Marriage of girls under 18 y may happen because of pregnancy in this community	79.2	71.4, 85.3	90.1	86.4, 92.9	83.9	76.9, 89.0	86.5	81.0, 90.5	84.9	82.0, 87.4