Table 3.

Consequences of practising and preventing child marriage (respondents’ perception in percentage)

	For parents who practice	For those who prevent
Legal punishments
Imprisonment	86.7	–
Monetary penalty	4.2
Shameful to the society	1.4
Social sanctions
No consequence	87.9	71.5
Social isolation	4.8	4.3
Threat of violence	2.7	17.8
Considered shameful to the society	6.9	9.5

Note: Respondents did not mention any legal punishment for those who try to prevent child marriage.