. 2021 Feb 24;29(2):1885790. doi: 10.1080/26410397.2021.1885790

Table 4.

Perception regarding approval of child marriage (respondents’ perception in percentage)

Do you approve child marriage?	Father	Mother		Father	Mother		Girl	Boy
Do you approve child marriage?	For girls only			For boys only			For both boys and girls
Approve/neutral	7.3	5.5	P-value^†: .088	6.4	3.8	P-value^†,*: .004	1.6	2.8	P-value^†,*: .039
Disapprove	92.7	94.5	P-value^†: .088	93.6	96.3	P-value^†,*: .004	98.5	97.2	P-value^†,*: .039
Do your family, friends, and community approve child marriage?	Respondents’ perception about their family’s approval			Respondents’ perception about their friends’ approval			Respondents’ perception about their communities’ approval
Approve child marriage	1.8			1.5			7.5
Neutral	3.2			6.0			12.1
Disapprove child marriage	95.0			92.5			80.4

*Statistically significant (P-value < .05).

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Chi-squared test of independence was performed to assess the possible relationship between type of respondent and perception.