Table 6.

Prevention of child marriage (respondents’ perception in percentage)

Will you prevent child marriage around you?	In my family				In my community
Yes, I will stop child marriage	87.9				83.2
No/not my concern	12.4				16.8
My community expects the kazis (marriage registrars) to stop child marriage	Father	Mother	Boy	Girl	P-value†,*
Does not expect so	30.0	26.6	34.1	30.4	.002
Expects so	70.1	73.4	65.9	69.6

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

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