Table 1.
Characteristics of adolescent girls (aged 15–19) in the roster (N = 522)
| Ever married before age 18 | Never married before age 18 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | (N = 58; 52 households) | (N = 462; 415 households) | ||
| I. Sociodemographic variables | ||||
| Age of respondent, median, IQR | 18 | 1 | 17 | 3 |
| Ever attended school, N, % | ||||
| Yes | 35 | 60.34 | 417 | 90.26 |
| No | 23 | 39.66 | 45 | 9.74 |
| Highest level of school, N, % | ||||
| None | 0 | 5 | 1.20 | |
| Primary | 32 | 91.43 | 322 | 77.22 |
| Secondary | 3 | 8.57 | 88 | 21.10 |
| Higher | 0 | 2 | 0.48 | |
| Ethnicity, N, % | ||||
| Darod | 16 | 27.59 | 207 | 44.81 |
| Digil and Mirifle | 22 | 37.93 | 143 | 30.95 |
| Dilir | 9 | 15.52 | 41 | 8.87 |
| Other | 11 | 18.97 | 71 | 15.37 |
| Residence in Somalia, N, % | ||||
| Urban | 25 | 43.1 | 186 | 40.26 |
| Rural | 33 | 56.9 | 276 | 59.74 |
| Age of spouse, median, IQR | 25 | 8 | ||
| II. Family variables | ||||
| Number of households that are female-headed, N, % | 45 | 77.59 | 206 | 44.59 |
| Education of adult female, N, % | ||||
| None | 52 | 89.66 | 442 | 95.67 |
| Preschool | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.87 |
| Primary | 5 | 8.62 | 13 | 2.81 |
| Secondary | 1 | 1.72 | 2 | 0.43 |
| higher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.22 |
| Number of girls in the household below age 18, mean, sd | 1.02 | 0.96 | 1.52 | 1.09 |
| III. Displacement and vulnerability | ||||
| Disability/ Injury, N, % | ||||
| Yes | 4 | 6.90 | 25 | 5.41 |
| No | 54 | 93.10 | 437 | 94.59 |
| Number of times a household moved in the past 12 months, N, % | ||||
| 0 | 41 | 77.36 | 356 | 80 |
| 1 | 9 | 16.98 | 63 | 14.16 |
| 2+ | 3 | 5.66 | 26 | 5.84 |
| Duration in camp, median, IQR | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Marriage occurred after displacement, N, % | 55 | 95 | 12 | 100 |
| Head of household currently working, N, % | ||||
| Yes | 49 | 84.48 | 342 | 74.03 |
| No | 9 | 15.52 | 120 | 25.97 |