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Table 2 Summary statistics for child marriage outcome and background characteristics among females age 20–24 years, from the 2012 Indonesian Demographic and Health Survey among females aged 15–24, 2012 Indonesian Adolescent Reproductive Health Survey

From: An empirical exploration of female child marriage determinants in Indonesia

 

DHS (2012)

ARH (2012)

Outcomes

Mean (proportion)

Standard error

Mean (proportion)

Standard error

Ever married or cohabited

0.617

(0.014)

n/a

n/a

Married or cohabited age < 18 years

0.170

(0.008)

n/a

n/a

Married or cohabited age < 16 years

0.055

(0.005)

n/a

n/a

Martial-age preferences (years)

n/a

n/a

25.576

(0.039)

Attitudes approving child marriage (< 18 years)

n/a

n/a

0.053

(0.004)

Background characteristics

Age splines (DHS/ARH samples)

 Age = 20 /15 years

0.198

(0.007)

0.116

(0.005)

 Age = 21 /16 years

0.195

(0.007)

0.137

(0.005)

 Age = 22 /17 years

0.201

(0.008)

0.130

(0.005)

 Age = 23 /18 years

0.211

(0.008)

0.114

(0.005)

 Age = 24 /19 years

0.194

(0.008)

0.107

(0.005)

 Age = * /20 years

n/a

n/a

0.100

(0.004)

 Age = * />  20 years

n/a

n/a

0.296

(0.007)

Education

 No education

0.014

(0.002)

0.002

(0.001)

 Some or complete primary

0.204

(0.010)

0.115

(0.008)

 Some or complete secondary

0.563

(0.012)

0.499

(0.009)

  Secondary

0.219

(0.012)

0.384

(0.010)

Total number of siblings

3.385

(0.053)

n/a

n/a

Household wealth

 Wealth quintile 1

0.172

(0.009)

0.146

(0.008)

 Wealth quintile 2

0.197

(0.010)

0.196

(0.008)

 Wealth quintile 3

0.213

(0.010)

0.224

(0.008)

 Wealth quintile 4

0.213

(0.010)

0.211

(0.009)

 Wealth quintile 5

0.205

(0.012)

0.224

(0.011)

Exposure to media

 Listens to radio at least once a week

0.229

(0.008)

0.311

(0.009)

 Reads newspaper or magazine at least once a week

0.150

(0.001)

0.206

(0.009)

 Watches TV at least once a week

0.864

(0.007)

0.865

(0.007)

Rural

0.465

(0.019)

0.421

(0.018)

Sample size

6578

8779

  1. Notes: Weighted by primary sampling unit for national representativeness. All indicators with the exception of marital-age preferences and total number of siblings are binary variables and expressed as a proportion of the sample ranging from 0 to 1. Wealth quintiles are pre-computed using principle component analysis and a range of household-level durable asset ownership and housing quality indicators