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Table 2 Overall Psychological Well-being and sub-Scale Domain Scores by Age at Marriage in Niger and Ethiopia

From: Child marriage and psychological well-being in Niger and Ethiopia

Age at Marriage (in years)

≤ 12

13 Yrs.

14 Yrs.

15 Yrs.

16 Yrs.

17 Yrs.

≥18

Niger (n = 2463)

 Overall Psychological Well-being

66.20 (23.22)

67.96 (22.09)

70.25 (21.94)

71.24 (21.62)

72.29 (22.09)

71.16 (23.46)

71.61 (21.62)

 Anxiety (ANX)

71.10 (26.82)

73.19 (27.06)

76.36 (25.05)

77.80 (24.48)

76.79 (25.41)

76.44 (26.64)

77.03 (24.59)

 Depression (DEP)

70.59 (28.03)

72.44 (28.50)

75.28 (27.62)

76.42 (26.48)

76.70 (27.22)

75.29 (29.49)

75.61 (27.04)

 Self-Control (SC)

70.57 (24.19)

70.13 (25.82)

72.17 (24.68)

71.77 (24.09)

74.16 (23.19)

72.31 (24.73)

73.90 (23.47)

 Vitality (VT)

63.49 (26.49)

64.59 (26.78)

66.09 (26.90)

66.53 (26.41)

65.87 (26.69)

65.87 (26.92)

65.57 (25.92)

 Positive Well-being (PWB)

59.03 (20.35)

61.54 (19.39)

62.66 (20.00)

62.81 (20.50)

66.95 (20.11)

65.17 (21.44)

64.55 (4.58)

 General Health (GH)

63.57 (29.72)

64.83 (29.62)

68.42 (28.31)

69.72 (27.98)

70.31 (27.48)

69.2 (29.42)

70.43 (28.15)

Ethiopia (n = 3501)

 Overall Psychological Well-being

62.11 (24.91)

63.45 (24.23)

64.86 (20.92)

65.04 (22.48)

66.90 (22.62)

68.79 (23.06)

68.64 (21.71)

 Anxiety (ANX)

67.24 (30.19)

68.46 (30.87)

70.08 (27.70)

70.19 (29.57)

72.85 (29.60)

75.40 (28.80)

74.17 (27.78)

 Depression (DEP)

78.58 (23.35)

78.16 (22.49)

80.48 (21.28)

79.32 (25.05)

81.50 (22.88)

83.15 (22.96)

81.82 (22.54)

 Self-Control (SC)

66.40 (29.39)

67.37 (25.98)

68.15 (24.98)

67.74 (26.91)

68.66 (27.01)

69.18 (27.90)

69.49 (27.37)

 Vitality (VT)

49.70 (25.61)

53.95 (25.64)

55.82 (24.16)

56.81 (23.69)

58.30 (23.66)

60.20 (24.49)

60.44 (24.40)

 Positive Well-being (PWB)

54.94 (21.86)

58.50 (21.58)

58.55 (22.38)

59.02 (20.77)

59.17 (20.05)

60.71 (20.51)

61.77 (20.22)

 General Health (GH)

69.09 (29.04)

67.28 (28.78)

68.80 (28.08)

69.60 (29.12)

73.28 (27.35)

73.45 (28.07)

74.69 (25.79)