Table 2 Demographic associations with age at marriage: multivariate linear regression individual level analysis. N = 1031
| Â | Coef | SE | P |
|---|---|---|---|
Age difference husband-wife | −1.22 | 0.15 | 0.00 |
Age difference husband-wife quadratic | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Wife choose husband | −0.20 | 0.12 | 0.09 |
Education Wife | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.00 |
Wife agricultural work | −0.86 | 0.11 | 0.00 |
Polygamous | 1.15 | 0.18 | 0.00 |
Education Husband | −0.03 | 0.06 | 0.58 |
Household assets | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.08 |
Food security | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.79 |
Extended family | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.29 |
Qur’anic education Husband | −0.14 | 0.13 | 0.26 |
Qur’anic education Wife | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.47 |
Tribe Hausa (ref) | |||
 Tribe Zarma | 0.39 | 0.13 | 0.00 |