Table 1 Characteristics of adolescent girls (aged 15–19) in the roster (N = 522)
| Â | 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 | Â | Â |
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 |