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Table 3 Views on age at marriage among households with girls ever married as children and never married girls

From: Child marriage among Somali refugees in Ethiopia: a cross sectional survey of adolescent girls and adult women

Indicator

Mean score +/− sd

P value

Ever married girls’ households

Never married girls’ households

Perception of ideal age of marriage for girls

16.5 +/− 2.14

17.07 +/−  2.45

0.036

Perception of ideal age of marriage for boys

18.41 +/−  2.59

19.19 +/−  2.99

0.042

Perception of legal age at marriage for girls

16.65 +/− 2.56

17.21 +/− 1.88

0.21

Perception of legal age at marriage for boys

20.47 +/− 2.85

20.89 +/− 2.65

0.28