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Table 3 Characteristics of Parents in FGDs (N = 47)

From: Perceptions of minimum age at marriage laws and their enforcement: qualitative evidence from Malawi

 

Males (n = 22)

Females (n = 25)

Age (mean)

47.1

39.8

Currently married

100.0

76.0

Number of children (mean)

5.1

4.4

Ethnicity

68% Yao; 32% Tonga

64% Yao; 36% Tonga