Table 1 Contextual information per country setting
Ethiopia | Indonesia | Kenya | Malawi | Mozambique | Zambia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Legal age of marriage in 2016 | 18 years, but dispensation can be granted for 16 years upon application by child or parent | 16 years for women with parental permission, 19 years for mena | 18 years | 18 years, but 15 years with parental consentb | 18 years, but 16 years with parental consentc | 21 years, but 16 years with parental consent or lower than 16 years with judicial consent assuming the circumstances of the case are not contrary to public interest |
Name of study area(s) | Amhara region: 1. Bahir Dar Zuria and 2. Kewet districts | 1. West Nusa Tenggara - West Lombok district and 2. West Java - Sukabumi district | Kajiado county: 1. Kajiado West and 2. Kajiado Centrald sub-counties | Machinga district: 1. TA Liwonde and 2. TA Chikwewod | Nampula province: 1. Mogovolas and 2. Murrupulad districts | Eastern province: 1. Chadiza, 2. Kateted 3. Petauke districts |
Urban versus rural | Rural | Both urban and rural | Rural | Rural | Rural | Rural |
Economic characteristics | Smallholder farming | Tourism, mining, farming | Pastoralist, cattle herding | Smallholder farming | Smallholder farming | Smallholder farming |
Access to health and education | Health services reasonably accessible. Lack of access to secondary education. | Health services available, but less access youth in relation to SRH. Sufficient access to secondary education. | Health and educational services available but far. | Health services reasonably accessible. Lack of access to secondary education. | Limited health services accessibility. Lack of access to secondary education. | Health services reasonably accessible. Lack of access to secondary education. |
Dominant ethnic group(s) | Amhara | West Lombok: Sasak Sukabumi: Sundanese | Masaai | Yao (majority), but also Chewa and Lomwe | Makua | Chewa (Chadiza and Katete) and Nsenga (Petauke) |
Dominant religion(s) | Orthodox Christianity | Islam | Christianity | Islam (majority) and Christianity | Christianity (majority Catholicism) and Islam | Christianity |
Dominant types of marriage | Informal and religious marriages | Formal and religious marriages | Informal and religious marriages | Informal and religious marriages | Informal and religious marriages | Informal and religious marriages |