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Table 1 Basic demographic characteristics of participants

From: “It is a thing that depends on God”: barriers to delaying first birth and pursuing alternative futures among newly married adolescent girls in Niger

Participant type

Average age (years)

% reporting literacy

% attended any school

% with engaged in income-generating activity

% Muslim

Adolescent girls (unmarried, n = 20)

14

30% (n = 6)

30% (n = 6)

0% (n = 0)

100% (n = 20)

Adolescent girls (married, n = 21)

16

20% (n = 5)

20% (n = 5)

0% (n = 0)

100% (n = 20)

Husbands (n = 21)

22.5

33% (n = 7)

14% (n = 3)

47% (n = 10)

100% (n = 21)

Influential adults (n = 15)

38

7% (n = 1)

7% (n = 1)

27% (n = 4)

100% (n = 15)

Community leaders (n = 15)

45

20% (n = 3)

7% (n = 1)

20% (n = 3)

100% (n = 15)

 

% with FP training

% Physician

% Nurse

% CHW

% agree FP best after first birth

Providers (n = 13)

43% (n = 6)

7% (n = 1)

43% (n = 6)

50% (n = 7)

79% (n = 11)