Favorable Marriage Descriptive Norm is an 8-item measure of descriptive norms related to adolescent girls' marriage. The measure examines aspects related to time, choice and agency of marriage for adolescent girls in the community.
Geographies Tested: Ethiopia
Populations Included: Female
Age Range: Adolescents
Most adolescent girls:
1. Marry before the age of 18 years
2. Marry after they turned 18 years
3. Have a say whether or not
marry
4. Choose who they would marry
5. Chose when they would marry
6. Have the final decision over
their decision to marry
7. Are abducted for marriage
8. Are most likely to talk to their
parents before making decision to marry
Response Options:
Do not know - 0
Strongly unfavorable response - 1
Unfavorable response - 2
Favorable response - 3
Strongly favorable response - 4
All responses are summed to calculate a final score between 0 and 32.
Berhane, Y., Worku, A., Tewahido, D., Fasil, N., Gulema, H., Tadesse, A. W., & Abdelmenan, S. (2019). Adolescent girls' agency significantly correlates with favorable social norms in Ethiopia-Implications for improving sexual and reproductive health of young adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 64(4S), S52-S59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.12.018
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