Favorable Marriage Injunctive Norm is a 8-item measure of injunctive norms related to adolescent girls' marriage. The measure examines the respondents' perceptions regarding the marital expectations of parents, for adolescent girls, in the community .
Geographies Tested: Ethiopia
Populations Included: Female
Age Range: Adolescents
Parents expect adolescent girls:
1. To get married before the age
of 18 years
2. To only marry after they
turned 18 years
3. To have a say whether they
want to marry or not
4. To choose when to marry
5. To choose who to marry
6. To make the final decision
regarding their marriage
7. To be abducted if they do not
accept a proposal from a
suitor
8. To talk to them before making the 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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