PERCEPTION and
ATTITUDES
Sexual Relation
If an adolescent GIRL has a sexual relationship, it is understandable that she
should be married off to the person with whom she had sex with.
I AGREE
131 respondents
I DISAGREE
75 respondents
64%
If her boyfriend’s family
pressures her/them?
If the other person is a child too?
IF SO, I AGREE
8 respondents
I STILL DISAGREE
67 respondents
I AGREE
-0I STILL DISAGREE
67 respondents
If an adolescent BOY has a sexual relationship, it is understandable that he
should be married off to the person with whom he had sex withp.
I AGREE
125 respondents
I DISAGREE
81 respondents
If his girlfriend’s family
pressures him/them? [27]
61%
IF SO, I AGREE
16 respondents
I STILL DISAGREE
64 respondents
If the other person is a child too?
IF SO, I AGREE
-0I STILL DISAGREE
64 respondents
While 68% of Turkish citizens answered as ‘I disagree’ for girls and 75% for boys,
90% of respondents from Syria answered ‘I agree’ for both girls and boys.
[27] One of the 81 participants who disagreed, did not answer this question. 80 participants’ answers were included to
the analysis.
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