S
16%
84%
204 of 206 respondents stated that they
were married, while 2 respondents stated
that they were not married.
Marriage over the age of 18:
33 respondents
Marriage under the age of 18:
171 respondents
Acquaintance with the spouse (ratio)
Other (Abduction / Elopement)
1.5%
Relative
31.9%
Of those who were married, 83.8% were
married when they were a child.
All respondents from Syria, Afghanistan and
Iraq, and all Roma respondents.
61.6% of those from Türkiye (53
respondents).
Majority is 15 years old (59 respondents) and
16 years old (49 respondents).
42.2% (86 respondents) of those who were
married have siblings [17] who were married
before the age of 18.
34% of all respondents from Türkiye, 40% of
Roma, 58.5% from Syria, 80% from
Afghanistan, 50% from Iraq.
77.8% of all respondents from Türkiye, 77.8%
of Roma, Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis have
siblings who were married before the age of
18.
Regardless of gender, siblings (older or
younger) were married off between the ages
of 14-17, with the majority at the age of 15-16.
Among Turkish people, mostly arranged
marriages (27 respondents)
Among Roma people, their own
acquaintances (5 respondents)
Among Syrians, their family acquaintances
(46 respondents).
[17] 204 out of 206 participants stated that they were married, 2 stated
that they were not married. 7 of them were married more than once. 2
participants have no siblings: Therefore, 204 data was analysed. About
half of these 204 participants are from families with more than one
child.
32
Arranged
19.6%
Own acquaintance
13.7%
Family acquaintance
33.3%
Turkish
Turkish Roma
Afghan
Syrian
Iraqi
120
106
100
80
60
53
33
40
20
5
0
5
Below 18 years old
2
Above 18 years old
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