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Table 1 Prevalence of (EMS, self-reported) level of marital satisfaction by men who were married below the legal age in Lalitpur and Shrawasti (N = 348)

From: Early marriage and marital satisfaction among young married men in rural Uttar Pradesh, India

EMS Scale items

Strongly disagree

Moderately disagree

Neither agree nor disagree

Moderately agree

Strongly agree

OMS 1

18.7

14.1

2.6

36.2

28.4

OMS 2

27

38.8

5.7

11.5

17

OMS 3

15.2

14.1

6.3

32.5

31.9

OMS 4

16.4

12.1

5.7

28.2

37.6

OMS 5

31.3

34.5

3.4

13.3

17.5

OMS 6

18.4

14.4

6.9

33

27.3

OMS 7

18.4

14.7

3.2

31.9

31.8

OMS 8

33.1

25.3

3.4

17.2

21

OMS 9

54.3

11.2

5.2

8.9

20.4

OMS 10

14.9

15.5

6.3

33.1

30.2

OMS 11

16.1

8.9

6.9

26.1

42

OMS 12

24.4

27.2

5.9

20.5

22

OMS 13

23.6

24.7

10.6

15.8

25.3

OMS 14

38.5

31.3

6.9

9.5

13.8

OMS 15

11.3

12.9

8

32.5

35.3