The publication states that nearly 31% of the respondents (including parents and teenage girls) thought that poverty was a key factor, with difficult economic situations driving parents to marry off their children as they are not able to meet the basic needs of the female children.
Kichapo hicho kinasema kwamba karibu asilimia 31 ya watu waliohojiwa (kutia ndani wazazi na wasichana matineja) walifikiri kwamba umaskini ni kisababishi kikuu, hali ngumu za kiuchumi zikiwafanya wazazi waolewe na watoto wao kwa sababu hawawezi kutimiza mahitaji ya msingi ya watoto wa kike.