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.
Makala hiyo inasema kwamba asilimia 31 ya wahusika (wakiwemo wazazi na mabinti wenye ummri wa kubalehe) wamefikiri kwamba sabu ni umaskini, hali ngumu ya uchumi imepelekea wazazi kuwaozesha mabinti zao kwa sababu wameshindwa kuwatimizia mahitaji yao muhimu.