Marriage-timing expectations
ARF
ARF
At pretest, the mean ideal age at marriage was 28.2 years (median = 28 years; interquartile range, 27 to 30; range, 20 to 40). Neither age-related fertility information nor fertility policy information had any statistically significant impact on the ideal age at marriage. The within-group change in ideal age at marriage pre- and post-intervention was small and statistically nonsignificant in all three groups (P = 0.714 for AFP group, P = 0.325 for FP group, and P = 0.127 for control). There were no differences between groups in ideal age at marriage at posttest (At pretest, the mean expected probability of marriage by age 30 was 60.2 percent (median = 60 percent; interquartile range, 50 to 80; range, 0 to 100). Exposure to age-related fertility information significantly increased participants’ expected probability of marriage by age 30. At posttest, the expected probability was significantly higher in the ARF group than in the control group, with an adjusted difference of 4.18 percentage points (P = 0.002) (At pretest, the mean expected probability that the participant’s spouse would be 30 or younger at the time of marriage was 61.6 percent (median = 60; interquartile range, 50 to 80; range, 0 to 100). Exposure to age-related fertility information significantly increased this expected probability. At posttest, the expected probability was significantly higher in the ARF group than in the control group, with an adjusted difference of 3.93 percentage points (P = 0.007) (