The main objectives of this study were to identify and examine types, prevalence and causes of earlyrnmarriage and to investigate the link between early marriage and parentsâ€™ socio-economic status in twornpeasant communities in Dembia Woreda of North Gondar, Amhara Region. To achieve these objectives,rnboth secondary and primary data sources were used.rnA mixed study design was employed to collect primary data with a combination of survey, focus grouprndiscussion, and key informant interview methods. Both purposive and random sampling techniques werernused in selecting samples. The study Woreda and the two peasant associations were selected purposively.rnSurvey respondents (186) were selected using stratified simple random sampling proportional to size,rnwhile focus group discussion participants and key informants were selected purposively based on thernknowledge of the local language and culture.rnData collection instruments included questionnaire, focus group discussion and key informant interviewrnguides. Both qualitative and quantitative data analysis techniques were employed. Accordingly, surveyrnresults were analyzed using percentages, frequencies, means, and cross-tabulations, while data from focusrngroup discussions and key informant interviews were organized by themes and described to supplementrnthe quantitative data. Finally, the data gathered through various sources were analyzed thematicallyrnusing triangulation to increase the reliability, credibility and validity of the research findings.rnPertaining to the major findings of the study, four types of early marriage arrangements were identified inrnthe studied peasant associations. Regarding the prevalence of early marriage, 86% of daughters werernmarried below the legal marriage age (18 years).More specifically, the degree of marrying early isrndiffering among wealth groups.Accordinglly, about 97.4% of 39 high and 93% of 71 middle wealth groupsrnof sample parent respondents married off their daughters at an early adolescent age (below 15 years).rnOnly about 39.6% of 58 lower wealth groups married off their daughters below 15 years. However, veryrnlow wealth group of parents did not married off their daughters below 15 years. The mean age at firstrnmarriage was 12.96 years for daughters and 20.36 years for sons. High, middle, lower and very lowrnwealth groups of sample parent respondents married off their daughters in first marriage at a mean agernof 10.4,11.3,15.2, and 18.7 years old, respectively.rnThe major reasons for marrying off daughters early differ among the different wealth groups of parentrnrespondents. The major reasons for high and middle wealth categories of parents were: to form marriagernalliance with land and cattle rich families, for honor, to avoid the stigma of being unmarriageable; to getrntheir children married before the resource is getting low. For some lower and very low wealth group of parent respondents, fear of unwanted pregnancy before marriage is the major reason to marry off their daughters early. Therefore, to reduce, if possible to stop, the practice of early marriage in the studied peasant communities of Dembia Woreda, specific intervention measures need to be developed based on socio-economic realities of rural peasant communities.