A A Afghanistan - Demographic and Health Survey 2015

72 • Marriage and Sexual Activity Table 4.6 Median age at first sexual intercourse by background characteristics Median age at first sexual intercourse among women age 20-49 and age 25-49, and median age at first sexual intercourse among men age 25-49, according to background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Background characteristic Women age Men age 20-49 25-49 25-49 Residence Urban 19.1 18.5 24.0 Rural 19.0 18.8 23.0 Province 1 Kabul 19.8 19.3 24.2 Kapisa 18.9 18.3 22.3 Parwan 19.9 19.2 23.2 Wardak a 20.0 23.5 Logar a 20.8 23.3 Nangarhar 19.0 18.5 23.0 Laghman 19.3 19.3 22.7 Panjsher a 19.4 a Baghlan 19.0 18.6 a Bamyan 18.2 17.8 22.9 Ghazni a 19.8 22.8 Paktika a 20.8 23.7 Paktya a 20.3 23.3 Khost 18.8 18.8 22.4 Kunarha 18.3 17.8 22.2 Nooristan 18.7 18.8 23.3 Badakhshan 18.1 17.7 23.7 Takhar 18.2 17.2 23.3 Kunduz 19.6 18.9 23.4 Samangan 18.9 18.4 22.9 Balkh 19.3 18.7 24.4 Sar-E-Pul 19.2 18.7 23.8 Ghor 17.5 17.4 21.3 Daykundi 19.1 18.9 22.3 Urozgan 18.7 18.6 22.7 Kandahar 18.1 17.9 22.4 Jawzjan a 19.7 22.7 Faryab 19.6 19.4 23.8 Helmand 18.4 18.5 21.9 Badghis 16.9 17.0 23.7 Herat 18.2 18.0 22.5 Farah 17.6 17.4 21.3 Nimroz 16.5 16.3 21.9 Education No education 18.8 18.6 22.8 Primary 19.0 18.9 23.2 Secondary a 19.9 23.7 More than secondary a 22.8 24.2 Wealth quintile Lowest 18.6 18.3 22.7 Second 19.0 18.9 23.1 Middle 19.3 18.9 22.9 Fourth 19.0 18.7 22.9 Highest 19.5 18.8 24.4 Total 19.0 18.7 23.2 1 Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates. a = Omitted because less than 50 of the respondents had intercourse for the first time before reaching the beginning of the age group Marriage and Sexual Activity • 73 Table 4.7.1 Recent sexual activity: Women Percent distribution of ever-married women age 15-49 by timing of last sexual intercourse, according to background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Background characteristic Timing of last sexual intercourse Total Number of women Within the past 4 weeks Within 1 year 1 One or more years Missing Age 15-19 89.0 8.7 1.9 0.4 100.0 1,825 20-24 88.0 9.9 1.8 0.4 100.0 6,089 25-29 89.8 6.7 2.6 0.9 100.0 6,299 30-34 90.1 7.0 2.4 0.5 100.0 4,302 35-39 87.7 7.4 4.5 0.4 100.0 4,463 40-44 83.5 10.3 5.6 0.6 100.0 3,113 45-49 73.3 13.8 12.3 0.6 100.0 3,369 Marital status Married 88.8 8.8 1.9 0.5 100.0 28,671 Divorcedseparated widowed 3.7 10.7 83.4 2.2 100.0 790 Marital duration 2 0-4 years 89.8 8.7 1.1 0.3 100.0 6,473 5-9 years 90.5 7.3 1.7 0.5 100.0 5,807 10-14 years 91.1 6.9 1.4 0.5 100.0 5,075 15-19 years 88.4 8.4 2.3 0.8 100.0 4,194 20-24 years 89.1 8.1 2.4 0.4 100.0 3,555 25+ years 80.3 15.6 3.5 0.5 100.0 3,215 Married more than once 88.4 8.7 1.4 1.5 100.0 352 Residence Urban 84.4 10.3 4.5 0.8 100.0 6,870 Rural 87.2 8.4 4.0 0.5 100.0 22,591 Province 3 Kabul 83.8 11.4 4.5 0.3 100.0 3,658 Kapisa 88.5 6.9 4.5 0.1 100.0 205 Parwan 90.5 4.9 4.3 0.3 100.0 625 Wardak 89.1 8.0 1.9 1.0 100.0 382 Logar 93.9 4.6 1.5 0.0 100.0 472 Nangarhar 88.5 8.0 3.2 0.2 100.0 794 Laghman 91.1 6.8 2.0 0.2 100.0 583 Panjsher 86.3 10.2 3.4 0.1 100.0 54 Baghlan 91.2 6.9 0.9 1.0 100.0 839 Bamyan 81.2 11.5 6.8 0.5 100.0 303 Ghazni 89.3 7.9 1.6 1.2 100.0 1,328 Paktika 86.3 10.2 2.7 0.8 100.0 792 Paktya 89.3 5.9 2.7 2.1 100.0 542 Khost 92.6 4.1 3.2 0.1 100.0 851 Kunarha 85.0 6.4 1.5 7.1 100.0 559 Nooristan 83.4 10.8 5.3 0.6 100.0 222 Badakhshan 85.9 9.3 4.8 0.0 100.0 1,004 Takhar 75.4 18.4 6.3 0.0 100.0 1,105 Kunduz 91.9 5.9 2.0 0.2 100.0 1,232 Samangan 88.7 7.0 4.2 0.0 100.0 330 Balkh 87.9 9.5 2.4 0.3 100.0 1,781 Sar-E-Pul 78.1 15.9 5.9 0.1 100.0 654 Ghor 93.6 4.2 2.3 0.0 100.0 715 Daykundi 75.1 16.6 8.0 0.3 100.0 329 Urozgan 97.0 1.7 0.8 0.5 100.0 230 Kandahar 86.2 10.0 2.7 1.0 100.0 2,227 Jawzjan 91.0 7.3 1.6 0.0 100.0 614 Faryab 78.7 11.2 10.0 0.2 100.0 2,114 Helmand 91.4 5.8 0.5 2.4 100.0 875 Badghis 90.0 7.8 2.2 0.0 100.0 650 Herat 89.5 3.8 6.7 0.0 100.0 2,316 Farah 80.1 11.0 8.7 0.1 100.0 777 Nimroz 82.7 12.0 4.6 0.6 100.0 278 Education No education 86.3 8.8 4.3 0.6 100.0 24,604 Primary 86.0 9.7 4.1 0.3 100.0 2,330 Secondary 89.0 8.7 2.0 0.3 100.0 1,971 More than secondary 91.2 5.5 2.9 0.5 100.0 556 Continued… 74 • Marriage and Sexual Activity Table 4.7.1—Continued Background characteristic Timing of last sexual intercourse Total Number of women Within the past 4 weeks Within 1 year 1 One or more years Missing Wealth quintile Lowest 87.9 8.3 3.5 0.3 100.0 5,904 Second 86.9 8.6 3.9 0.6 100.0 6,001 Middle 85.8 9.2 4.3 0.7 100.0 5,888 Fourth 86.1 8.7 4.6 0.6 100.0 6,010 Highest 85.9 9.4 4.1 0.7 100.0 5,657 Total 86.5 8.8 4.1 0.6 100.0 29,461 1 Excludes women who had sexual intercourse within the last 4 weeks 2 Excludes women who are not currently married 3 Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates.