M P Afghanistan - Demographic and Health Survey 2015

70 • Marriage and Sexual Activity Table 4.4 Median age at first marriage by background characteristics Median age at first marriage among women age 20-49 and age 25-49, and median age at first marriage 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 18.8 18.3 23.6 Rural 18.7 18.5 22.7 Province 1 Kabul 19.6 19.2 23.8 Kapisa 18.8 18.2 22.5 Parwan 19.7 19.0 22.7 Wardak 19.9 19.5 23.2 Logar a 20.7 23.0 Nangarhar 18.6 18.1 22.5 Laghman 19.1 19.1 22.2 Panjsher a 18.9 a Baghlan 18.8 18.6 24.2 Bamyan 18.1 17.7 22.4 Ghazni 19.8 19.4 22.5 Paktika a 20.5 23.5 Paktya 19.6 19.7 22.9 Khost 18.3 18.3 21.9 Kunarha 18.1 17.6 21.5 Nooristan 18.6 18.7 23.2 Badakhshan 17.7 17.3 23.1 Takhar 18.2 17.2 23.1 Kunduz 19.3 18.6 22.8 Samangan 18.7 18.3 22.8 Balkh 19.2 18.6 24.1 Sar-E-Pul 19.0 18.7 24.0 Ghor 17.1 17.0 20.9 Daykundi 18.0 17.5 22.3 Urozgan 18.6 18.4 22.4 Kandahar 17.8 17.7 22.1 Jawzjan 19.8 19.3 22.4 Faryab 19.5 19.2 23.4 Helmand 17.9 17.9 21.5 Badghis 16.6 16.7 23.2 Herat 18.0 17.8 22.4 Farah 17.3 17.2 21.3 Nimroz 16.2 15.9 21.7 Education No education 18.5 18.3 22.5 Primary 18.7 18.6 22.9 Secondary a 19.9 23.4 More than secondary a 22.5 23.9 Wealth quintile Lowest 18.3 18.1 22.5 Second 18.8 18.6 22.8 Middle 19.0 18.8 22.5 Fourth 18.6 18.4 22.6 Highest 19.2 18.6 24.1 Total 18.8 18.5 22.9 Note: The age at first marriage is defined as the age at which the respondent began living with herhis first spouse. 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 began living with their spouse for the first time before reaching the beginning of the age group Marriage and Sexual Activity • 71 Table 4.5 Age at first sexual intercourse Percentage of women and men age 15-49 who had first sexual intercourse by specific exact ages, percentage who never had sexual intercourse, and median age at first sexual intercourse, according to current age, Afghanistan 2015 Current age Percentage who had first sexual intercourse by exact age: Percentage who never had intercourse 15 18 20 22 25 Number Median age at first intercourse WOMEN 15-19 1.8 na na na na 83.0 10,747 a 20-24 6.7 31.1 51.3 na na 33.1 9,103 19.9 25-29 10.5 41.6 61.0 74.7 84.3 9.6 6,967 18.8 30-34 11.9 45.6 64.9 78.4 87.4 2.5 4,411 18.4 35-39 12.6 44.2 63.7 77.5 87.4 0.9 4,503 18.6 40-44 12.3 42.8 64.1 80.0 88.7 0.2 3,120 18.6 45-49 9.3 36.5 56.9 72.4 85.5 0.0 3,369 19.2 20-49 9.9 39.1 59.0 na na 12.2 31,473 19.0 25-49 11.3 42.3 62.2 na na 3.7 22,371 18.7 15-24 4.0 na na na na 60.1 19,850 a MEN 15-19 0.2 na na na na 96.9 4,618 a 20-24 0.5 6.0 15.3 na na 69.5 3,804 a 25-29 1.6 8.3 21.5 40.3 65.5 20.0 3,027 23.0 30-34 1.7 10.7 24.1 43.8 68.1 5.9 2,134 22.6 35-39 1.2 8.1 20.1 36.1 63.3 1.4 1,962 23.4 40-44 1.4 7.9 22.9 41.0 65.0 0.9 1,415 23.2 45-49 0.9 7.8 17.9 30.0 59.7 0.4 1,696 23.9 20-49 1.1 7.9 19.7 na na 24.4 14,038 24.1 25-49 1.4 8.6 21.4 na na 7.6 10,234 23.2 15-24 0.3 na na na na 84.5 8,422 a na = Not applicable due to censoring a = Omitted because less than 50 of the respondents had sexual intercourse for the first time before reaching the beginning of the age group 72 • Marriage and Sexual Activity