Females | Males | Male–female gap* | |||||||||
2004 | 2010 | 2015 | 2004 | 2010 | 2015 | 2004 | 2010 | 2015 | |||
Age at first sex | All | 17.4 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 18.1 | 18.2 | 17.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |
Residence | Rural | 17.2 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 18.1 | 18.3 | 17.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | |
Urban | 18.1 | 18.4 | 18.5 | 18.2 | 18.5 | 18.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
Gap | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | |||||
Education level | None | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 19 | 18.3 | 18.4 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.3 | |
Primary | 17.2 | 17.1 | 16.9 | 17.9 | 18.0 | 17.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | ||
Secondary+ | 18.8 | 18.9 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 18.8 | 18.4 | −0.1 | −0.1 | −0.3 | ||
Gap† | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | −0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |||||
Wealth tertile | Poorest | 16.8 | 17.1 | 17 | 18.2 | 18 | 17.8 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | |
Middle | 17.3 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 18.1 | 18.5 | 17.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0 | ||
Wealthiest | 18.2 | 18.6 | 18.8 | 18.2 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 0 | 0 | −0.2 | ||
Gap‡ | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | |||||
Age at first marriage | All | 19.0 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 24.3 | 24.6 | 25.1 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.4 | |
Residence | Rural | 18.4 | 18.7 | 18.8 | 23.8 | 23.6 | 23.9 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | |
Urban | 21.1 | 21.5 | 21.8 | 25.6 | 26.3 | 26.1 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
Gap | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.2 | |||||
Education level | None | 17.2 | 17 | 17.1 | 22.7 | 22.5 | 23.2 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.1 | |
Primary | 18.5 | 18.3 | 18.3 | 24.3 | 24.7 | 23.9 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 5.6 | ||
Secondary+ | 22.8 | 21.8 | 22.7 | 25.1 | 25.8 | 25.4 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 2.7 | ||
Gap† | 5.6 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.2 | |||||
Wealth tertile | Poorest | 18 | 17.9 | 18.1 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.3 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | |
Middle | 18.4 | 18.8 | 19.3 | 23.8 | 24.1 | 24.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
Wealthiest | 21.2 | 21.6 | 22.3 | 25.7 | 26.6 | 26.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 3.9 | ||
Gap‡ | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 2.9 | |||||
Age at first birth | All | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.1 | |||||||
Residence | Rural | 19.5 | 19.5 | 19.3 | |||||||
Urban | 20.8 | 21.8 | 21.6 | ||||||||
Gap | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||||||||
Education level | None | 18.5 | 18.2 | 18.2 | |||||||
Primary | 19.1 | 19.1 | 19 | ||||||||
Secondary+ | 22.8 | 22.8 | 22 | ||||||||
Gap† | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.8 | ||||||||
Wealth tertile | Poorest | 19 | 18.9 | 18.9 | |||||||
Middle | 20.1 | 19.7 | 19.7 | ||||||||
Wealthiest | 21.2 | 21.8 | 22.6 | ||||||||
Gap‡ | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
Data used for analysis were from all adolescents and young women and men aged 15–24, except age at first marriage for men where data is from all men aged 15–29.
*Absolute difference in median between male and female adolescents.
†Absolute difference in median age between secondary+ (i.e., secondary or higher education level) and none (refers to those with no education).
‡Absolute difference in median age between wealthiest and poorest wealth tercile.