Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Table 6.5 Age at first sexual intercoursePercentage of women and men who had first sexual intercourse by specific exact ages and median age at firstintercourse, by current age, Zambia 2001-2002––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Percentage of women and men Percentage Number Medianwho had first sexual intercourse by exact age: who never of age at––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– had women/ firstCurrent age 15 18 20 22 25 intercourse men intercourse––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––WOMEN––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15-19 17.5 na na na na 42.7 1,811 a20-24 18.4 62.2 81.2 na na 5.9 1,664 17.025-29 16.4 63.5 80.3 86.5 90.7 2.2 1,376 17.030-34 19.5 65.4 81.9 87.9 90.9 0.6 972 16.935-39 22.9 70.8 84.1 89.8 92.6 0.1 766 16.540-44 22.4 68.5 83.2 90.0 92.0 0.0 601 16.745-49 27.3 69.8 86.2 91.0 93.8 0.0 467 16.520-49 19.8 65.4 82.1 88.3 90.9 2.3 5,847 16.825-49 20.4 66.7 82.4 88.4 91.6 0.9 4,182 16.8––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––MEN––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15-19 27.2 na na na na 36.5 459 a20-24 23.9 58.8 81.5 na na 7.8 346 17.025-29 18.7 57.7 75.8 86.4 92.8 1.3 361 16.830-34 13.3 53.0 72.6 86.4 93.8 0.5 281 17.635-39 19.6 53.0 67.7 81.2 88.5 0.4 241 17.440-44 17.4 47.9 75.5 87.5 95.7 0.0 174 18.145-49 8.8 40.0 57.9 76.0 83.8 0.5 113 18.850-54 7.2 34.3 66.1 83.9 90.2 0.0 100 18.755-59 6.1 29.0 45.1 66.5 84.4 0.0 71 20.420-59 17.0 51.7 72.2 84.8 91.3 2.1 1,686 17.825-59 15.2 49.8 69.8 83.5 91.2 0.6 1,341 18.0––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––na = Not applicableaOmitted because less than 50 percent of the women (men) had intercourse for the first time before reachingthe beginning of the age groupDifferentials in age at first sex by background characteristics are shown in Table 6.6. Urbanwomen and men have their first sexual experience at slightly older ages than their rural counterparts.Among both women and men, age at first sex appears to be the lowest in North-Western and Westernprovinces and highest in Northern province. The median age at first sex increases steadily as educationalattainment increases.98 │ Other Determinants of Fertility