Bangladesh 1993-1994 Demographic and Health ... - Measure DHS

Table 5.1 Cuffent marital statusPercent distribution of women by current marital status, according to age, Bangladesh1993-94Marital statusNumberNever Divorced/ ofAge married Married Widowed Deserted Total women10-14 95.2 4.6 0.0 0.2 100.0 304115-19 50.5 47.7 0.2 1.6 100.0 256620-24 12.4 84.6 0.6 2.4 100.0 232125-29 2.2 92.9 1.6 3.3 100.0 205730-34 0.3 92.7 3.6 3.4 100.0 146035-39 0.3 90.0 7.3 2.4 100.0 120040~14 0.7 87.4 10.4 1.4 100.0 8784549 0.2 82.4 15.9 1.5 1(30.0 656Total 32.0 63.3 2.7 1.9 tO0.0 14179Table 5.2 Trends in proportion never marriedPercentage of women who have never married by age group, as reported in various surveys,Bangladesh 1993-941975 1983 1985 1989 1989 1991 1993-94Age BFS CPS CPS BFS CPS CPS BDHS10-14 91.2 98.0 98.7 96.2 96.4 98.5 95.215-19 29.8 34.2 47.5 49.0 45.8 46.7 50.520-24 4.6 4.0 7.1 12.0 9.3 12.3 12.425-29 1.0 0.7 1.0 2.3 1.6 2.8 2.230-34 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.335-39 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.340-44 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.745~.9 0.0 0.I 0.1 0.1 0.2- -- Less than 0.t percentSources: 1975 BFS (MHPC, 1978:49); 1983, 1985, 1989 and 1991 CPSs (Mitra et al., 1993:24);1989 BFS (Huq and Cleland, 1990:43)Table 5.2 shows the trend in the proportion of women reported as never married by age group fromprevious surveys in Bangladesh. It is evident that the proportion of women under age 25 who have nevermarried has been increasing. Since 1975, the proportion of women age 15-19 who have not yet married hasincreased from 30 to 51 percent (Figure 5.1). The proportion never married at ages 20-24 also rose between1975 and 1989, but has not increased significantly since then. The proportion never married above age 25is so small that changes over time are difficult to detect.72