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Table CP.4: Trends in early marriage, Serbia, 2010Percentage <strong>of</strong> women who were first married or entered into a marital unionbefore age 15 and 18, by residence and age groupsPercentage<strong>of</strong> womenmarriedbefore age15Number<strong>of</strong>womenUrban Rural AllPercentage<strong>of</strong> womenmarriedbefore age18Number<strong>of</strong>womenPercentage<strong>of</strong> womenmarriedbefore age15Number<strong>of</strong>womenPercentage<strong>of</strong> womenmarriedbefore age18Number<strong>of</strong>womenPercentage<strong>of</strong> womenmarriedbefore age15Number<strong>of</strong>womenPercentage<strong>of</strong> womenmarriedbefore age18Age15–19 1.2 388 na na .5 271 na na .9 659 na na20–24 1.3 427 4.5 427 .3 278 5.9 278 .9 705 5.0 70525–29 .0 478 2.5 478 .6 368 7.0 368 .3 846 4.4 84615–29 .8 1292 3.4 904 .5 918 6.5 646 .7 2210 4.7 155130–34 .2 413 2.5 413 .8 362 6.9 362 .5 775 4.6 77535–39 .2 481 4.1 481 1.7 310 20.3 310 .8 791 10.5 79140–44 1.2 399 7.9 399 .7 304 13.8 304 1.0 703 10.5 70345–49 .6 569 5.4 569 2.8 337 20.5 337 1.4 905 11.1 905Total .7 3155 4.5 2767 1.1 2230 12.3 1959 .8 5385 7.7 4726Number<strong>of</strong>womenTable CP.4M: Trends in early marriage, Serbia, 2010Percentage <strong>of</strong> men who were first married or entered into a marital unionbefore age 15 and 18, by residence and age groupsPercentage<strong>of</strong> menmarriedbefore age15Number<strong>of</strong> menUrban Rural AllPercentage<strong>of</strong> menmarriedbefore age18Number<strong>of</strong> menPercentage<strong>of</strong> menmarriedbefore age15Number<strong>of</strong> menPercentage<strong>of</strong> menmarriedbefore age18Number<strong>of</strong> menPercentage<strong>of</strong> menmarriedbefore age15Number<strong>of</strong> menPercentage<strong>of</strong> menmarriedbefore age18Age15–19 .1 257 na na .0 208 na na .1 465 na na20–24 .2 299 .6 299 .0 213 1.3 213 .1 512 .9 51225–29 .0 352 .0 352 .0 253 1.0 253 .0 606 .4 606Total .1 908 .3 651 .0 675 1.1 467 .1 1583 .6 1118Number<strong>of</strong> menAnother component is the spousal age difference withan indicator being the percentage <strong>of</strong> married/in unionwomen with a difference <strong>of</strong> 10 or more years youngerthan their current spouse. Table CP.5 presents the results<strong>of</strong> the age difference between husbands and wives. Aboutone in ten women aged 20–24 is currently married to aman who is older by ten years or more (9 percent), and 8percent <strong>of</strong> women aged 15–19 are currently married tomen who are older by ten years or more 20 .Almost half <strong>of</strong> the women aged between 20–24 years arecurrently married or in union with a husband/partnerwho is 0 to 4 years older.20This conclusion is based on very small number <strong>of</strong> cases.MONITORING THE SITUATION OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN 179

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