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Table CP.4R: Trends in early marriage, Roma Settlements, 2010Percentage of women who were first married or entered into a marital union beforeage 15 and 18, by residence and age groupsPercentageof womenmarriedbefore age15NumberofwomenUrban Rural AllPercentageof womenmarriedbefore age18NumberofwomenPercentageof womenmarriedbefore age15NumberofwomenPercentageof womenmarriedbefore age18NumberofwomenPercentageof womenmarriedbefore age15NumberofwomenPercentageof womenmarriedbefore age18Age15–19 12.1 281 na na 19.8 147 na na 14.8 429 na na20–24 11.8 245 44.5 245 16.5 109 63.8 109 13.2 354 50.5 35425–29 13.2 253 42.4 253 19.7 109 62.7 109 15.2 363 48.5 36315–29 12.4 780 43.4 498 18.8 366 63.3 219 14.4 1145 49.5 71730–34 14.2 239 49.1 239 33.0 81 69.0 81 18.9 320 54.1 32035–39 14.1 181 56.3 181 30.8 70 71.9 70 18.8 251 60.6 25140–44 13.7 118 56.8 118 24.2 75 60.0 75 17.8 193 58.1 19345–49 12.7 144 47.0 144 28.6 64 72.8 64 17.6 208 55.0 208Total 13.0 1461 48.3 1180 23.4 657 66.1 509 16.2 2118 53.7 1689NumberofwomenTable CP.4R.M: Trends in early marriage, Roma Settlements, 2010Percentage of men who were first married or entered into a marital union beforeage 15 and 18, by residence and age groupsPercentageof menmarriedbefore age15Numberof menUrban Rural AllPercentageof menmarriedbefore age18Numberof menPercentageof menmarriedbefore age15Numberof menPercentageof menmarriedbefore age18Numberof menPercentageof menmarriedbefore age15Numberof menPercentageof menmarriedbefore age18Age15–19 1.9 189 na na 3.3 106 na na 2.4 295 na na20–24 2.0 210 21.2 210 7.2 83 37.9 83 3.4 293 25.9 29325–29 6.5 198 18.7 198 4.1 90 34.6 90 5.7 289 23.6 289Total 3.4 598 20.0 409 4.7 279 36.1 173 3.8 877 24.8 582Numberof menAnother component is the spousal age differencewith an indicator being the percentage of married/inunion women who are 10 or more years younger thantheir current spouse. Table CP.5R presents the resultsof the age difference between husbands and wives.More than half of the women aged between 20–24are currently married to a man who is older by 0–4years (57 percent). Overall, 24 percent of women agedbetween 15–19 are currently married to men who areolder by 5–9 years. Low education, living in a ruralarea and socio-economic status are linked to marriagewith an older man.MONITORING THE SITUATION OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN 183