Demographic and Health Survey 2009-10 - Timor-Leste Ministry of ...

Table 6.7.1 Recent sexual activity: Women
Percent distribution of women age 15-49 by timing of last sexual intercourse, according to background
characteristics, Timor-Leste 2009-10
Background
characteristic
86 | Other Proximate Determinants of Fertility
Within the
last 4
weeks
Timing of last sexual intercourse
Within 1
year 1
One or
more years Missing
Never had
sexual
intercourse Total
Number of
women
Age
15-19 5.1 2.7 0.7 0.1 91.4 100.0 3,144
20-24 32.7 12.0 4.5 0.2 50.6 100.0 2,343
25-29 58.4 17.6 7.1 0.3 16.6 100.0 1,897
30-34 69.3 16.0 8.0 0.5 6.2 100.0 1,534
35-39 70.0 17.4 7.7 0.0 4.8 100.0 1,684
40-44 70.2 14.5 11.3 0.2 3.9 100.0 1,388
45-49
Marital status
64.5 15.5 17.0 0.3 2.8 100.0 1,146
Never married 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 99.1 100.0 4,675
Married or living together
Divorced/separated/
75.5 19.5 4.8 0.3 0.0 100.0 7,906
widowed
Marital duration
3.4 11.4 84.9 0.2 0.0 100.0 556
2
0-4 years 67.3 26.5 5.8 0.4 0.0 100.0 1,426
5-9 years 74.2 20.5 5.1 0.1 0.0 100.0 1,605
10-14 years 78.2 17.2 4.1 0.5 0.0 100.0 1,550
15-19 years 80.4 15.6 3.9 0.1 0.0 100.0 1,391
20-24 years 77.0 18.1 4.8 0.1 0.0 100.0 1,043
25+ years 76.4 18.6 4.6 0.4 0.0 100.0 768
Married more than once
Residence
77.9 14.6 7.5 0.0 0.0 100.0 123
Urban 47.2 9.6 6.0 0.5 36.6 100.0 3,439
Rural
District
45.0 13.2 6.8 0.1 34.8 100.0 9,698
Aileu 45.3 7.7 5.2 0.3 41.5 100.0 554
Ainaro 52.8 8.1 4.2 0.3 34.5 100.0 619
Baucau 53.9 5.4 4.1 0.0 36.6 100.0 1,408
Bobonaro 44.7 13.6 5.2 0.0 36.5 100.0 1,262
Covalima 48.6 10.0 6.8 0.0 34.6 100.0 781
Dili 50.3 7.8 5.0 0.6 36.4 100.0 2,466
Ermera 22.6 27.9 11.3 0.0 38.2 100.0 1,542
Lautem 52.3 9.8 5.9 0.7 31.3 100.0 864
Liquiçá 43.3 11.0 7.7 0.1 37.9 100.0 801
Manatuto 37.6 15.6 8.5 0.1 38.3 100.0 603
Manufahi 54.9 9.9 5.3 0.3 29.6 100.0 470
Oecussi 55.3 11.3 6.5 0.1 26.8 100.0 884
Viqueque
Education
39.8 18.1 10.5 0.2 31.4 100.0 882
No education 54.9 17.0 10.5 0.1 17.5 100.0 3,854
Primary 52.5 12.4 8.0 0.4 26.7 100.0 3,005
Secondary 36.3 9.2 3.4 0.2 50.9 100.0 5,829
More than secondary
Wealth quintile
41.3 10.6 5.2 0.0 43.0 100.0 449
Lowest 48.4 12.5 8.2 0.1 30.8 100.0 2,314
Second 42.6 14.8 7.7 0.2 34.6 100.0 2,468
Middle 44.4 13.3 6.3 0.2 35.9 100.0 2,590
Fourth 43.8 12.8 5.7 0.1 37.7 100.0 2,687
Highest 48.5 8.9 5.5 0.5 36.6 100.0 3,077
Total 45.6 12.3 6.6 0.2 35.3 100.0 13,137
1 Excludes women who had sexual intercourse within the last 4 weeks
2 Excludes women who are not currently married
The proportion of women who were sexually active during the four weeks before the survey
increases with age, from 5 percent at age 15-19 to about 70 percent by age 30-44, and decreases to 65
percent at age 45-49. Women who are currently in a union are much more likely to be sexually active
in the four weeks preceding the survey than women who were formerly married or who have never
been married. Women married for fewer than five years are less likely to be sexually active in the
recent past than women married for longer durations. There is little difference in recent sexual activity
among women who have been married more than once and women who have been married just once.