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Table 6.2 Polygyny: Women and men age 15-49Percent distribution of currently married women age 15-49 by number of co-wives, and percent distribution of currentlymarried men age 15-49 by number of wives, according to background characteristics, Swaziland 2006-07WomenBackgroundNumber of co-wivescharacteristic 0 1 2+ Missing TotalMenNumberof Number of wiveswomen 1 2+ Missing TotalNumberof menAge15-19 72.1 8.8 3.2 15.9 100.0 88 * * * 100.0 220-24 73.2 7.5 2.4 16.8 100.0 343 95.5 3.0 1.5 100.0 6625-29 66.9 10.2 2.9 20.0 100.0 388 98.1 1.9 0.0 100.0 22430-34 68.1 10.8 4.8 16.2 100.0 379 95.6 4.0 0.5 100.0 25535-39 59.7 15.8 6.0 18.5 100.0 334 92.3 6.9 0.8 100.0 25340-44 63.2 19.2 6.3 11.4 100.0 291 92.5 6.1 1.4 100.0 21145-49 60.8 22.8 9.2 7.2 100.0 238 91.6 8.4 0.0 100.0 208ResidenceUrban 71.2 7.7 2.8 18.2 100.0 542 95.9 3.3 0.8 100.0 490Rural 64.1 15.5 5.6 14.8 100.0 1,520 93.0 6.6 0.4 100.0 729RegionHhohho 68.4 13.6 4.7 13.3 100.0 600 93.0 6.4 0.6 100.0 389Manzini 69.4 11.7 3.5 15.4 100.0 650 96.4 2.9 0.8 100.0 368Shiselweni 70.9 13.1 5.6 10.4 100.0 363 95.8 3.3 0.9 100.0 175Lubombo 53.9 16.0 6.6 23.6 100.0 449 91.9 8.0 0.1 100.0 287EducationNo education 62.1 16.8 5.0 16.1 100.0 247 90.2 9.8 0.0 100.0 156Lower primary 61.1 13.4 6.8 18.7 100.0 176 92.5 7.2 0.3 100.0 131Higher primary 62.8 19.0 4.7 13.5 100.0 538 92.1 7.5 0.4 100.0 227Secondary 63.8 11.8 6.8 17.6 100.0 600 93.1 6.3 0.6 100.0 257High school 72.6 9.8 1.7 15.9 100.0 304 96.9 1.7 1.3 100.0 241Tertiary 80.7 4.5 2.8 12.0 100.0 197 98.5 1.0 0.5 100.0 206Wealth quintileLowest 61.8 18.1 3.2 16.9 100.0 353 91.1 8.4 0.6 100.0 158Second 60.0 15.5 6.0 18.5 100.0 369 92.4 6.9 0.7 100.0 163Middle 66.1 11.7 8.8 13.5 100.0 379 91.2 8.2 0.6 100.0 189Fourth 64.9 14.9 5.2 15.0 100.0 424 96.6 3.4 0.0 100.0 268Highest 73.7 9.0 2.3 15.0 100.0 537 95.7 3.4 0.9 100.0 440Total 66.0 13.4 4.9 15.7 100.0 2,062 94.1 5.3 0.6 100.0 1,219Note: An asterisk indicates that an estimate is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases.Data for currently married women age 50 and over and men age 50 and over are shown inTables 6.3. Data in this table show that older women are more likely than younger women to be in apolygynous union (36 percent among women age 50 and over compared with 18 percent for womenage 15-49). The corresponding figures for men are 19 percent and 5 percent, respectively. Thedifferentials across subgroups remain the same as that of women and men 15-49, reflecting similarregional and educational differences.Other Proximate Determinants of Fertility | 85