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Table 6.4 Age at first marriage: Women and men age 15-49Percentage of women and men age 15-49 who were first married by specific exact ages and median age at firstmarriage, according to current age, Swaziland 2006-07Percentage first married by exact age:Current age 15 18 20 22 25WOMENPercentagenevermarriedNumberMedianage at firstmarriage15-19 0.4 na na na na 92.7 1,274 a20-24 0.7 5.0 13.0 na na 65.6 1,046 a25-29 1.3 8.4 16.7 25.8 38.4 40.8 729 a30-34 3.1 13.9 25.4 34.5 47.9 26.4 616 25.635-39 2.6 18.5 30.7 40.9 53.2 14.3 503 24.340-44 4.8 19.5 34.4 43.1 56.3 12.5 438 23.745-49 4.7 19.2 31.0 44.9 56.8 8.7 383 23.320-49 2.4 12.1 22.5 na na 35.2 3,713 a25-49 3.0 14.9 26.3 36.2 48.9 23.2 2,667 aMEN15-19 0.0 na na na na 99.8 1,323 a20-24 0.1 0.9 2.6 na na 91.1 886 a25-29 0.1 1.1 5.0 10.9 26.2 58.9 624 a30-34 0.4 1.2 3.3 10.8 28.4 32.8 431 28.835-39 0.8 3.0 10.1 18.6 32.8 19.4 367 28.240-44 0.0 5.5 11.0 23.1 42.3 6.7 269 26.745-49 0.9 3.8 7.9 20.8 42.2 3.1 256 26.220-49 0.3 2.0 5.5 na na 49.9 2,833 a25-49 0.4 2.5 6.8 15.3 32.3 31.1 1,947 aNote: The age at first marriage is defined as the age at which the respondent began living with her/his firstspouse/partner.na = Not applicable due to censoringa = Omitted because less than 50 percent of the women married for the first time before reaching thebeginning of the age groupTable 6.5 shows the age at first marriage for women and men age 50 and older. The increasein age at marriage is again reflected in this table. Older adults marry at an earlier age than theiryounger counterparts. For example, 65 percent of women age 50 and over were married before age25, compared with 49 percent of women age 25-49.Table 6.5 Age at first marriage: Women and men age 50+Percentage of women and men age 50+ who were first married by specific exact ages and median age at firstmarriage, according to current age, Swaziland 2006-07Percentage first married by exact age:Age 15 18 20 22 25PercentagenevermarriedNumberMedian ageat firstmarriageWOMEN50-54 8.6 21.3 33.2 44.7 60.8 8.7 164 22.655-59 1.8 13.8 22.5 35.8 61.3 7.9 112 23.760+ 6.3 24.5 37.5 52.6 68.4 4.3 392 21.6Total 50+ 6.1 21.9 33.9 47.8 65.4 5.9 669 22.3MEN50-54 0.0 1.1 4.3 13.5 37.4 1.9 116 28.055-59 1.4 1.4 6.4 11.2 30.7 1.6 80 27.160+ 0.4 3.1 6.4 13.9 29.5 0.9 249 28.8Total 50+ 0.5 2.3 5.8 13.3 31.8 1.3 444 28.3Other Proximate Determinants of Fertility | 87

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