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Table 4.3 Age at first marriage<br />

Percentage of women and men age 15-49 who were first married by specific exact ages and median age at first<br />

marriage, according to current age, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Current age<br />

Percentage first married by exact age:<br />

15 18 20 22 25<br />

WOMEN<br />

Percentage<br />

never<br />

married<br />

Number of<br />

respondents<br />

Median age<br />

at first<br />

marriage<br />

15-19 3.5 na na na na 73.2 5,263 a<br />

20-24 9.0 42.1 66.3 na na 18.9 5,159 18.6<br />

25-29 13.2 46.4 68.1 82.5 91.7 5.5 3,953 18.3<br />

30-34 12.1 47.6 72.5 84.9 92.3 1.8 3,668 18.2<br />

35-39 13.0 47.0 71.6 84.2 92.8 0.9 2,924 18.2<br />

40-44 10.9 46.9 69.6 81.8 90.2 1.1 2,029 18.2<br />

45-49 13.0 45.0 64.6 76.5 88.3 0.6 1,567 18.4<br />

20-49 11.6 45.5 68.9 na na 6.8 19,299 18.3<br />

25-49 12.5 46.7 69.8 82.7 91.5 2.4 14,140 18.2<br />

MEN<br />

15-19 0.0 na na na na 96.6 1,818 a<br />

20-24 0.0 6.5 19.6 na na 58.9 1,408 a<br />

25-29 0.0 6.4 21.5 39.3 67.1 18.7 1,022 23.1<br />

30-34 0.0 11.4 24.8 44.6 67.8 4.5 925 22.6<br />

35-39 0.0 4.9 18.6 37.9 69.4 2.8 882 23.0<br />

40-44 0.0 7.8 23.6 40.2 66.4 1.6 624 22.8<br />

45-49 0.0 8.0 22.2 35.0 57.9 2.1 450 23.9<br />

20-49 0.0 7.4 21.4 na na 20.8 5,310 a<br />

25-49 0.0 7.6 22.0 39.9 66.6 7.1 3,902 23.0<br />

20-54 0.0 7.4 21.3 na na 19.6 5,660 a<br />

25-54 0.0 7.7 21.9 39.7 66.3 6.6 4,252 23.0<br />

Note: The age at first marriage is the age at which the respondent began living with her/his first spouse/partner.<br />

na = Not applicable due to censoring.<br />

a = Omitted because less than 50% of the women or men began living with their spouse or partner for the first time<br />

before reaching the beginning of the age group.<br />

62 • Marriage and Sexual Activity

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