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Table 4.4 Median age at first marriage according to<br />

background characteristics<br />

Median age at first marriage among women age 20-49 and age<br />

25-49, and median age at first marriage among men age 25-54,<br />

according to background characteristics, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Background<br />

characteristic<br />

Women age<br />

Men age<br />

20-49 25-49 25-54<br />

Residence<br />

Urban a 19.7 a<br />

Rural 18.1 18.0 22.6<br />

Region<br />

Northern 18.2 18.2 23.6<br />

Central 18.7 18.6 23.2<br />

Southern 17.9 17.8 22.7<br />

Education<br />

No education 17.6 17.6 22.5<br />

Primary 17.7 17.7 22.0<br />

Secondary a 20.4 24.4<br />

More than secondary a 24.8 a<br />

Wealth quintile<br />

Lowest 17.9 18.0 22.5<br />

Second 17.9 17.9 22.4<br />

Middle 17.9 17.8 22.6<br />

Fourth 18.2 18.0 22.6<br />

Highest a 19.6 a<br />

Total 18.3 18.2 23.0<br />

Note: The age at first marriage is the age at which the respondent<br />

began living with her/his first spouse/partner.<br />

a = Omitted because less than 50% of the respondents began<br />

living with their spouse/partners for the first time before reaching<br />

the beginning of the age group.<br />

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