  
<prompt> First Sex and First Marriage Before the Age of 18
 Percent of women and men age 25-49 who have sex before the age of 18 and percent who first married before the age of 18 
 [["", "Percent of women and men age 25-49 who have sex before the age of 18 and percent who \u001frst married before the age of 18", ""], ["", "Women", "Men"], ["First sex before age 18", 70, 17], ["First marriage before age 18", 53, 4]] 
 <response> Seven in ten women (70%) begin sexual activity before age 18, which is more than four times the proportion of men (17%). More than 10 times as many women are married by age 18 than men (53% versus 4%).  