title: Median Age at First Marriage by Selected Background Characteristics(Women Age 25-49)
unit_of_measure: Median Age at First Marriage
linearized_input: Median Age at First Marriage by Selected Background Characteristics(Women Age 25-49) | Median Age at First Marriage | (Turkey, 20) (Urban, 20.3) (Rural, 19.4) (West, 20.4) (South, 20.7) (Central, 19.5) (North, 20.3) (East, 19) (Istanbul, 20.9) (Southeast Anatolia, 19.3) (No education/ Primary Incomplete, 18) (First Level Primary, 19.4) (Second Level Primary, 21.7) (High School and Higher, 24.8)
table_text: The median age at first marriage is 20 for women age 25-49. The median age at first marriage among women age 25-29 is 21 years compared to 19.2 years among women age 45-49. Marriage at younger ages is rare in Turkey; less than 2 percent of women age 15-19 marry before the age 15. Median ages at first marriage observed for urban and rural women age 25-49 indicate that urban women marry nearly 1 year later than their rural counterparts. Women living in the East marry nearly 1.5 years earlier than women living in the West. The median age at first marriage among women with at least high school education is almost 7 years higher than the median age among women with less than first level primary education level.
target: The median age at first marriage is 20 for women age 25-49.