title: Trends in age of first sexual intercourse
unit_of_measure: Percent
linearized_input: Trends in age of first sexual intercourse | Percent | (2008 NDHS, Percentage of women 15-19 who had sexual intercourse before exact age 15, 15) (2013 NDHS, Percentage of women 15-19 who had sexual intercourse before exact age 15, 16) (2008 NDHS, Percentage of men 15-19 who had sexual intercourse before exact age 15, 6) (2013 NDHS, Percentage of men 15-19 who had sexual intercourse before exact age 15, 3) (2008 NDHS, Percentage of women 18-19 who had sexual intercourse before exact age 18, 53) (2013 NDHS, Percentage of women 18-19 who had sexual intercourse before exact age 18, 53) (2008 NDHS, Percentage of men 18-19 who had sexual intercourse before exact age 18, 26) (2013 NDHS, Percentage of men 18-19 who had sexual intercourse before exact age 18, 21)
table_text: Among young women, there was practically no change in the proportion who had sexual intercourse before age 15 or age 18 in the five-year period between the two surveys. Among young men age 15-19, the proportion who had their first sexual intercourse by age 15 declined from 6 percent in 2008 to 3 percent in 2013. The proportion of young men age 18-19 who had sexual intercourse before age 18 declined from 26 percent to 21 percent over the same period.
target: Among young women, there was practically no change in the proportion who had sexual intercourse before age 15 or age 18 in the five-year period between the two surveys.