| Percentage of Women and of Men Age 15-24 who ever had Sexual Intercourse and who had Sexual Intercourse before Age 15 and Percentage of Women and of Men Age 18-24 who had Sexual Intercourse before Age 18 by Background Characteristics in India (2005-2006) | ||||||||||
| Background Characteristic | Women | Men | ||||||||
| Age 15-24 | Age 18-24 | Age 15-24 | Age 18-24 | |||||||
| %age who have ever had Sexual Inter- course | %age who had Sexual Inter- course before Age 15 | No. of Women Age 15-24 | %age who had Sexual Inter- course before Age 18 | No. of Women Age 18-24 | %age who have ever had Sexual Inter- course | %age who had Sexual Inter- course before Age 15 | No. of Men Age 15-24 | %age who had Sexual Inter- course before Age 18 | No. of Men Age 18-24 | |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 15-19 | ||||||||||
| 15-17 | ||||||||||
| 18-19 | ||||||||||
| 20-24 | ||||||||||
| 20-22 | ||||||||||
| 23-24 | ||||||||||
| Residence | ||||||||||
| Urban | ||||||||||
| Rural | ||||||||||
| Education | ||||||||||
| No education | ||||||||||
| < 5 years complete | ||||||||||
| 5-7 years complete | ||||||||||
| 8-9 years complete | ||||||||||
| 10-11 years complete | ||||||||||
| 12 or more years complete | ||||||||||
| Regular Media Exposure1 | ||||||||||
| Yes | ||||||||||
| No | ||||||||||
| Age at Marriage Ever married2 | ||||||||||
| <15 years | ||||||||||
| 15-17 years | ||||||||||
| 18 + years | ||||||||||
| Never married | ||||||||||
| Times Slept Away from Home in Past 12 Months | ||||||||||
| None | ||||||||||
| 1-2 | ||||||||||
| 3-4 | ||||||||||
| 5 + | ||||||||||
| Time Away in Past 12 Months | ||||||||||
| Away for more than 1 month | ||||||||||
| Away for 1 month or less | ||||||||||
| Not away | ||||||||||
| Employment (Past 12 Months) | ||||||||||
| Employed | ||||||||||
| Professional | ||||||||||
| Sales worker | ||||||||||
| Service worker | ||||||||||
| Production worker | ||||||||||
| Agricultural worker | ||||||||||
| Other worker | ||||||||||
| Not employed | ||||||||||
| Religion | ||||||||||
| Hindu | ||||||||||
| Muslim | ||||||||||
| Christian | ||||||||||
| Sikh | ||||||||||
| Buddhist/Neo-Buddhist | ||||||||||
| Jain | ||||||||||
| Other | ||||||||||
| Caste/Tribe | ||||||||||
| Scheduled caste | ||||||||||
| Scheduled tribe | ||||||||||
| Other backward class | ||||||||||
| Other | ||||||||||
| Don`t know | ||||||||||
| Wealth Index | ||||||||||
| Lowest | ||||||||||
| Second | ||||||||||
| Middle | ||||||||||
| Fourth | ||||||||||
| Highest | ||||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||
