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Table 1 The percentage of men aged 20–49 who were married by age 18, by current age

From: Child marriage among boys in high-prevalence countries: an analysis of sexual and reproductive health outcomes

Country

Year

Men’s current age

20–24

25–29

30–34

35–39

40–44

45–49

20–49

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

N = 3987

P = 0.550

2008

8.4 (6.1–11.4)

7.1 (5.0–10.0)

9.1 (6.8–12.0)

6.1 (4.3–8.5)

7.8 (5.4–11.1)

6.6 (4.5–9.7)

7.6 (6.6–8.7)

Central African Republic

N = 3893

P = 0.010

2010

27.9 (24.2–32.0)

30.5 (26.2–35.2)

28.2 (24.2–32.5)

24.8 (20.5–29.8)

19.4 (15.8–23.6)

25.0 (20.3–30.4)

26.7 (24.8–28.7)

Comoros

N = 1477

P = 0.396

2012

11.9 (8.0–17.2)

15.0 (10.5–20.9)

9.7 (6.1–15.1)

9.3 (5.6–14.9)

12.9 (8.0–20.2)

8.6 (4.9–14.8)

11.4 (9.2–13.9)

Cuba

N = 3125

P = 0.848

2014

10.7 (6.9–16.1)

13.1 (8.8–19.3)

14.9 (9.8–22.1)

11.7 (7.4–18.1)

14.8 (10.5–20.5)

13.2 (9.0–18.9)

13.1 (11.1–15.5)

Guatemala

N = 7242

P = 0.071

2015

9.6 (8.1–11.3)

11.8 (10.0–14.0)

11.8 (10.0–14.0)

11.6 (9.5–14.1)

14.3 (11.6–17.5)

11.5 (9.2–14.2)

11.5 (10.6–12.5)

Guyana

N = 1308

P = 0.324

2014

8.5 (5.1–13.8)

6.1 (3.4–10.7)

5.2 (2.3–11.5)

9.8 (5.2–17.8)

4.0 (1.7–9.2)

4.9 (2.3–10.4)

6.6 (4.8–9.0)

Honduras

N = 4815

P = 0.245

2011

12.2 (10.0–14.9)

14.5 (11.9–17.5)

13.4 (10.7–16.7)

16.7 (13.5–20.4)

11.6 (9.0–14.9)

13.1 (9.9–17.1)

13.6 (12.3–14.9)

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

N = 7832

P = 0.013

2011

12.7 (10.8–14.9)

16.7 (14.6–19.0)

16.0 (13.7–18.7)

14.3 (12.4–16.5)

15.6 (13.1–18.5)

11.8 (9.9–14.2)

14.6 (13.5–15.7)

Madagascar

N = 5293

P = 0.004

2013

12.9 (10.6–15.6)

12.3 (10.0–15.0)

8.6 (6.9–10.7)

9.7 (7.4–12.6)

7.1 (5.3–9.4)

10.6 (8.0–14.0)

10.4 (9.4–11.4)

Marshall Islands

N = 704

2007

11.8

11.1

17.4

9.3

18.0

6.4

12.4

Mozambique

N = 2627

P = 0.072

2011

8.7 (6.0–12.4)

10.7 (8.0–14.2)

7.3 (4.8–10.9)

5.6 (3.6–8.8)

3.7 (1.7–7.8)

6.0 (2.8–12.1)

7.6 (6.4–9.0)

Nauru

N = 252

2007

12.3

17.7

7.5

27.4

7.1

6.5

13.8

Nepal

N = 3131

P < 0.001

2016

10.3 (7.5–14.1)

13.3 (10.2–17.1)

19.9 (15.9–24.5)

22.7 (18.0–28.4)

21.3 (17.0–26.4)

18.6 (14.7–23.3)

17.3 (15.4–19.4)

Nicaragua

N = 4650

P = 0.236

2011

16.2 (12.6–20.6)

16.7 (13.3–20.7)

18.7 (15.3–22.6)

20.9 (16.8–25.6)

21.9 (16.8–28.0)

14.9 (10.9–19.9)

18.0 (16.3–19.8)

Thailand

N = 19783

P = 0.032

2015

10.1 (8.2–12.4)

7.5 (5.9–9.5)

5.7 (4.4–7.5)

8.2 (6.5–10.4)

8.9 (7.2–11.1)

7.8 (6.3–9.6)

8.0 (7.3–8.9)

  1. Confidence intervals and p values are not shown for the Marshall Islands and Nauru because data sets were not publicly available