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Table 2 The percentage of men aged 20–49 who were married by age 18, by household wealth quintile, place of residence, and level of education attainment

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

Country

Household Wealth Quintile

Place of residence

Education

Poorest

Second

Middle

Fourth

Richest

Urban

Rural

None or primary

Secondary or higher

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

8.3 (6.2–10.9)

9.8 (7.2–13.2)

9.9 (7.6–12.9)

6.6 (4.6–9.2)

4.2 (2.8–6.2)

7.6 (6.4–9.1)

7.4 (5.9–9.2)

11.5 (9.6–13.6)

5.4 (4.3–6.8)

N = 3987

P = 0.002

P = 0.842

P < 0.001

Central African Republic

25.2 (22.0–28.6)

28.2 (25.2–31.5)

22.5 (19.3–26.0)

30.0 (24.9–35.7)

27.5 (22.1–33.7)

28.0 (24.1–32.3)

25.9 (24.0–27.9)

27.0 (25.0–29.2)

26.2 (22.9–29.8)

N = 3893

P = 0.140

P = 0.346

P = 0.670

Comoros

17.1 (12.1–23.6)

10.3 (6.2–16.4)

10.0 (6.6–15.0)

11.9 (8.3–16.8)

9.0 (6.1–13.3)

10.2 (7.4–13.8)

12.0 (9.2–15.6)

13.6 (10.4–17.5)

9.3 (7.1–12.2)

N = 1477

P = 0.135

P = 0.417

P = 0.033

Cuba

13.6 (11.3–16.3)

11.5 (7.7–16.9)

15.4 (6.7–31.5)

13.1 (11.0–15.4)

N = 3125

 

P = 0.459

P = 0.690

Guatemala

17.1 (14.8–19.7)

14.2 (12.1–16.6)

13.2 (11.2–15.4)

10.2 (8.5–12.2)

5.5 (4.3–6.9)

8.9 (7.7–10.3)

13.7 (12.5–15.1)

16.7 (15.3–18.2)

5.2 (4.4–6.2)

N = 7242

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

Guyana

11.5 (7.6–17.2)

5.7 (3.2–9.7)

5.7 (3.0–10.6)

5.8 (2.9–11.0)

4.9 (1.8–12.5)

4.2 (2.2–8.1)

7.4 (5.2–10.5)

8.4 (4.0–16.8)

6.2 (4.4–8.6)

N = 1308

P = 0.176

P = 0.130

P = 0.459

Honduras

15.7 (13.3–18.5)

13.4 (10.9–16.3)

16.3 (13.6–19.5)

12.3 (9.7–15.3)

10.2 (7.8–13.2)

13.1 (11.4–15.1)

14.0 (12.3–15.8)

16.9 (15.2–18.7)

7.9 (6.4–9.8)

N = 4815

P = 0.013

P = 0.493

P < 0.001

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

22.8 (20.5–25.4)

20.8 (18.6–23.2)

15.9 (14.0–18.0)

9.5 (8.1–11.2)

6.5 (5.1–8.2)

7.3 (5.9–9.0)

17.5 (16.2–18.8)

20.9 (19.3–22.5)

7.7 (6.8–8.7)

N = 7832

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

Madagascar

15.0 (12.2–18.3)

13.2 (10.6–16.3)

9.7 (7.8–12.1)

10.5 (8.4–13.0)

6.6 (5.3–8.2)

6.0 (4.6–7.8)

11.4 (10.3–12.7)

13.8 (12.4–15.2)

4.4 (3.4–5.7)

N = 5305

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

Mozambique

6.5 (4.3–9.8)

11.1 (7.7–15.7)

11.7 (8.4–16.2)

6.6 (4.2–10.2)

3.5 (2.3–5.4)

6.7 (5.0–8.9)

8.1 (6.5–10.0)

9.0 (7.4–11.0)

3.7 (2.4–5.6)

N = 2627

P < 0.001

P = 0.304

P = 0.001

Nepal

21.5 (17.3–26.5)

22.0 (18.5–25.9)

21.1 (17.6–25.0)

19.8 (15.3–25.2)

6.7 (4.7–9.7)

15.7 (13.2–18.6)

20.4 (17.7–23.4)

25.8 (22.5–29.3)

13.0 (11.0–15.3)

N = 3132

P < 0.001

P = 0.021

P < 0.001

Nicaragua

16.9 (14.4–19.7)

19.5 (17.4–21.7)

24.7 (21.1–28.6)

15.8 (13.9–17.9)

N = 4650

 

P = 0.141

P < 0.001

Thailand

7.3 (6.0–8.9)

10.2 (8.5–12.2)

9.6 (7.6–12.0)

8.8 (7.2–10.7)

4.0 (3.0–5.3)

8.1 (6.9–9.5)

8.0 (7.0–9.1)

11.0 (9.5–12.7)

6.4 (5.6–7.2)

N = 19783

P < 0.001

P = 0.900

P < 0.001

  1. Information on household wealth quintile unavailable for Cuba or Nicaragua