Research Article
Time to First Sexual Experience and Its Determinants among Female Youths in Ethiopia: Survival Analysis Based on EDHS 2016
Table 3
Weighted frequency and percentage of sexual debut at different ages among different socioeconomic groups, EDHS 2016 (
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| | Variable | Categories | Sexual debut at different ages |
| | Variable | Categories | 15 years | 18 years | 20 years |
| | Age | 15-19 | 185 (3.0%) | 83 (1.3%) | _____ | | 20-24 | 302 (4.9%) | 343 (5.6%) | 157 (2.6%) |
| | Residence | Urban | 59 (0.9%) | 86 (1.4%) | 59 (0.9%) | | Rural | 428 (6.9%) | 340 (5.5%) | 98 (1.6%) |
| | Marital status | Ever married | 463 (7.5%) | 389 (6.3%) | 132 (2.1%) | | Not married | 24 (0.4%) | 37 (0.6%) | 25 (0.4%) |
| | Educational status of respondents | No education | 191 (3.1%) | 96 (1.6%) | 18 (0.3%) | | Primary | 260 (4.2%) | 214 (3.5%) | 77 (1.2%) | | Secondary | 29 (0.5%) | 83 (1.4%) | 40 (0.6%) | | Higher | 7 (0.1%) | 32 (0.5%) | 21 (0.3%) |
| | Wealth index | Poor | 989 (6.3%) | 450 (2.9%) | 232 (1.5%) | | Middle | 329 (2.1% | 270 (1.7%) | 118 (0.7%) | | Rich | 571 (3.6%) | 571 (3.6%) | 337 (2.1%) |
| | Current working status | No | 1547 (9.9%) | 889 (5.7%) | 399 (2.5%) | | Yes | 741 (4.7%) | 403 (2.6%) | 287 (1.8%) |
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