A New Look at Teenage Pregnancy in Brazil

Table 1

Median age at first intercourse and selected biographical characteristics, by sex.

Selected biographical characteristics	Median age at first sexual intercourse
	Women	Men
City
Porto Alegre (RS)	17,2	16,2
Rio de Janeiro (RJ)	17,8	16,1
Salvador (BA)	18,4	16,4
Total	17,9	16,2
Religion in which the person was raised
Catholic	18,0	16,2
Protestant	18,1	16,9
Pentecostal	18,4	16,3
Spiritism	18,2	16,1
Afro-religions (umbanda, candomblé, batuque)	16,8	16,2
Other	18,8	15,3
No religion	16,3	16,4
Schooling
Elementary incomplete	16,3	15,8
Elementary complete	17,5	15,9
Secondary	18,6	16,4
College	18,6	16,7
Race/skin color
White	17,8	16,4
Black	17,8	15,9
Brown/mixed (parda)	18,1	16,1
Other	17,9	16,0

Source: GRAVAD, 2002.
Population: youth from 18 to 24 years old, Porto Alegre (RS), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Salvador (BA).