Journal of Population Sciences
Table 1 Trends in proportions of women never-married and median ages at selected ages, Rwanda 2005_2010_2015
From: Fertility transition in Rwanda: what does the trend in nuptiality reveal?
Age in years | Period | Change (2015–2005) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | 2010 | 2015 | ||
Proportion of never-married | ||||
15–19 | 97.2 | 96.6 | 96.3 | − 0.9 |
20–24 | 54.4 | 59.9 | 60.7 | 6.3 |
25–29 | 16.9 | 22.6 | 25.2 | 8.3 |
30–34 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 11.1 | 2.5 |
35–39 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 2.2 |
40–44 | 2.7 | 5..4 | 4.2 | 1.5 |
45–49 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 2.3 |
Median age by age group | ||||
All women (25–49) | 20.7 | 21.4 | 21.9 | 1.2 |
25–29 | 20.6 | 22.3 | 22.8 | 2.2 |
30–34 | 21.1 | 20.9 | 22.4 | 1.3 |
35–39 | 21.0 | 20.9 | 21.0 | 0 |
40–44 | 20.4 | 21.4 | 21.1 | 0.7 |
45–49 | 20.3 | 20.6 | 21.5 | 1.2 |