Journal of Population Sciences
Table 4 Proportions (%) of women never-married of different age groups by education and year
From: Fertility transition in Rwanda: what does the trend in nuptiality reveal?
No education | Primary | Secondary and above | ||||||||||
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Proportion of never-married | ||||||||||||
Age group | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | All | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | All | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | All |
15–19 | 93.2 | 82.8 | 84.4 | 89.7 | 97.5 | 96.6 | 95.0 | 96.5 | 99.0 | 98.4 | 98.4 | 98.5 |
20–24 | 35.1 | 40.5 | 35.3 | 36.9 | 54.6 | 55.1 | 48.5 | 53.1 | 80.3 | 81.5 | 80.4 | 80.7 |
25–29 | 14.3 | 19.1 | 14.6 | 16.2 | 14.9 | 20.0 | 19.5 | 18.5 | 30.3 | 43.2 | 48.1 | 42.6 |
30–34 | 7.5 | 5.1 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 10.3 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 14.2 | 16.9 | 14.6 |
35–39 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 7.0 |
40–44 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 6.4 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 7.8 |
45–49 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 9.3 | 4.4 |
Median age at first union | ||||||||||||
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Age group | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | Increase | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | Increase | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | Increase |
All | 19.9 | 20.1 | 20.3 | 0.4 | 20.8 | 21.4 | 21.8 | 1.0 | 23.2 | 23.6 | 25.7 | 2.5 |
25–29 | 19.4 | 21.3 | 20.7 | 1.3 | 20.5 | 22.1 | 22.2 | 1.7 | 23.9 | 26.9 | 28.0 | 4.1 |
30–34 | 19.8 | 19.5 | 20.6 | 0.8 | 21.2 | 20.9 | 22.2 | 1.0 | 23.0 | 24.1 | 26.5 | 3.5 |
35–39 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 20.0 | 0.1 | 21.2 | 21.0 | 21.1 | − 0.1 | 23.4 | 22.7 | 23.3 | − 0.1 |
40–44 | 19.8 | 20.3 | 19.9 | 0.1 | 20.4 | 21.6 | 21.2 | 0.8 | 22.1 | 23.2 | 24.1 | 2.0 |
45–49 | 20.3 | 20.0 | 20.3 | 0.0 | 20.3 | 20.6 | 21.7 | 0.4 | 20.1 | 23.1 | 24.8 | 4.7 |