Table 2.

Characteristics of sexual initiation by first sexual partner's age

Age difference between respondent and partner at first sex	Younger or less than 5 years older	5 to 9 years older	10 or more years older
	% (n)	% (n)	% (n)
Age of sexual initiation
≤ 14	18.7 (73)	23.0 (38)	14.0 (6)
15–17	54.2 (212)	49.7 (82)	46.5 (20)
≥ 18	27.1 (106)	27.3 (45)	39.5 (17)
χ2 p-value	0.307
Mean (yrs)	16.3	16.2	16.9
Age difference between respondent and partner
Mean (yrs)	2.1	6.3	13.0
Relationship to first sexual partner*
Husband	0.5 (2)	1.8 (3)	4.9 (2)
Boyfriend	96.4 (376)	95.2 (157)	87.8 (36)
Friend	2.3 (9)	1.2 (2)	4.9 (2)
Other	0.8 (3)	1.8 (3)	2.4 (1)
χ2 p-value	0.091
Used a condom at first sex
Yes	23.0 (90)	17.6 (29)	18.6 (8)
No	77.0 (301)	82.4 (136)	81.4 (35)
χ2 p-value	0.326

Notes: n = 599. *3 women were missing data.