Table 1.

Education, marital status, and living arrangements of adults by age group.

	Male			Female
	Adults 18–39	Adults 40–49	Adults 50–59	Adults 18–39	Adults 40–49	Adults 50–59
Education
Primary/lower	33.8	59.4	75.1	55.6	76.2	92.5
Lower secondary	26.2	11.0	11.0	16.5	39.3	32.7
Upper secondary	25.8	16.5	6.9	17.0	8.1	1.8
University	14.2	13.1	7.1	10.9	6.4	2.9
N	2,241	492	289	2,272	480	272
Working	84.7	96.5	89.2	68.0	58.7	73.2
Marital Status
Unmarried, never had sex	10.9	1.3	0.3	9.8	3.9	3.8
Unmarried, had sex	34.4	4.8	2.9	12.3	0.5	0.3
Married (registered)	25.1	66.0	77.2	47.1	66.5	71.2
Married (not registered)	267	20.6	11.7	22.7	14.9	5.7
Widowed/divorced/separated	2.9	7.3	7.9	8.0	13.8	19.0
N	2,243	492	289	2,272	480	272
Living arrangements (married or had sex)
With registered spouse	27.3	65.4	75.9	42.8	65.1	72.7
With unregistered spouse (had ceremony)	28.1	20.2	10.8	22.0	14.3	5.3
With cohabiter (no registration or ceremony)	4.0	0.7	0.2	3.5	0.4	0.5
Live apart from spouse	3.1	2.7	2.5	12.5	4.7	1.9
Not living with a partner	37.6	11.0	10.6	19.2	15.5	19.5
N	1,847	485	288	1,762	461	256
Religion
Buddhism	95.5	97.6	95.8	97.3	96.4	94.0
Islam	3.2	2.1	4.2	1.4	2.2	4.3
Christianity	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.7
N	2,272	491	288	2,272	480	272

^*Differences by age group are significant for all measures p<.05