Table 2.

Age at marriage and secondary school attendance by cohort and ethnicity, married Indonesian adults ages 32–67, 1997 [N=8,098].

	Women				Men
	Age at marriage, years		Attended some secondary school	N	Age at marriage, years		Attended some secondary school	N
	Mean	SD	%		Mean	SD	%
Total sample	18.2	5.2	18	4,277	23.1	5.1	31	3,821
A. By cohort
Born 1935–1939	17.5	5.4	7	457	22.7	5.5	22	424
Born 1940–1944	18.0	5.4	10	664	23.5	5.6	22	506
Born 1945–1949	18.2	5.2	16	529	23.2	5.0	30	508
Born 1950–1954	18.2	5.5	18	726	22.8	4.8	34	693
Born 1955–1959	18.5	5.0	22	861	23.1	5.1	34	825
Born 1960–1964	18.3	4.7	25	1,040	23.2	4.7	35	865
B. By ethnicity (10 largest ethnic groups)
Javanese	18.2	5.2	18	2,005	23.3	4.9	29	1,788
Sundanese	17.4	4.8	18	594	22.6	4.9	32	540
Minangkabau	19.4	4.3	38	270	24.1	5.3	48	246
Balinese	19.6	5.4	13	213	23.8	5.3	30	195
Banjar	16.8	5.1	13	168	22.4	5.6	28	163
Bugis	17.9	5.9	9	191	21.8	5.8	17	135
Maduranese	18.0	5.6	6	173	22.0	6.0	14	138
Batak	21.4	4.1	36	152	23.7	3.9	57	135
Sasak	19.0	5.5	6	155	22.7	5.7	24	129
Bima	20.0	4.1	13	66	23.7	3.9	25	64

Source: Indonesia Family Life Survey (1993, 1997)