Table 4.

Percentage of young people aged 15–19 years who reported having had sexual intercourse by the age of 15 years

Country	Year of survey	Females			p Value	Males			p Value
		n	%	Decline per year (%)		n	%	Decline per year (%)
Burundi	1987	1000	0.7
	2005*	2357	3.1	−8.27	<0.001
Cameroon	1998	1282	26.0			539	17.8
	2004	2685	18.0			1224	11.5	7.28	0.0004
	2006*	2016	13.4	7.79	<0.001
Central African Republic	1994*	1288	24.6			321	16.0
	2006*	2572	27.0	−0.78	0.114	860	11.7	2.61	0.056
Chad	1997	1716	21.9			490	7.9
	2004	1361	19.0	2.03	0.045	406	10.7	−4.33	0.174
Cote D'Ivoire	1994	1961	31.9
	1998	775	22.1			180	13.8
	2005	1232	20.4	3.73	<0.001	898	16.7	−2.72	0.349
Ethiopia	2000	3710	13.5			600	5.1
	2005	3266	11.1	3.91	0.002	1335	1.7	21.97	<0.001
Haiti	1994	1290	8.4			350	20.1
	2000	2342	12.0			768	28.3
	2005	2701	15.3	−5.47	<0.001	1211	41.9	−6.65	<0.001
Kenya	1993	1754	14.9
	1998	1851	15.0			811	31.7
	2003	1856	14.5	0.27	0.739	856	30.9	0.51	0.747
Malawi	2000	2867	16.5			660	29.1
	2004	2392	14.1			650	18.0	12.01	<0.001
	2006*	5196	13.9	3.01	0.001
Mozambique	1997	1836	28.6			382	23.5
	2003	2454	27.7	0.35	0.666	673	31.1	−4.62	0.009
Namibia	1992	1259	7.7
	2000	1499	9.8			694	31.3
	2006	2246	7.4	0.11	0.589	910	19.2	8.15	<0.001
Nigeria	1990	1612	24.4
	1999	1775	16.2			511	8.3
	2003	1716	20.3	1.90	<0.001	453	7.9	1.23	0.877
Rwanda	1992	1464	2.1
	2000	2617	3.0			762	9.3
	2005	2585	5.2	−6.7	<0.001	1102	15.3	−9.96	<0.001
UR Tanzania	1992	2183	11.4			499	29.6
	1996	1732	12.3			488	10.4
	1999	909	14.5			790	23.9
	2004	2245	11.4			637	13.0
	2007.5	1984	10.7	0.62	0.285	1768	10.8	4.83	<0.001
Uganda	1995	1606	23.8			387	19.2
	2000.5	1615	14.2			441	15.5
	2004.5	2186	12.2			2069	16.3
	2006	1936	11.8	6.48	<0.001	595	13.9	2.39	0.096
Zambia	1992	1984	19.4
	1996	2003	21.7			460	39.3
	2001.5	1811	17.5			459	27.2
	2007	1574	12.3	3.30	<0.001	1416	16.2	8.06	<0.001
Zimbabwe	1994	1472	5.2			604	7.9
	1999	1447	3.2			713	6.3
	2005.5	2152	4.9	0.17	0.994	1899	5.2	3.60	0.013

^*Results from multiple indicator cluster survey.