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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stud Fam Plann. 2012 Jun;43(2):115–126. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2012.00309.x

Table 2.

Percentage of respondents, by age at sexual debut and demographic characteristics, according to sex, Kisumu, Kenya

Characteristic Total Girls Boys
Mean age at premarital sexual debut (years) 15.3 15.5 15.2
Premarital sexual debut
 by age 14 14.4 12.1 16.8
 by age 16 41.4 37.4 45.5
 by age 18 64.0 61.6 66.5
Mean age at time of interview (years) 19.7 19.7 19.7
Currently in school 71.7 63.6 80.1
Currently employed 9.5 9.1 10.0
Currently living in urban area 72.6 71.0 74.2
Age at maternal death
 ≤ 13 years 8.5 7.1 10.0
 14–18 years 10.3 13.1 7.3
 No maternal death 81.2 79.8 82.7
Age at paternal death
 ≤ 13 years 20.1 22.7 17.3
 14–18 years 15.9 14.7 17.3
 No paternal death 64.0 62.6 65.5
(N) (389) (198) (191)

Note: Figures represent characteristics of respondents in the first month of age 18.

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