Percentage of never-married men and women aged 15–24 years who report premarital sex in the last 12 months, selected surveys
| Country, study year | Men | Women | Absolute difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NA, not available. | |||
| Numbers in parentheses are the unweighted denominators. | |||
| Sub-Saharan Africa | |||
| Ghana, 1988 | NA | 40 (838) | |
| Ghana, 1993 | 46 (352) | 49 (828) | −3 |
| Ghana, 1998 | 24 (494) | 31 (979) | −7 |
| Kenya, 1989 | NA | 33 (1607) | |
| Kenya, 1993 | NA | 35 (2084) | |
| Kenya, 1998 | 56 (1285) | 32 (2079) | 24 |
| Tanzania, 1991/92 | 65 (691) | 35 (1991) | 30 |
| Tanzania, 1996 | 44 (746) | 29 (1713) | 15 |
| Tanzania, 1999 | 57 (1155) | 39 (890) | 18 |
| Uganda, 1988/89 | NA | 35 (934) | |
| Uganda, 1995 | 33 (518) | 22 (1129) | 11 |
| Uganda, 2000/01 | 31 (603) | 27 (1446) | 4 |
| Zambia DHS, 1992 | NA | 42 (1675) | |
| Zambia DHS, 1996 | 57 (716) | 36 (11823) | 21 |
| Zambia SBS, 2000 | 36 (453) | 31 (456) | 5 |
| Zambia DHS, 2001/2002 | 51 (700) | 31 (1697) | 20 |
| Zambia SBS, 2003 | 34 (701) | 29 (505) | 5 |
| Zimbabwe, 1988 | NA | 18 (1058) | |
| Zimbabwe, 1994 (3) | 38 (905) | 13 (1525) | 25 |
| Zimbabwe, 1999 | 34 (1137) | 15 (1524) | 19 |
| Latin America and Caribbean | |||
| Colombia, 1986 | NA | 8 (1557) | |
| Columbia, 1990 | NA | 12 (2363) | |
| Colombia, 1995 | NA | 19 (2607) | |
| Colombia, 2000 | NA | 28 (2805) | |
| Dominican Republic, 1991 | NA | 5 (1769) | |
| Dominican Republic, 1996 | 52 (685) | 8 (1731) | 44 |
| Dominican Republic, 2002 | 52 (797) | 13 (4432) | 40 |
| Haiti, 1994 | 52 (556) | 17 (1528) | 35 |
| Haiti, 2000 | 47 (1207) | 21 (2789) | 26 |
| Peru, 1991/92 | NA | 10 (4553) | |
| Peru, 2000 | NA | 13 (7142) | |