Table 5

 Unadjusted and adjusted cohort differences in median age at first sex, allowing for changes in reporting age, education, and residence

GhanaKenyaTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
Significance of difference between cohorts from Cox regression based test for equality of survival curves; bold type indicates differences significant at the 95% level.
Men
Unadjusted
    Middle–oldest−0.10.20.3 −0.4
    Youngest–middle 0.5 −0.40.60.2
Adjusted for education and residence
    Middle–oldest−0.10.10.50.1
    Youngest–middle 0.5 −0.30.20.3
Adjusted for reporting age, education and residence
    Middle–oldest−0.1 0.3 0.7 0.1
    Youngest–middle0.5−0.10.30.4
Women
Unadjusted
    Middle–oldest−0.1 0.2 0.2 0.10.1 0.2
    Youngest–middle 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.8 0.10.0
Adjusted for education and residence
    Middle–oldest−0.2 0.3 0.2 0.10.10.2
    Youngest–middle 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.7 0.10.0
Adjusted for reporting age, education and residence
    Middle–oldest0.00.20.10.10.10.0
    Youngest–middle 1.3 0.4 −0.1 0.7 0.1−0.2