Table 4

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

CountryYear of surveyFemalesp ValueMalesp Value
n%Decline per year (%)n%Decline per year (%)
Burundi198710000.7
2005*23573.1−8.27<0.001
Cameroon1998128226.053917.8
2004268518.0122411.57.280.0004
2006*201613.47.79<0.001
Central African Republic1994*128824.632116.0
2006*257227.0−0.780.11486011.72.610.056
Chad1997171621.94907.9
2004136119.02.030.04540610.7−4.330.174
Cote D'Ivoire1994196131.9
199877522.118013.8
2005123220.43.73<0.00189816.7−2.720.349
Ethiopia2000371013.56005.1
2005326611.13.910.00213351.721.97<0.001
Haiti199412908.435020.1
2000234212.076828.3
2005270115.3−5.47<0.001121141.9−6.65<0.001
Kenya1993175414.9
1998185115.081131.7
2003185614.50.270.73985630.90.510.747
Malawi2000286716.566029.1
2004239214.165018.012.01<0.001
2006*519613.93.010.001
Mozambique1997183628.638223.5
2003245427.70.350.66667331.1−4.620.009
Namibia199212597.7
200014999.869431.3
200622467.40.110.58991019.28.15<0.001
Nigeria1990161224.4
1999177516.25118.3
2003171620.31.90<0.0014537.91.230.877
Rwanda199214642.1
200026173.07629.3
200525855.2−6.7<0.001110215.3−9.96<0.001
UR Tanzania1992218311.449929.6
1996173212.348810.4
199990914.579023.9
2004224511.463713.0
2007.5198410.70.620.285176810.84.83<0.001
Uganda1995160623.838719.2
2000.5161514.244115.5
2004.5218612.2206916.3
2006193611.86.48<0.00159513.92.390.096
Zambia1992198419.4
1996200321.746039.3
2001.5181117.545927.2
2007157412.33.30<0.001141616.28.06<0.001
Zimbabwe199414725.26047.9
199914473.27136.3
2005.521524.90.170.99418995.23.600.013
  • * Results from multiple indicator cluster survey.