Table 2 Adolescent sexual activity - 'ever-married' and 'all women' (married and unmarried)
From: Adolescent fertility and family planning in East Asia and the Pacific: a review of DHS reports
| Country and survey year |
Median age first marriage, females aged 25-49 (years) |
Proportion females aged 15-19 currently married (%) |
Median age sexual debut, females aged 25-49 (years) |
Proportion females aged 25-49 sexual debut <15 years (%) |
Proportion females aged 15-19 currently sexually active (%) |
Proportion females aged 15-19 ever had sex (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'Ever-married women' | ||||||
| Indonesia, 2007 | 19.8 | 12.8 | 19.7 | 1.3 | n/a | n/a |
| Timor-Leste, 2003 | 21.4 | 11.2 | 20.7 | - | n/a | n/a |
| Vietnam, 2002 | 21.1 | 4.1 | - | - | n/a | n/a |
| 'All women' | ||||||
| Cambodia, 2005 | 20.1 | 9.8 | 20.4 | 2.0 | 8.3 | 10.8 |
| Marshall Islands, 2007 | 19.6 | 1.2 | 17.3 | 11.6 | 29.3 | 64.5 |
| Nauru, 2007 | 21.2 | 6.3 | 17.9 | 12.3 | 23.4 | 49.0 |
| Papua New Guinea, 1996 | 19.9 | 18.2 | - | - | - | - |
| Philippines, 2003 | 22.0 | 3.9 | 21.9 | 3.0 | 6.7 | 10.1 |
| Samoa, 2009 | 23.6‡ | 2.7 | - | - | - | - |
| Solomon Islands, 2007 | 19.9 | 9.7 | 18.2 | 12.1 | 21.2 | 51.9 |
| Tuvalu, 2007 | 22.1 | 8.0 | 21.7† | 0.5 | 9.1 | 14.2 |