Premarital Sexual Intercourse among Young People

 

Percentage of never-married young women and men who have never had sexual intercourse

 

Definition

 

Percentage of never-married women and men age 15-24 who have never had sexual intercourse.

 

Coverage:

Population base: Never married women and men age 15-24 (IR file, MR file)

Time period: Current status at time of survey

 

Numerator: Number of never-married women (or men) age 15-24 who have never had sexual intercourse (women: v012 in 15:24 & v501 = 0 & v525 ≠ 0,99; men: mv012 in 15:24 & mv501 = 0 & mv525 ≠ 0,99)

 

Denominators: Number of never married women (or men) age 15-24 (women: v012 in 15:24 & v501 = 0; men: mv012 in 15:24 & mv501 = 0)


Variables: IR file, MR file.

v012

Current age (women)

v501

Current marital status (women)

v525

Age at first sex (women)

v005

Woman’s individual sample weight

mv012

Current age (men)

mv501

Current marital status (men)

mv525

Age at first sex (men)

mv005

Man’s individual sample weight

 

Calculation

 

The numerator divided by the denominator, expressed as a percentage.

 

Handling of Missing Values

 

Missing values on age at first sex are considered as not having had sexual intercourse and are included in both the numerator and denominator.

 

Resources

 

DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table 13.13

 

API Indicator IDs:

HA_PSXY_W_NSX, HA_PSXY_M_NSX

(API link, STATcompiler link)

 

MICS6 Indicator TM.25: Young people who have never had sex