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Table 4 Prevalence of premarital sex with 95% confidence interval by different background characteristics in place of residence in India

From: Are delay ages at marriage increasing? Pre-marital sexual relation among youth people in the place of residence in India

Socio-economic background Characteristics

RURAL

URBAN

Early Married

(< 21 year)

Delayed Married

(27–30 year)

Unmarried

till 30 year

Early Married

(< 21 year)

Delayed Married

(27–30 year)

Unmarried

till 30 year

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

Sex

 Male

52.85

51.69–54.03

62.35

61.22–63.48

52.59

50.99–54.21

57.06

51.98–62.26

72.32

67.58–76.87

38.85

36.49–41.3

 Female

58.48

55.69–61.3

68.44

65.78–71.07

47.76

43.92–51.75

57.14

45.4–69.46

77.78

66.92–87.06

22.21

18.26–26.62

Higher Education

 No Education

53.56

52.26–54.86

61.15

59.87–62.42

48.74

43.96–53.76

61.20

58.33–64.09

70.77

68.05–73.43

50.77

39.36–63.36

 Primary

55.94

53.32–58.6

67.01

64.50–69.50

56.02

51.12–61.05

61.66

56.83–66.51

73.32

68.83–77.63

49.38

39.13–60.7

 Secondary

51.98

49.14–54.89

68.62

65.94–71.27

61.21

59.48–63.08

48.51

44.61–52.57

74.67

71.14–78.07

52.22

49.25–55.27

 Higher

41.86

28.81–57.92

72.09

58.35–84.43

15.53

13.10–18.36

31.6

21.21–45.34

71.93

59.99–82.83

9.54

7.65–11.86

Caste

 SC

62.90

60.48–65.32

72.96

70.71–75.16

57.69

54.21–61.22

62.29

57.67–66.93

73.27

68.96–77.41

44.49

38.72–50.7

 ST

42.33

40.52–44.19

49.21

47.37–51.08

41.61

39.35–43.94

47.40

42.15–52.95

61.77

56.54–67.04

27.02

23.6–30.83

 OBC

59.72

57.88–61.57

70.56

68.84–72.27

62.41

59.72–65.10

59.75

56.66–62.86

76.75

74.03–79.37

43.89

40.17–47.81

 Other

56.51

52.71–60.39

69.39

65.78–72.93

51.63

47.0–56.43

52.40

46.60–58.45

69.74

64.22–75.11

28.26

24.15–32.9

Religions

 Hindu

58.29

57.08–59.51

68.35

67.20–69.50

59.10

57.30–60.90

58.94

56.50–61.4

74.5

72.31–76.64

39.44

36.67–42.34

 Muslim

59.12

52.04–60.27

66.55

62.61–70.44

64.44

58.88–69.97

59.17

54.45–63.95

72.86

68.48–77.08

44.85

39.17–50.96

 Christian

34.41

30.39–36.64

40.5

37.33–43.84

30.69

27.79–33.83

45.16

36.23–55.24

65.38

56.27–74.35

22.07

18.46–26.27

 Other

25.24

19.91–31.69

30.48

24.73–37.19

33.57

26.48–41.94

25.0

13.87–42.54

38.89

25.18–56.65

25.0

16.55–36.70

Wealth quintile

 Poorest

51.27

49.44–53.13

57.77

55.96–59.60

64.53

61.83–67.23

53.96

45.93–62.40

65.47

57.57–73.25

67.19

55.67–78.27

 Poorer

54.5

52.56–56.45

63.6

61.73–65.48

56.65

53.90–59.44

57.14

51.21–63.22

70.66

65.04–76.08

50.36

42.34–58.98

 Middle

55.82

53.57–58.10

68.61

66.48–70.72

43.95

40.91–47.11

63.05

58.93–67.17

75.43

71.68–79.02

41.28

36.29–46.68

 Richer

55.39

51.95–58.88

69.07

65.83–72.27

40.60

36.79–44.64

55.35

51.82–58.94

71.12

67.84–74.33

36.17

32.36–40.28

 Richest

50.7

44.23–57.54

63.26

56.84–69.67

31.31

26.49–36.77

53.38

48.96–57.92

73.84

69.82–77.71

28.15

25.25–31.31

Exposure to mass media

 Yes

56.24

54.83–57.65

67.37

66.03–68.70

49.21

47.57–50.87

56.76

54.51–59.03

73.09

71.05–75.09

34.9

32.8–37.09

 No

50.1

48.44–51.79

57.5

55.85–59.15

63.75

60.42–67.07

57.95

52.45–63.55

67.88

62.58–73.07

57.38

45.45–69.88