Détermination de l’âge de passage au statut d’adulte en fonction du sexe et du statut matrimonial.
Le basculement se fait à 17 ans pour les femmes et à 24 ans pour les hommes.
Au niveau national, lors du recensement de 1988, l’âge au premier mariage est de 16 ans pour la femme et 24 ans pour l’homme (remuoa, 1997).
| Femmes < ;40ans | Situation | matrimoniale | |||
| Age | Célibataires | Divorcées | Mariées | Veuves | Total |
| 14 | 79% | 0% | 21% | 0% | 100% |
| 15 | 75% | 0% | 25% | 0% | 100% |
| 16 | 62% | 10% | 29% | 0% | 100% |
| 17 | 40% | 0% | 60% | 0% | 100% |
| 18 | 28% | 11% | 61% | 0% | 100% |
| 19 | 38% | 25% | 38% | 0% | 100% |
| 20 | 13% | 4% | 83% | 0% | 100% |
| 21 | 9% | 9% | 82% | 0% | 100% |
| 22 | 11% | 0% | 89% | 0% | 100% |
| 23 | 0% | 10% | 90% | 0% | 100% |
| 24 | 22% | 0% | 78% | 0% | 100% |
| 25 | 4% | 4% | 92% | 0% | 100% |
| 26 | 11% | 22% | 67% | 0% | 100% |
| 27 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| 28 | 7% | 7% | 86% | 0% | 100% |
| 29 | 20% | 0% | 80% | 0% | 100% |
| 30 | 3% | 5% | 87% | 5% | 100% |
| 31 | 0% | 50% | 50% | 0% | 100% |
| 32 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| 33 | 0% | 17% | 83% | 0% | 100% |
| 34 | 0% | 20% | 80% | 0% | 100% |
| 35 | 0% | 7% | 89% | 4% | 100% |
| 36 | 0% | 33% | 67% | 0% | 100% |
| 37 | 0% | 0% | 89% | 11% | 100% |
| 38 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| 39 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| Total | 21% | 6% | 72% | 1% | 100% |
| Hommes < ;40 ans | Situation | matrimoniale | ||
| Age | Célibataires | Divorcés | Mariés | Total |
| 14 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 15 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 16 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 17 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 18 | 97% | 0% | 3% | 100% |
| 19 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 20 | 95% | 0% | 5% | 100% |
| 21 | 89% | 0% | 11% | 100% |
| 22 | 77% | 0% | 23% | 100% |
| 23 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 100% |
| 24 | 40% | 20% | 40% | 100% |
| 25 | 37% | 0% | 63% | 100% |
| 26 | 25% | 0% | 75% | 100% |
| 27 | 40% | 0% | 60% | 100% |
| 28 | 20% | 0% | 80% | 100% |
| 29 | 20% | 0% | 80% | 100% |
| 30 | 38% | 0% | 63% | 100% |
| 31 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 32 | 13% | 0% | 88% | 100% |
| 33 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 34 | 33% | 33% | 33% | 100% |
| 35 | 8% | 0% | 92% | 100% |
| 36 | 20% | 0% | 80% | 100% |
| 37 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 38 | 25% | 0% | 75% | 100% |
| 39 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| Total | 68% | 1% | 31% | 100% |
Nous considérerons donc comme jeune, toute fille célibataire de moins de 17 ans et tout garçon célibataire de moins de 24 ans. Les autres personnes, plus âgées et/ou non célibataires, seront pris en tant qu’adultes. Parmi les adultes, nous distinguerons le chef des autres adultes du ménage.
| Femmes | Hommes | Total | |
| Chefs | 17 | 236 | 253 |
| Jeunes | 54 | 174 | 228 |
| Autres adultes | 446 | 63 | 509 |
| 517 | 473 | 990 | |
| Femmes | Hommes | Total | |
| Chefs | 7% | 93% | 100% |
| Jeunes | 24% | 76% | 100% |
| Autres adultes | 88% | 12% | 100% |
| 52% | 48% | 100% |
| Position dans le ménage | Chefs | Jeunes | Autres adultes | Total |
| Chef | 100% | 0% | 0% | 26% |
| Epouse | 0% | 0% | 63% | 33% |
| Enfant | 0% | 73% | 13% | 23% |
| Autre parent | 0% | 21% | 22% | 16% |
| Autre | 0% | 6% | 2% | 2% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |