Table 18. Province and SMAM ages by Marital Status and Sex, Solomon Islands: 1999                         Table 18. Province and SMAM ages by Marital Status and Sex, Solomon Islands: 1999                              
Characteristics  Total Never married       Age at 1st Marriage Characteristics  Currently married Widowed Separated/Divorced Not reported Not Applicable
Total Male Female Total Male Female       Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
   Total  210,311 107,086 103,225 83,643 49,012 34,631                Total  119,023 55,992 63,031 3,592 573 3,019 2,538 696 1,842 1,233 659 574 282 154 128
15 - 19 46,030 23,732 22,298 42,154 22,857 19,297 91.6 96.3 86.5 2552.7 2721.4 2381.0 15 - 19 3,077 535 2,542 57 10 47 122 14 108 449 224 225 171 92 79
20 - 24 40,353 20,199 20,154 24,487 15,366 9,121 60.7 76.1 45.3 20 - 24 14,977 4,563 10,414 216 18 198 330 53 277 290 170 120 53 29 24
25 - 29 35,264 17,683 17,581 10,218 6,749 3,469 29.0 38.2 19.7 4.5 4.8 4.2 25 - 29 24,057 10,648 13,409 273 31 242 462 108 354 228 130 98 26 17 9
30 - 34 26,381 13,442 12,939 3,256 2,058 1,198 12.3 15.3 9.3 30 - 34 22,211 11,157 11,054 346 46 300 457 126 331 99 49 50 12 6 6
35 - 39 21,507 10,994 10,513 1,564 901 663 7.3 8.2 6.3 224.6 238.8 209.7 35 - 39 19,065 9,888 9,177 427 63 364 380 102 278 67 38 29 4 2 2
40 - 44 16,153 8,407 7,746 862 482 380 5.3 5.7 4.9 40 - 44 14,362 7,703 6,659 566 97 469 323 104 219 39 20 19 1 1 0
45 - 49 13,629 7,021 6,608 592 315 277 4.3 4.5 4.2 2328.1 2482.6 2171.3 45 - 49 11,982 6,442 5,540 757 141 616 258 105 153 32 14 18 8 4 4
50 - 54 10,994 5,608 5,386 510 284 226 4.6 5.1 4.2 95.5 95.2 95.8 50 - 54 9,292 5,056 4,236 950 167 783 206 84 122 29 14 15 7 3 4
              1052.7 1221.4 881.0 24.4 26.1 22.7                                
Choiseul                         Choiseul                              
   Total  9,687 4,894 4,793 3,710 2,152 1,558                Total  5,672 2,653 3,019 148 26 122 112 36 76 22 13 9 23 14 9
15 - 19 2,108 1,141 967 1,948 1,111 837 92.4 97.4 86.6 2547.6 2686.1 2413.8 15 - 19 129 17 112 1 1 0 6 0 6 8 3 5 16 9 7
20 - 24 1,655 796 859 956 599 357 57.8 75.3 41.6 20 - 24 671 189 482 4 1 3 16 1 15 5 4 1 3 2 1
25 - 29 1,637 789 848 449 262 187 27.4 33.2 22.1 5.8 5.5 6.2 25 - 29 1,149 515 634 15 3 12 19 6 13 3 1 2 2 2 0
30 - 34 1,293 629 664 161 86 75 12.5 13.7 11.3 30 - 34 1,101 531 570 13 2 11 15 8 7 3 2 1 0 0 0
35 - 39 1,055 550 505 74 35 39 7.0 6.4 7.7 291.9 276.4 307.6 35 - 39 946 506 440 11 1 10 22 6 16 2 2 0 0 0 0
40 - 44 781 416 365 55 28 27 7.0 6.7 7.4 40 - 44 688 376 312 27 6 21 11 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 - 49 648 324 324 35 15 20 5.4 4.6 6.2 2255.7 2409.7 2106.2 45 - 49 574 302 272 29 4 25 10 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 - 54 510 249 261 32 16 16 6.3 6.4 6.1 94.2 94.5 93.8 50 - 54 414 217 197 48 8 40 13 6 7 1 1 0 2 1 1
              1047.6 1186.1 913.8 24.0 25.5 22.4                                
Western                          Western                               
   Total  32,509 17,407 15,102 13,438 8,431 5,007                Total  18,237 8,678 9,559 328 80 248 304 103 201 171 99 72 31 16 15
15 - 19 6,655 3,564 3,091 6,210 3,479 2,731 93.3 97.6 88.4 2649.2 2866.0 2401.6 15 - 19 360 45 315 2 1 1 6 0 6 61 32 29 16 7 9
20 - 24 6,027 3,197 2,830 3,903 2,606 1,297 64.8 81.5 45.8 20 - 24 2,042 556 1,486 11 3 8 28 5 23 38 24 14 5 3 2
25 - 29 5,605 2,998 2,607 1,944 1,384 560 34.7 46.2 21.5 6.0 7.8 3.9 25 - 29 3,556 1,571 1,985 14 4 10 51 13 38 36 23 13 4 3 1
30 - 34 4,470 2,368 2,102 665 477 188 14.9 20.1 8.9 30 - 34 3,706 1,857 1,849 31 9 22 54 18 36 12 6 6 2 1 1
35 - 39 3,503 1,904 1,599 323 217 106 9.2 11.4 6.6 300.1 391.3 192.6 35 - 39 3,081 1,656 1,425 33 5 28 57 20 37 9 6 3 0 0 0
40 - 44 2,608 1,408 1,200 173 113 60 6.6 8.0 5.0 40 - 44 2,315 1,258 1,057 62 13 49 53 21 32 5 3 2 0 0 0
45 - 49 2,033 1,079 954 129 90 39 6.3 8.3 4.1 2349.0 2474.7 2209.0 45 - 49 1,795 955 840 69 17 52 34 15 19 5 2 3 1 0 1
50 - 54 1,608 889 719 91 65 26 5.7 7.3 3.6 94.0 92.2 96.1 50 - 54 1,382 780 602 106 28 78 21 11 10 5 3 2 3 2 1
              1149.2 1366.0 901.6 25.0 26.8 23.0                                
Isabel                          Isabel                               
   Total  10,027 4,975 5,052 3,628 2,165 1,463                Total  6,017 2,696 3,321 205 28 177 55 19 36 61 37 24 61 30 31
15 - 19 2,138 1,087 1,051 1,948 1,040 908 91.1 95.7 86.4 2483.6 2703.5 2272.7 15 - 19 121 18 103 3 0 3 3 1 2 21 10 11 42 18 24
20 - 24 1,785 869 916 1,005 649 356 56.3 74.7 38.9 20 - 24 740 202 538 10 0 10 3 0 3 21 16 5 6 2 4
25 - 29 1,624 792 832 382 285 97 23.5 36.0 11.7 3.4 4.0 2.7 25 - 29 1,203 489 714 13 2 11 6 2 4 14 9 5 6 5 1
30 - 34 1,196 598 598 133 90 43 11.1 15.1 7.2 30 - 34 1,028 498 530 22 3 19 8 4 4 3 1 2 2 2 0
35 - 39 1,052 511 541 74 44 30 7.0 8.6 5.5 170.1 201.4 136.0 35 - 39 943 459 484 22 4 18 11 3 8 1 1 0 1 0 1
40 - 44 823 380 443 39 28 11 4.7 7.4 2.5 40 - 44 741 345 396 34 4 30 9 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 - 49 796 421 375 23 14 9 2.9 3.3 2.4 2313.5 2502.1 2136.7 45 - 49 708 391 317 48 8 40 12 5 7 1 0 1 4 3 1
50 - 54 613 317 296 24 15 9 3.9 4.7 3.0 96.6 96.0 97.3 50 - 54 533 294 239 53 7 46 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
              983.6 1203.5 772.7 23.9 26.1 22.0                                
Central                          Central                               
   Total  10,978 5,646 5,332 4,234 2,527 1,707                Total  6,385 3,032 3,353 186 26 160 124 37 87 34 17 17 15 7 8
15 - 19 2,383 1,260 1,123 2,219 1,228 991 93.1 97.5 88.2 2540.5 2728.7 2349.2 15 - 19 139 24 115 4 0 4 3 0 3 10 4 6 8 4 4
20 - 24 1,950 961 989 1,157 716 441 59.3 74.5 44.6 20 - 24 745 233 512 14 0 14 18 4 14 12 7 5 4 1 3
25 - 29 1,873 939 934 516 361 155 27.5 38.4 16.6 5.2 5.6 4.8 25 - 29 1,304 569 735 21 0 21 27 6 21 4 2 2 1 1 0
30 - 34 1,405 702 703 140 93 47 10.0 13.2 6.7 30 - 34 1,217 598 619 16 1 15 28 7 21 3 2 1 1 1 0
35 - 39 1,120 578 542 74 52 22 6.6 9.0 4.1 261.1 278.0 241.8 35 - 39 1,010 518 492 21 2 19 13 4 9 2 2 0 0 0 0
40 - 44 822 446 376 54 35 19 6.6 7.8 5.1 40 - 44 733 397 336 22 9 13 13 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 - 49 788 420 368 39 22 17 4.9 5.2 4.6 2279.4 2450.7 2107.5 45 - 49 704 387 317 35 6 29 9 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 1
50 - 54 637 340 297 35 20 15 5.5 5.9 5.1 94.8 94.4 95.2 50 - 54 533 306 227 53 8 45 13 6 7 3 0 3 0 0 0
              1040.5 1228.7 849.2 24.0 25.9 22.1                                
 Rennell-Bellona                           Rennell-Bellona                               
   Total  1,088 561 527 474 293 181                Total  546 242 304 20 7 13 40 16 24 4 0 4 4 3 1
15 - 19 225 132 93 207 127 80 92.0 96.2 86.0 2834.2 3086.5 2586.7 15 - 19 12 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 3 0
20 - 24 173 82 91 118 76 42 68.2 92.7 46.2 20 - 24 49 6 43 1 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1
25 - 29 165 85 80 71 48 23 43.0 56.5 28.8 10.1 9.2 11.1 25 - 29 90 35 55 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 - 34 119 54 65 24 12 12 20.2 22.2 18.5 30 - 34 88 40 48 3 1 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 - 39 127 57 70 20 11 9 15.7 19.3 12.9 503.6 459.4 554.9 35 - 39 99 42 57 1 1 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 - 44 109 52 57 16 9 7 14.7 17.3 12.3 40 - 44 76 39 37 6 2 4 10 2 8 1 0 1 0 0 0
45 - 49 100 61 39 13 8 5 13.0 13.1 12.8 2330.6 2627.1 2031.8 45 - 49 76 47 29 4 1 3 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 - 54 70 38 32 5 2 3 7.1 5.3 9.4 89.9 90.8 88.9 50 - 54 56 31 25 5 2 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
              1334.2 1586.5 1086.7 25.9 28.9 22.9                                
Guadalcanal                          Guadalcanal                               
   Total  30,867 15,918 14,949 11,963 7,256 4,707                Total  17,654 8,380 9,274 732 110 622 352 65 287 156 102 54 10 5 5
15 - 19 6,603 3,404 3,199 5,947 3,252 2,695 90.1 95.5 84.2 2531.9 2726.7 2327.5 15 - 19 538 95 443 15 3 12 25 3 22 72 48 24 6 3 3
20 - 24 6,019 3,035 2,984 3,432 2,268 1,164 57.0 74.7 39.0 20 - 24 2,417 727 1,690 61 5 56 68 8 60 37 25 12 4 2 2
25 - 29 5,367 2,767 2,600 1,539 1,083 456 28.7 39.1 17.5 4.3 5.0 3.5 25 - 29 3,689 1,657 2,032 56 6 50 60 7 53 23 14 9 0 0 0
30 - 34 4,099 2,164 1,935 546 363 183 13.3 16.8 9.5 30 - 34 3,401 1,780 1,621 79 3 76 62 8 54 11 10 1 0 0 0
35 - 39 3,104 1,632 1,472 229 126 103 7.4 7.7 7.0 213.2 252.3 174.2 35 - 39 2,741 1,483 1,258 96 15 81 34 8 26 4 0 4 0 0 0
40 - 44 2,237 1,189 1,048 123 77 46 5.5 6.5 4.4 40 - 44 1,957 1,078 879 112 19 93 40 11 29 5 4 1 0 0 0
45 - 49 1,852 948 904 82 47 35 4.4 5.0 3.9 2318.8 2474.3 2153.3 45 - 49 1,595 862 733 137 27 110 35 11 24 3 1 2 0 0 0
50 - 54 1,586 779 807 65 40 25 4.1 5.1 3.1 95.7 95.0 96.5 50 - 54 1,316 698 618 176 32 144 28 9 19 1 0 1 0 0 0
              1031.9 1226.7 827.5 24.2 26.1 22.3                                
Malaita                         Malaita                              
   Total  58,052 27,458 30,594 22,208 12,047 10,161                Total  33,269 14,777 18,492 1,265 181 1,084 705 155 550 533 256 277 72 42 30
15 - 19 13,752 6,805 6,947 12,380 6,496 5,884 90.0 95.5 84.7 2475.6 2608.4 2358.8 15 - 19 1,082 197 885 22 1 21 42 3 39 183 83 100 43 25 18
20 - 24 10,851 4,983 5,868 6,025 3,501 2,524 55.5 70.3 43.0 20 - 24 4,489 1,392 3,097 78 2 76 112 11 101 130 64 66 17 13 4
25 - 29 9,084 4,228 4,856 2,257 1,315 942 24.8 31.1 19.4 4.0 3.4 4.6 25 - 29 6,498 2,817 3,681 101 10 91 128 33 95 96 51 45 4 2 2
30 - 34 6,859 3,205 3,654 705 369 336 10.3 11.5 9.2 30 - 34 5,863 2,782 3,081 112 14 98 134 28 106 42 12 30 3 0 3
35 - 39 5,783 2,686 3,097 342 167 175 5.9 6.2 5.7 202.1 170.9 229.5 35 - 39 5,158 2,459 2,699 152 21 131 99 19 80 30 19 11 2 1 1
40 - 44 4,509 2,178 2,331 208 84 124 4.6 3.9 5.3 40 - 44 4,011 2,034 1,977 199 30 169 68 20 48 22 9 13 1 1 0
45 - 49 3,851 1,799 2,052 151 59 92 3.9 3.3 4.5 2273.5 2437.5 2129.3 45 - 49 3,341 1,657 1,684 284 53 231 59 21 38 15 9 6 1 0 1
50 - 54 3,363 1,574 1,789 140 56 84 4.2 3.6 4.7 96.0 96.6 95.4 50 - 54 2,827 1,439 1,388 317 50 267 63 20 43 15 9 6 1 0 1
              975.6 1108.4 858.8 23.7 25.2 22.3                                
Makira-Ulawa                         Makira-Ulawa                              
   Total  15,546 7,679 7,867 6,490 3,669 2,821                Total  8,490 3,825 4,665 207 41 166 156 36 120 177 92 85 26 16 10
15 - 19 3,764 1,930 1,834 3,476 1,859 1,617 92.3 96.3 88.2 2553.5 2708.4 2407.4 15 - 19 193 27 166 1 1 0 13 2 11 69 31 38 12 10 2
20 - 24 2,900 1,401 1,499 1,821 1,106 715 62.8 78.9 47.7 20 - 24 1,022 273 749 7 1 6 16 3 13 28 17 11 6 1 5
25 - 29 2,610 1,240 1,370 762 465 297 29.2 37.5 21.7 3.8 4.0 3.7 25 - 29 1,761 742 1,019 11 3 8 34 4 30 38 23 15 4 3 1
30 - 34 1,822 904 918 223 140 83 12.2 15.5 9.0 30 - 34 1,531 733 798 16 6 10 31 12 19 19 12 7 2 1 1
35 - 39 1,527 782 745 99 43 56 6.5 5.5 7.5 191.6 199.7 184.4 35 - 39 1,367 724 643 31 5 26 19 6 13 11 4 7 0 0 0
40 - 44 1,166 574 592 41 22 19 3.5 3.8 3.2 40 - 44 1,063 537 526 37 10 27 21 2 19 4 3 1 0 0 0
45 - 49 992 488 504 41 20 21 4.1 4.1 4.2 2362.0 2508.7 2223.0 45 - 49 888 457 431 46 7 39 12 2 10 4 1 3 1 1 0
50 - 54 765 360 405 27 14 13 3.5 3.9 3.2 96.2 96.0 96.3 50 - 54 665 332 333 58 8 50 10 5 5 4 1 3 1 0 1
              1053.5 1208.4 907.4 24.6 26.1 23.1                                
Temotu                         Temotu                              
   Total  9,391 4,190 5,201 3,718 1,882 1,836                Total  5,223 2,243 2,980 230 16 214 193 34 159 15 8 7 12 7 5
15 - 19 2,203 1,080 1,123 2,084 1,057 1,027 94.6 97.9 91.5 2540.5 2664.4 2455.5 15 - 19 103 13 90 2 0 2 4 3 1 4 4 0 6 3 3
20 - 24 1,625 688 937 1,015 551 464 62.5 80.1 49.5 20 - 24 566 128 438 17 2 15 19 2 17 4 2 2 4 3 1
25 - 29 1,371 512 859 356 180 176 26.0 35.2 20.5 3.4 1.7 5.0 25 - 29 954 330 624 26 0 26 30 1 29 4 1 3 1 0 1
30 - 34 1,108 484 624 115 50 65 10.4 10.3 10.4 30 - 34 935 428 507 26 0 26 31 6 25 1 0 1 0 0 0
35 - 39 1,035 464 571 71 23 48 6.9 5.0 8.4 172.1 85.6 248.7 35 - 39 898 433 465 30 1 29 35 6 29 0 0 0 1 1 0
40 - 44 779 366 413 33 11 22 4.2 3.0 5.3 40 - 44 678 347 331 30 1 29 38 7 31 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 - 49 722 340 382 26 5 21 3.6 1.5 5.5 2368.4 2578.8 2206.8 45 - 49 628 322 306 42 5 37 24 7 17 2 1 1 0 0 0
50 - 54 548 256 292 18 5 13 3.3 2.0 4.5 96.6 98.3 95.0 50 - 54 461 242 219 57 7 50 12 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
              1040.5 1164.4 955.5 24.5 26.2 23.2                                
Honiara                          Honiara                               
   Total  32,166 18,358 13,808 13,780 8,590 5,190                Total  17,530 9,466 8,064 271 58 213 497 195 302 60 35 25 28 14 14
15 - 19 6,199 3,329 2,870 5,735 3,208 2,527 92.5 96.4 88.0 2617.8 2753.2 2442.1 15 - 19 400 97 303 7 3 4 20 2 18 18 9 9 19 10 9
20 - 24 7,368 4,187 3,181 5,055 3,294 1,761 68.6 78.7 55.4 20 - 24 2,236 857 1,379 13 4 9 46 19 27 15 11 4 3 2 1
25 - 29 5,928 3,333 2,595 1,942 1,366 576 32.8 41.0 22.2 4.3 4.7 3.5 25 - 29 3,853 1,923 1,930 16 3 13 103 34 69 10 6 4 4 1 3
30 - 34 4,010 2,334 1,676 544 378 166 13.6 16.2 9.9 30 - 34 3,341 1,910 1,431 28 7 21 90 34 56 5 4 1 2 1 1
35 - 39 3,201 1,830 1,371 258 183 75 8.1 10.0 5.5 212.8 234.9 176.4 35 - 39 2,822 1,608 1,214 30 8 22 83 27 56 8 4 4 0 0 0
40 - 44 2,319 1,398 921 120 75 45 5.2 5.4 4.9 40 - 44 2,100 1,292 808 37 3 34 60 27 33 2 1 1 0 0 0
45 - 49 1,847 1,141 706 53 35 18 2.9 3.1 2.5 2405.0 2518.4 2265.6 45 - 49 1,673 1,062 611 63 13 50 56 31 25 2 0 2 0 0 0
50 - 54 1,294 806 488 73 51 22 5.6 6.3 4.5 95.7 95.3 96.5 50 - 54 1,105 717 388 77 17 60 39 21 18 0 0 0 0 0 0
            1117.8 1253.2 942.1 25.1 26.4 23.5                              
Source: 1999 Solomon Islands Census  Source: 1999 Solomon Islands Census