Table 2.2.8. General characteristics of women by place of residence (percentage)

Characteristics

Total Sample

Yerevan

Other Urban

Rural

Age group (years)

Less than 20

2.7

2.5

2.5

3.3

20-24

14.7

12.8

15.0

16.7

25-29

18.6

18.1

19.3

18.2

30-34

21.1

22.7

17.4

24.3

35-39

23.0

21.0

24.6

22.7

40-44

19.9

22.9

21.2

14.8

Total

100

100

100

100

Educational level

Low (primarily)

40.4

30.7

39.8

52.9

Middle (secondarily)

35.0

28.8

41.1

34.4

High (university)

24.6

40.5

19.1

12.7

Total

100

100

100

100

Marital status

 

 

 

 

Currently married and living together

82.0

83.6

78.6

84.8

Currently married, but separated

7.7

5.9

9.5

7.6

In consensual union and living together

1.3

1.0

1.5

1.3

Divorced

5.7

5.9

6.5

4.0

Widowed

2.9

3.4

3.0

2.3

Never married, but having child (children)

0.3

0.2

0.7

0.0

In consensual union, but living separate

0.1

0.0

0.2

0.0

Total

100

100

100

100

Socioeconomic status

 

 

 

 

Low

30.9

29.8

29.1

34.4

Middle

67.9

68.9

69.4

64.8

High

1.2

1.3

1.5

0.8

Total

100

100

100

100