The distribution of women and men age 15-49 by background characteristics is shown in Table 2. The distribution by age shows a decline in numbers of women and men with increasing age. About 41 percent of women and 46 percent of men are aged 15-24. The overwhelming majority of Rwandan women and men are Christians (Catholics, Protestants, or Adventists). Fifty percent of women are currently married or living with a man in a consensual union as are 48 percent of men. Because Rwandan men tend to marry later in life than women, 51 percent of men in the sample have.
