Men are mostly likely to have had their first sexual intercourse at the age of , the data shows. For women, the peak age at first sex is lower at The difference between the genders is primarily on account of the difference in the ages at which they tend to get married. Most sexual encounters in India tend to be of the conjugal kind, the data suggests. Thus, women tend to have sex at an earlier age because they get married at a younger age. However, there are important differences across people with different educational attainments.

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