EXERCISE 3 - ANSWER

What is the average age at first marriage for men and women in each of the different religious groups?

To obtain the answer to question 3, you could have used the following command: 

tab religion gender, sum(agemar)

 religious |
denominati |  sex of respondent
        on |      Male     Female |     Total
-----------+----------------------+----------
 Christian | 29.550129  24.633277 | 26.588957
    Muslim |        31         29 | 29.666667
     Hindu |      19.5         23 | 20.666667
     Other |         .         20 |        20
 No religi | 29.133333  23.465347 | 26.354369
-----------+----------------------+----------
     Total | 29.424547  24.466859 | 26.535684

Using the tab, sum command we are able to produce a table that provides the average age at first marriage for every gender - religion category combination. Looking at the results, it is clear that men generally get married at older ages, and that religion seems to play a role in the age at first marriage regardless of your gender.

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