Table 3.
The prevalence of having multiple sexual partners among young adolescents aged 12 years to 15 years by World Health Organization region, sex, and age in 2003-2017.
| Region | Total sample, % (95% CI) | Boys, % (95% CI) | Girls, % (95% CI) | P value | 12-13 years old, % (95% CI) | 14-15 years old, % (95% CI) | P value |
| Total | 52.0 (50.4-53.6) | 58.0 (56.1-59.9) | 41.4 (38.9-43.9) | <.001 | 49.7 (45.9-53.5) | 53.5 (51.6-55.4) | .12 |
| Africa | 52.3 (49.3-55.3) | 54.7 (51.2-58.2) | 45.2 (39.5-51.0) | .007 | 54.4 (46.7-61.9) | 51.7 (47.9-55.5) | .59 |
| Americas | 52.3 (50.6-54.0) | 59.9 (57.9-61.9) | 38.7 (35.9-41.6) | <.001 | 46.9 (42.8-51.0) | 53.5 (51.5-55.5) | .008 |
| Eastern Mediterranean | 71.2 (61.1-79.5) | 72.3 (62.2-80.5) | 63.9 (37.4-83.9) | .48 | 63.2 (39.1-82.2) | 72.2 (62.1-80.4) | .40 |
| Europe | 40.8 (34.7-47.3) | 44.8 (37.6-52.1) | 16.4 (7.9-30.9) | .001 | 41.1 (28.1-55.4) | 40.8 (34.0-47.9) | .97 |
| Southeast Asia | 56.0 (49.1-62.7) | 60.4 (51.8-68.5) | 47.5 (37.4-57.7) | .04 | 47.3 (34.0-61.0) | 59.4 (51.6-66.6) | .13 |
| Western Pacific | 32.3 (22.1-44.4) | 57.4 (51.9-62.9) | 40.5 (34.0-47.4) | .001 | 53.0 (42.8-63.0) | 51.7 (47.1-56.2) | .82 |