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Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2006 Nov 20;64(5):1019–1031. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.10.007

Table 4.

Percentage of women with multiple sexual partners

All Women Currently Married Women
Percent N Percent N
All WOMEN
YEAR
 1993
 1998
3.3

3.7 ***
2.8
15397

7524
7873
1.7

1.8
1.6
9412

4568
4844
DEPRIVATION/AREA of RESIDENCE CATEGORY
BASIC AMENITY INDEX
 Rural Poorest
 Rural Intermediate
 Rural Richest

 Other Urban Poorest
 Other Urban Intermediate
 Other Urban Richest

 Nairobi Poorest
 Nairobi City Intermediate
 Nairobi City Richest

2.9
2.9
3.3

6.4 **
4.5
3.2

9.1 *
6.3
4.0

10834
1753
120

687
708
432

143
238
400

1.6
1.5
2.8

3.0 *
1.2
0.9

8.5 **
2.0
2.3

6874
1029
71

397
402
223

94
147
175
WEALTH INDEX
 Rural Poorest
 Rural Intermediate
 Rural Richest

 Other Urban Poorest
 Other Urban Intermediate
 Other Urban Richest

 Nairobi Poorest
 Nairobi City Intermediate
 Nairobi City Richest

3.8 ***
2.5
2.7

6.0 *
5.5
3.1

10.7 **
5.8
3.0

3303
5839
3538

353
966
484

122
415
237

2.3 ***
1.4
1.2

3.2 *
2.0
0.4

6.4
3.4
2.1

2198
3636
2077

221
545
244

78
238
96

Notes:

1

A Pearson chi-squared test was done to test the significance of the difference between deprivation and multiple sexual partnerships for each residence type and study year

***

= p< 0.01;

**

= p< 0.05;

*

= p< 0.10