Table 1.
Statistical properties of sexual contact networks from national sex surveys conducted in four different countries: Sweden, the U.K., Zimbabwe, and Burkina Faso
| Survey | Ref. | 12 months |
Lifetime |
Respondents |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| γF | γM | γF | γM | Total | Female | Male | ||
| Sweden | 21 | 3.54 ± 0.20 | 3.31 ± 0.20 | 3.1 ± 0.30 | 2.6 ± 0.30 | 2,810 | — | — |
| U.K. | 22, 23 | 3.10 ± 0.08 | 2.48 ± 0.05 | 3.09 ± 0.20 | 2.46 ± 0.10 | 11,161 | 6,399 | 4,762 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 2.51 ± 0.40 | 3.07 ± 0.20 | 2.48 ± 0.15 | 2.67 ± 0.18 | 9,843 | 5,424 | 4,419 |
| Burkina Faso | 24 | 3.9 ± 0.2 | 2.9 ± 0.1 | — | — | 466 | 179 | 287 |
The exponents γF and γM are referred to the distribution of number of sexual partners cumulated in 12 months and over the respondent's lifetime. The number of respondents also is reported.