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. 2010 Nov 23;86(Suppl_2):ii72–ii83. doi: 10.1136/sti.2010.044933

Table 5.

Percentage of young men and women aged 15–24 years who reported having had sexual intercourse with more than one partner in the past 12 months

Country Females Males
Year of survey n % Decline per year (%) p Value n % Decline per year (%) p Value
Cameroon 1998 2409 10.6 1067 38.3
2004 4937 6.6 7.90 <0.001 2177 22.4 8.94 <0.001
Chad 1997 3084 1.2 863 22.9
2004 2432 1.0 2.60 0.453 673 12.0 9.23 <0.001
Cote D'Ivoire 1998 1353 6.7 338 32.1
2005 2360 4.5 5.69 0.003 1836 19.7 6.97 <0.001
Ethiopia 2000 6570 1.1 1007 4.3
2005 5813 0.1 47.96 <0.001 2399 0.9 31.28 <0.001
Haiti 2000 4260 1.2 1280 21.2
2005 4704 1.5 −4.46 0.203 2104 19.8 1.37 0.343
Kenya 1998 3399 3.4 1400 29.5
2003 3547 1.6 15.08 <0.001 1537 11.3 19.19 <0.001
Malawi 2000 5825 1.0 1259 11.8
2004 5262 1.1 −2.38 0.583 1237 7.0 13.05 <0.001
Namibia 2000 2838 2.3 1304 14.8
2006 4101 2.2 0.74 0.791 1661 11.1 4.79 0.0025
Rwanda 2000 4524 0.3 1195 1.2
2005 4938 0.3 0.0 0.960 2048 1.0 3.65 0.599
South Africa 2002 634 8.8 517 23.0
2005 1397 6.0 972 27.2
2008 NA 6.0 6.4 NS* NA 30.8 −4.9 NS*
Tanzania 1996 3408 4.7 859 19.8
1999 1720 9.8 1330 25.2
2004 4252 3.1 1130 17.2
2007.5 3730 2.5 8.42 <0.001 2196 9.3 6.87 <0.001
Uganda 1995 3162 1.1 754 9.7
2000.5 3119 2.3 762 11.1
2006 3646 1.7 −3.96 0.078 996 9.3 0.38 0.738
Zambia 1996 3834 4.6 863 31.8
2002 3476 2.4 804 17.6
2007 2944 1.5 10.21 <0.001 2482 8.8 11.62 <0.001
Zimbabwe 1999 2741 1.8 1219 10.8
2005.5 4104 0.9 10.5 0.001 3358 7.1 6.45 <0.001
*

Denominators not available. Significant levels as reported in 2008 Human Sciences Research Council survey report