Table 2. Model parameters at the population level.
| Parameter | Category | Value |
| Population size | 50,000 individuals between age 13–64 | |
| Number of partnerships | moderate men - moderate women | 17,750 (35.5%) |
| core men - core women | 150 (0.3%) | |
| core men - moderate women | 1650 (3.3%) | |
| moderate men - core women | 500 (1%) | |
| Fraction core during lifetime | men | 7% |
| women | 5% | |
Mean duration 
a
|
short-term | 13 1/3 days |
| medium-term | 150 days | |
| long-term | 5882 days (16.1 years) | |
Model 
b
|
4 days | |
| Age-dependent chance of participating in the pair formation process (for moderates only) | men |
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| women |
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a
Durations of partnerships are sampled from an exponential distribution with the listed mean, and a minimum of 1 day.
b
Individuals are capable of acquiring multiple partnerships in a single timestep.