Table 1.
Point prevalence of concurrency measured using UNAIDS protocol in 15 surveys
| % of men | % of women | unweighted average | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Surveys for Ages 15–49 | ||||
| Burkina Faso | 10.4 | 0.1 | 5.25 | DHS 2011 [15]1 |
| Burundi | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.77 | DHS [16]1 |
| Cameroon | 13.3 | 1.9 | 7.60 | DHS [17] |
| Ethiopia | 2.3 | 0.0 | 1.15 | DHS 2011 [18] |
| Lesotho | 7.4 | 2.3 | 4.85 | DHS 20092 |
| Malawi | 3.8 | 0.1 | 1.95 | DHS 2010 [19] |
| Mozambique | 8.8 | 0.8 | 4.80 | AIS 2009 [20] |
| Rwanda | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.80 | DHS 2010 [21] |
| Senegal | 5.1 | 0.2 | 2.65 | DHS 2010–2011 [22]1 |
| Uganda | 9.7 | 0.4 | 5.05 | DHS 2011 [23]3 |
| Zimbabwe | 3.8 | 0.3 | 2.05 | DHS 2010–2011 [24] |
| Sub-national Surveys for Ages 15–49 | ||||
| Uganda, rural district | 9.8 | 0.4 | 5.10 | Maher et al. [25] |
| S. Africa, Kwa-Zulu Natal | 4.7 | 0.4 | 2.55 | Eaton et al. [26]4 |
| Average for Ages 15–49 | 6.3 | 0.5 | 3.43 | |
| Sub-National Surveys for Other Age Groups | ||||
| Kenya, Kisumu, ages 18–24 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.75 | Xu et al. [27] |
| Malawi, rural district, ages 15–59 | 12.0 | – | – | Glynn et al. [28]5 |
The Burkina Faso 2011 DHS [15], Burundi 2011 DHS [16] and Senegal 2010–2011 DHS [22] report point prevalence only for men so women's concurrency is calculated using datasets from Measure DHS-IFC Macro (http://www.measuredhs.com/).
The official publication of the 2009 Lesotho DHS [29] does not report concurrency rates, so they are calculated using datasets from Measure DHS on which the DHS report is based.
The Uganda 2010 AIS [30] shows men's reported point prevalence of concurrency to be 4.5%, not the 9.7% reported in the Uganda 2011 DHS [23]. The two surveys were conducted by different agencies in Uganda. Both surveys state that they are nationally representative samples. Since the DHS and Maher et al. [25] report almost identical male concurrency, this table uses the higher figure even though the lower figure may be more reliable (the AIS had 4 times as many male respondents as the DHS). Adding further confusion, datasets from Measure DHS show that men's reported point prevalence in the Uganda DHS 2011 was 9.3%, not the published 9.7%.
Eaton et al. analyze men's concurrency, not women's, but add that “fewer than 0.4%” of women report concurrency [26].
Glynn et al. [28] report concurrency, using the UNAIDS protocol only for men age 15–59, but in Glynn et al.'s study and in Malawi as a whole ([30] Table 3.7), polygyny and thus concurrency is substantially higher among older men. Data for those aged 15–59 are thus not directly comparable to those in the age bracket specified in the UNAIDS protocol (15–49) [14]. Glynn et al. do not report women's concurrency measured with the UNAIDS protocol “since few women reported multiple partners”.