Table 2.

Percent Distribution of Sexually Active Women and Men aged 15–24, according to Characteristics of Two Most Recent Partners (Partner One and Partner Two), within Last 3 Year Period

	Partner One		Partner Two
	Women %	Men %	Women %	Men %
N	530	199	44	112
Type of Relationship	(n=530)	(n=193)	(n=44)	(n=110)
Spouse or Other Permanent Partner	12.6*	7.3	--	2.7
Regular Boyfriend/Girlfriend	86.6	78.2	84.1	66.4
Casual Partner	0.8	14.5	15.9	30.9
Duration of Relationship	(n=528)	(n=195)	(n=44)	(n=112)
(Years)
< 1	8.1	25.6	29.5	28.6
1	12.7	20.2	29.5	27.7
2	22.2	18.6	18.2	15.2
3	20.8	14.6	9.1	8.0
4	13.9	5.5	9.1	10.7
5–9	20.4	9.5	4.6	6.3
10+	1.9	6.0	--	3.5
Mean (Years)	2.6	1.3	1.2	1.8
Relationship Still Continuing	(n=528)	(n=195)	(n=44)	(n=112)
(% saying yes)	93.8*	85.6	18.6*	65.2
Partner’s Age	(n=519)	(n=199)	(n=40)	(n=112)
Younger	1.9*	89.7	2.3*	91.1
About the Same Age	4.5	7.7	27.9	6.3
Older	93.6	2.6	69.8+	2.7
Last Intercourse with Partner	(n=519)	(n=199)	(n=40)	(n=112)
Within Last Week	18.2*	46.1	2.5*	29.5
>One Week but ≤ Last Month	25.4	26.7	5.0	24.1
> One Month Ago	55.2	20.5	72.5	33.9
> One Year	1.2	6.7	20.0	12.5

^*Significant difference between distribution of men and women, based on chi-square test for comparison of proportions, p ≤ 0.05.