TABLE 2.
Percentage of married or cohabiting sexually active men in Sub-Saharan Africa who had had risky extramarital sex in the past 12 months, by country
| Characteristic | Chad (N=1,062) |
Ghana (N=1,821) |
Malawi (N=2,114) |
Nigeria (N=1,196) |
Tanzania (N=1,379) |
Uganda (N=1,443) |
Zambia (N=780) |
Zimbabwe (N=3,367) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIVIDUAL | ||||||||
| Age | ||||||||
| 15–24 | 13.9* | 5.0 | 6.9 | 9.5* | 12.8 | 6.9 | 11.7 | 3.2 |
| 25–29 | 18.8 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 8.1 | 13.8 | 7.6 | 11.3 | 3.1 |
| 30–34 | 12.2 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 13.9 | 12.1 | 7.9 | 9.6 | 2.4 |
| 35–39 | 20.2 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 13.8 | 8.6 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 1.9 |
| ≥40 | 23.4 | 9.4 | 10.3 | 12.7 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 6.4 | 2.3 |
| Union type | ||||||||
| Married | 15.7** | 7.9* | 6.7** | 11.8 | 10.8** | 7.2 | 9.6 | 1.4* |
| Cohabiting | 17.6 | 4.5 | 11.9 | 10.1 | 16.3 | 8.2 | 10.0 | 3.1 |
| Residence | ||||||||
| Rural | 13.7* | 8.6 | 4.7 | 14.4** | 12.2** | 8.0* | 10.2* | 2.4 |
| Urban | 18.9 | 6.6 | 4.1 | 7.6 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 8.4 | 1.9 |
| Age at first sex | ||||||||
| ≤15 | 13.6* | 9.3* | 9.5* | 14.4* | 14.2** | 8.9* | 13.2** | 4.5* |
| 16–20 | 16.6 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 2.6 |
| ≥21 | 11.6 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 10.6 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 1.4 |
| Education | ||||||||
| None | 21.8* | 10.4* | 5.9** | 13.9* | 13.1* | 5.0* | 13.1* | 4.2* |
| Primary | 14.2 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 5.4 | 11.5 | 3.5 |
| Secondary | 9.5 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 10.8 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 7.4 | 2.1 |
| >secondary | 7.7 | 5.7 | 0.8 | 9.7 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 1.2 |
| Employed | ||||||||
| Yes | 16.9** | 8.5* | 6.9 | 11.2 | 10.8* | 7.0** | 10.0* | 2.4 |
| No | 11.1 | 4.3 | 7.7 | 12.6 | 7.2 | 2.1 | 8.7 | 2.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD | ||||||||
| Wealth quintile | ||||||||
| Lowest | 7.8 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 12.9* | 14.9* | 8.9* | u | 4.3* |
| Second lowest | 9.1 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 9.1 | 12.7 | 7.9 | u | 2.3 |
| Middle | 12.1 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 9.3 | 12.7 | 8.5 | u | 2.2 |
| Second highest | 9.6 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 7.2 | u | 2.6 |
| Highest | 10.4 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | u | 0.9 |
*
Prevalence of risky extramarital sex differs across subgroups at p<.05.
**
Prevalence of risky extramarital sex differs across subgroups at p<.01
Note: u=unavailable.