Table 2.

Percentage distribution of men with multiple sexual partnerships by background characteristics, Southern Africa.

	DHS 2014 N = 2255	DHS 2011 N = 3521	DHS 2013 N = 3229	DHS 2016 N = 2935	DHS 2015 N = 5855	DHS 2018 N = 9224
Background characteristics	Lesotho	Mozambique	Namibia	South Africa	Zimbabwe	Zambia
Age	***	***	***	***	***	***
15–24	37.2	33.2	16.9	32.4	25.0	21.2
25–34	41.1	36	16.2	21.4	21.7	22.6
35–44	26.5	31.5	9.8	12.1	17.6	18
45–54	18.6	23.2	8.3	6.6	16.5	16.8
55–59	11.3	20.6	6.7	5.3	–	12.9
Residence	*	ns	*	**	**	***
Urban	38.6	33.7	12.3	17.4	22.6	16.3
Rural	29.9	30.5	15.7	23.5	19.2	22.3
Marital status	**	*	***	***	***	ns
Never married	37.3	35.3	18.8	26.5	26.9	21.6
Married	29.5	30.2	7.1	9.7	17.9	19.2
Formerly married	31.5	35.2	10.9	22	30.7	19.5
Age at first sex	***	***	**	***	***	***
Below 15 years	45.9	45.7	20.3	28.9	32.2	29.2
15–24 years	32.3	29.8	12.8	18	21.8	19.1
25+	12.6	10.2	9.7	5.7	7.1	6.7
Education level	**	ns	*	***	ns	*
None	22.1	34.8	8.6	9.1	13.6	16.6
Primary	30.0	28.0	12.4	11.6	19.5	19.9
Secondary	37.7	38.1	14.1	20.7	21.3	20.9
Higher	41.9	32.4	18.1	21.0	18.6	16.2
Literacy	***	ns	*	**	ns	ns
No	23.7	30.4	9.6	14.4	17.4	18.5
Yes	34.9	32.3	14.1	19.5	20.7	20.2
Wealth status	*	**	ns	**	ns	**
Poor	29.2	27.2	14.2	17.0	18.9	17.3
Middle	29.3	32.4	12.9	26.0	20.0	21.5
Rich	36.9	35.3	13.7	18.0	22.1	21.5
Working status	**	**	ns	*	ns	ns
No	28.8	24.2	14.7	21.5	19.7	21.5
Yes	35.2	32.8	13.2	17.1	20.7	19.6
Circumcision status	ns	ns	ns	**	ns	ns
No	28.4	30.4	14.2	15.0	20.4	19.7
Yes	34.4	32.9	12.4	22.1	20.9	20.4
Total	32.9%	31.7%	13.7%	19.2%	20.5%	19.9%

***p < 0.0001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05; ns not significant.