Number of sexual partners reported by 16–25 year olds from three ethnic groups in south east London
| Characteristic | Male | Female | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Caribbean | Black African | White | Black Caribbean | Black African | White | |||||||
| (n = 105) | (n = 75) | (n = 30) | (n = 117) | (n = 89) | (n = 47) | |||||||
| Source: Low N, Sterne JAC, McKevitt C, Connell P. Investigating ethnic and geographic variations in sexual health in South East London. 463 heterosexual 16–25 year olds of black Caribbean, black African or white ethnicity living in 14 electoral wards with the highest gonorrhoea rates in the former Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Health Authority area. Fieldwork by National Centre for Social Research, Jan 2000 to Jan 2001. | ||||||||||||
| Lifetime partners, median (range) | 6.5 | (0–60) | 4 | (0–50) | 2.5 | (0–25) | 3 | (0–43) | 1 | (0–20) | 3 | (0–21) |
| Lifetime partners, mean (variance) | 10.1 | (151.8) | 5.3 | (104.4) | 5.3 | (38.0) | 4.7 | (47.0) | 2.2 | (11.4) | 4.9 | (30.4) |
| Partners per year, median (range) | 1.4 | (0–12.5) | 0.8 | (0–8.3) | 1.1 | (0–5) | 1 | (0–8.5) | 0.3 | (0–4) | 0.5 | (0–5) |
| Partners per year, mean (variance) | 2.2 | (5.9) | 1.4 | (3.7) | 1.2 | (1.7) | 1.3 | (2.6) | 0.7 | (1.0) | 1.0 | (1.2) |