Differential homophily shown by both sexes and different ethnic groups
| Partner ethnicity | Male index case | Female index case | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Caribbean | Black African | White* | Black Caribbean | Black African | White | |
| *Figures for white men used the same estimated values for the distribution of partnerships as in table 1. | ||||||
| Notes: Table shows the ratio between the number of reported partnerships and the number expected if mixing was proportional to reported numbers of partnerships contributed by each group. For like with like mixing, the higher the value the greater the degree of homophily. Figures below 1 indicate disassortative and greater than 1 assortative mixing. | ||||||
| Reported mixing preferences compared to expected distribution if mixing is proportional to number of partnerships contributed (N*contact rate). | ||||||
| Black Caribbean | 2.58 | 4.56 | 0.04 | 2.63 | 1.44 | 0.58 |
| Black African | 0.79 | 5.64 | 0.13 | 1.26 | 5.49 | 0.66 |
| White | 0.45 | 0.34 | 1.44 | 0.17 | 0.03 | 1.26 |