Table 5

Percentage of young men and women aged 15–24 years who reported having had sexual intercourse with more than one partner in the past 12 months

CountryFemalesMales
Year of surveyn%Decline per year (%)p Valuen%Decline per year (%)p Value
Cameroon1998240910.6106738.3
200449376.67.90<0.001217722.48.94<0.001
Chad199730841.286322.9
200424321.02.600.45367312.09.23<0.001
Cote D'Ivoire199813536.733832.1
200523604.55.690.003183619.76.97<0.001
Ethiopia200065701.110074.3
200558130.147.96<0.00123990.931.28<0.001
Haiti200042601.2128021.2
200547041.5−4.460.203210419.81.370.343
Kenya199833993.4140029.5
200335471.615.08<0.001153711.319.19<0.001
Malawi200058251.0125911.8
200452621.1−2.380.58312377.013.05<0.001
Namibia200028382.3130414.8
200641012.20.740.791166111.14.790.0025
Rwanda200045240.311951.2
200549380.30.00.96020481.03.650.599
South Africa20026348.851723.0
200513976.097227.2
2008NA6.06.4NS*NA30.8−4.9NS*
Tanzania199634084.785919.8
199917209.8133025.2
200442523.1113017.2
2007.537302.58.42<0.00121969.36.87<0.001
Uganda199531621.17549.7
2000.531192.376211.1
200636461.7−3.960.0789969.30.380.738
Zambia199638344.686331.8
200234762.480417.6
200729441.510.21<0.00124828.811.62<0.001
Zimbabwe199927411.8121910.8
2005.541040.910.50.00133587.16.45<0.001
  • * Denominators not available. Significant levels as reported in 2008 Human Sciences Research Council survey report