Table 2

Sexual behaviour indicators from Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys 1989, 1995, and 2000

Behavioural characteristic	Women			Men
Behavioural characteristic	1989	1995	2000	1995		2000
*Age by which one half of youths aged 15–24 years at the time of the survey have had sex or were married.
U, data not available.
Youth sexual behaviour
Median age at first sex (15–24 year olds)*
Residence
Urban	16.3	17.0	17.0	17.2		17.3
Rural	16.5	16.7	17.3	17.6		18.4
All	16.5	16.7	17.3	17.6		18.3
Youths 15–19 years old who have never had sex
Urban	34	41	46	42		52
Rural	38	38	48	54		63
Percent of 15–24 year olds who had sex by age 15 years
15–19	26	24	14	19		16
20–24	31	27	21	20		9
Total	28	26	18	19		13
Residence
Urban	26	24	16	28		16
Rural	29	26	18	18		12
Education
No schooling	40	33	30	15		–
Primary	27	27	19	20		13
Secondary	11	11	8	19		13
Premarital sex in the past year among single youth
15–19	30	17	21		23	22
20–24	58	44	55		53	52
Residence
Urban	50	27	37		45	47
Rural	33	21	24		31	27
Education
No schooling	28	14	21		22	–
Primary	33	22	22		34	27
Secondary	51	25	37		33	39
Total	36	22	27		33	31
Median age at first marriage(15–24 years)*	17.8	17.6	18.1		22.0	22.8
Sexual behaviour of adults
No sex during the past 12 months
Urban	18	31	28		23	27
Rural	17	22	22		25	26
Total	18	23	23		25	26
Had sex with a person other than the spouse in past year
Urban	U	4	3		20	19
Rural	U	2	3		14	11
Total	U	3	3		14	12
One or more non-marital, non-cohabiting partner
Urban	U	22	25		44	49
Rural	U	12	12		26	24
Total	U	12	14		29	28
Two or more non-marital, non-cohabiting partners
Urban	U	3	2		13	16
Rural	U	2	1		8	6
Total	U	2	1		9	8
Two or more partners in past year among sexually active single respondents
Urban	U	9	7		28	35
Rural	U	11	5		29	29
Total	U	11	6		29	31
Knows where to obtain condoms
Aware of condoms
Urban	48	59	85		51	96
Rural	18	28	47		45	73
Total	22	32	53		46	77
Has ever used a condom
Urban	4	24	40		41	74
Rural	1	3	11		12	34
Total	1	6	16		16	40
Used condoms during last sex with non-marital, non-cohabiting partner
Urban	U	46	60		62	80
Rural	U	11	31		28	50
Total	U	20	39		35	59