Table 4

 Country/region of residence of respondents’ new partner(s) acquired while overseas in the past 5 years, by gender

Country/regionMenWomenp Value
Natsal 2000 used the following definition of a “sexual partner” “people who have had sex together—whether just once, or a few times, or as regular partners, or as married partners,” and “sex” was defined as “this includes vaginal, oral and anal sexual intercourse”. Respondents read these terms and definitions at the start of the CASI. Values are percentages (95% CI). Percentages do not sum to 100% because respondents could report new partners from more than one country/region.
*Weighted, unweighted denominator defined as those who reported new sexual partner(s) while outside of the UK in the 5 years before interview for Natsal 2000, who had been resident in Britain for at least the 5 years before interview and who reported sexual partner(s) in the past 5 years.
    United Kingdom48.9 (44.4 to 53.4)50.7 (45.4 to 56.0)0.605
    Other European Union country/ies39.1 (34.8 to 43.6)33.5 (28.6 to 38.7)0.093
    Australia/New Zealand7.5 (5.6 to 10.1)6.8 (4.6 to 9.9)0.663
    North America14.6 (11.8 to 18.0)8.0 (5.7 to 11.1)0.003
    South America3.5 (2.2 to 5.5)2.6 (1.3 to 5.3)0.524
    Caribbean3.9 (2.4 to 6.2)4.1 (2.5 to 6.5)0.891
    Asia6.7 (5.3 to 9.2)2.6 (1.6 to 4.4)<0.001
    Middle East1.7 (0.8 to 3.6)2.7 (1.6 to 4.7)0.325
    Sub-Saharan Africa3.0 (1.8 to 4.7)2.6 (1.6 to 4.2)0.685
    Other2.5 (1.4 to 4.2)6.4 (4.1 to 9.9)0.005
    Denominator*754, 725378, 464