Sexual behaviour characteristics for the four cities
| Cotonou | Yaoundé | Kisumu | Ndola | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| CSW, commercial sex worker; F, female; M, male. | ||||||||
| Debut age (median, years) | 18.2 | 18.3 | 17.1 | 17 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 17.4 | 16.7 |
| Married (%) | 40.9 | 55.0 | 34.5 | 44.0 | 53.2 | 62.8 | 51.1 | 57.4 |
| Polygamous (%) | 6.5 | 17.4 | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 14.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| Distribution of non-marital partners in past year (%) | ||||||||
| 0–1 | 83.5 | 97.8 | 55.2 | 86.2 | 81.9 | 96.3 | 85.3 | 98.8 |
| 2–4 | 15.5 | 2.2 | 38.6 | 12.9 | 17.1 | 3.7 | 12.4 | 1.0 |
| 5+ | 1.0 | 0 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0.2 |
| Distribution of partners in lifetime (%) | ||||||||
| 0–1 | 22.4 | 40.6 | 13.7 | 26.2 | 17.3 | 27.5 | 20.1 | 49.1 |
| 2–9 | 57.2 | 58.8 | 33.4 | 61.7 | 56.4 | 71.8 | 58.1 | 49.5 |
| 10+ | 20.4 | 0.5 | 53.0 | 12.1 | 25.8 | 0.7 | 21.8 | 1.4 |
| Condom use in last casual contact (%) | 26.0 | 15.1 | 25.9 | 18.1 | 28.5 | 25.6 | 29.7 | 28.7 |
| CSW characteristics | ||||||||
| Ratio of CSW/100 men | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.9 | ||||
| No. of clients in past week | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Condom use in last contact (%) | 69 | 28 | 50 | 28 | ||||