Behaviours | Men | All | Women | All | ||||
Age in years (birth cohort) | Age in years (birth cohort) | |||||||
18–24 (1975–82) | 25–34 (1965–74) | 35–49 (1950–64) | 18–24 (1975–82) | 25–34 (1965–74) | 35–49 (1950–64) | |||
New heterosexual* partners in past year (95% CI) | ||||||||
44.7% | 21.2% | 13.1% | 22.7% | 31.4% | 5.0% | 2.6% | 9.5% | |
39.3–50.2 | 16.0–27.7 | 9.8–17.4 | 19.9–25.8 | 26.3–36.9 | 2.8–9.0 | 1.4–5.0 | 7.9–11.4 | |
Bases WT (UWT) | 192 (321) | 250 (187) | 404 (310) | 846 (818) | 181 (313) | 257 (216) | 411 (354) | 849 (883) |
No of new heterosexual* partners in past year according to marital status | ||||||||
Married mean (SD) | 0 (0) | 0.13 (0.5) | 0.08 (0.3) | 0.09 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.02 (0.2) | 0.01 (0.1) |
Bases WT (UWT) | 3 (4) | 95 (68) | 300 (233) | 398 (305) | 10 (18) | 154 (130) | 340 (296) | 505 (444) |
Cohabiting mean (SD) | 0.51 (1.7) | 0.10 (0.4) | 0.15 (0.4) | 0.17 (0.7) | 0.07 (0.3) | 0.07 (0.4) | 0.04 (0.2) | 0.06 (0.4) |
Bases WT (UWT) | 13 (21) | 51 (39) | 39 (28) | 103 (88) | 25 (45) | 51 (42) | 26 (22) | 102 (109) |
Previously married† mean (SD) | – | 1 (–) | 1.37 (2.1) | 1.32 (2.0) | – | 0.75 (1.2) | 0.12 (0.3) | 0.20 (0.5) |
Bases WT (UWT) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 10 (7) | 11 (8) | 0 (0) | 4 (3) | 28 (22) | 32 (25) |
Single mean (SD) | 1.16 (3.8) | 0.62 (1.2) | 0.26 (0.6) | 0.87 (2.9) | 0.54 (1.0) | 0.23 (0.5) | 0.09 (0.3) | 0.43 (0.9) |
Bases WT (UWT) | 163 (273) | 92 (71) | 41 (31) | 296 (375) | 138 (239) | 47 (40) | 17 (14) | 202 (293) |
All mean (SD) | 1.10 (3.7) | 0.32 (0.9) | 0.14 (0.5) | 0.40 (1.9) | 0.44 (0.9) | 0.07 (0.3) | 0.03 (0.2) | 0.13 (0.5) |
Bases WT (UWT) | 179 (298) | 239 (179) | 391 (300) | 809 (777) | 174 (303) | 256 (215) | 411 (354) | 841 (872) |
Concurrent heterosexual* partnerships (95% CI) | ||||||||
Lifetime | 25.7% | 30.2% | 43.1% | 35.3% | 17.4% | 15.5% | 14.2% | 15.3% |
21.0–31.1 | 23.7–37.5 | 37.4–48.9 | 31.5–39.3 | 13.2–22.4 | 11.2–21.1 | 10.8–18.6 | 12.8–18.2 | |
Bases WT (UWT) | 182 (304) | 228 (170) | 378 (290) | 788 (764) | 176 (305) | 243 (205) | 397 (343) | 816 (853) |
Past 5 years | 25.6% | 22.6% | 25.0% | 24.4% | 16.4% | 10.3% | 3.4% | 8.2% |
21.0–30.8 | 17.1–29.2 | 20.5–30.1 | 21.3–27.8 | 12.4–21.4 | 6.9–15.2 | 1.9–5.9 | 6.6–10.3 | |
Bases WT (UWT) | 185 (309) | 241 (181) | 401 (307) | 827 (797) | 177 (307) | 255 (214) | 409 (353) | 841 (874) |
Past year | 10.7% | 10.9% | 16.5% | 13.5% | 6.4% | 2.6% | 1.4% | 2.8% |
7.6–14.8 | 7.3–15.9 | 12.8–21.0 | 11.1–16.4 | 4.1–9.7 | 1.2–5.6 | 0.6–3.2 | 1.9–4.0 | |
Bases WT (UWT) | 189 (317) | 248 (186) | 403 (309) | 841 (812) | 181 (313) | 257 (216) | 414 (357) | 852 (886) |
Paid for sex with women (95% CI) | ||||||||
Lifetime | 3.2% | 5.4% | 4.5% | 4.4% | – | – | – | – |
1.7–5.8 | 2.8–10.3 | 2.7–7.4 | 3.1–6.4 | – | – | – | – | |
Bases WT (UWT) | 193 (323) | 250 (187) | 392 (300) | 836 (810) | – | – | – | – |
Past 5 years | 2.9% | 3.8% | 1.7% | 2.6% | – | – | – | – |
1.5–5.4 | 1.9–7.7 | 0.7–4.0 | 1.6–4.1 | – | – | – | – | |
Bases WT (UWT) | 193 (323) | 253 (189) | 392 (300) | 839 (812) | – | – | – | – |
Had non-Slovenian heterosexual* partners (95% CI) | ||||||||
Lifetime | 18.9% | 22.0% | 27.7% | 24.0% | 17.9% | 19.1% | 24.1% | 21.3% |
14.8–23.7 | 16.4–28.8 | 23.1–32.9 | 20.8–27.5 | 13.9–22.8 | 14.2–25.2 | 19.5–29.3 | 18.2–24.7 | |
Bases WT (UWT) | 193 (323) | 254 (190) | 401 (307) | 848 (820) | 182 (315) | 256 (215) | 412 (356) | 850 (886) |
Past 5 years | 17.0% | 10.4% | 11.8% | 12.6% | 16.6% | 10.9% | 11.1% | 12.2% |
13.2–21.7 | 6.6–16.1 | 8.4–16.3 | 10.1–15.6 | 12.7–21.5 | 7.1–16.4 | 8.0–15.2 | 9.8–15.1 | |
Bases WT (UWT) | 191 (320) | 252 (188) | 403 (309) | 846 (817) | 182 (315) | 256 (215) | 410 (354) | 848 (884) |
Occasions of heterosexual* sex in past 4 weeks | ||||||||
0 | 46.7% | 21.7% | 14.4% | 24.5% | 36.0% | 13.0% | 14.0% | 18.6% |
1–4 | 17.2% | 24.7% | 28.3% | 24.5% | 20.0% | 28.3% | 34.1% | 29.1% |
5–9 | 12.9% | 21.5% | 28.1% | 22.4% | 20.1% | 25.1% | 30.4% | 26.4% |
10–29 | 21.3% | 32.2% | 29.2% | 28.2% | 22.9% | 33.2% | 21.6% | 25.5% |
30+ | 1.9% | 0% | 0% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0% | 0.4% |
Mean (SD) | 5.2(8.8) | 6.3(5.6) | 6.5 (5.3) | 6.1 (6.5) | 5.5 (7.6) | 7.0 (5.8) | 5.6 (4.6) | 6.0 (5.8) |
Median (99th percentile) | 2 (50) | 5 (20) | 5 (25) | 5 (25) | 3 (25) | 6 (20) | 5 (20) | 5 (20) |
Bases WT (UWT) | 190 (317) | 243 (182) | 350 (269) | 783 (768) | 176 (304) | 242 (203) | 365 (315) | 783 (822) |
No of occasions of heterosexual* sex in past 4 weeks | ||||||||
Married/cohabiting‡ mean (SD) | 14.4 (19) | 7.6 (5.3) | 7.3 (5.2) | 7.6 (6.3) | 8.7 (6.5) | 7.7 (5.8) | 6.1 (4.5) | 6.8 (5.2) |
Bases WT (UWT) | 15 (25) | 141 (104) | 287 (222) | 443 (351) | 32 (57) | 190 (159) | 323 (281) | 545 (497) |
Previously married† mean (SD) | – | 10 (–) | 2.5 (4.0) | 3.1 (4.4) | – | 5.8 (5.3) | 3.0 (5.2) | 3.4 (5.1) |
Bases WT (UWT) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 15 (11) | 17 (12) | 0 (0) | 4 (3) | 26 (20) | 29 (23) |
Single mean (SD) | 4.4 (6.8) | 4.4 (5.6) | 2.9 (4.6) | 4.2 (6.2) | 4.8 (7.6) | 4.2 (4.9) | 1.0 (2.4) | 4.3 (6.9) |
Bases WT (UWT) | 175 (292) | 100 (77) | 48 (36) | 323 (405) | 143 (246) | 48 (41) | 17 (14) | 208 (301) |
All mean (SD) | 5.2 (8.8) | 6.3 (5.6) | 6.5 (5.3) | 6.1 (6.5) | 5.5 (7.6) | 7.0 (5.8) | 5.6 (4.6) | 6.0 (5.8) |
Bases WT (UWT) | 190 (317) | 243 (182) | 350 (269) | 783 (768) | 176 (304) | 242 (203) | 365 (315) | 783 (822) |
SLAHS, Sexual Lifestyles, Attitudes and Health Survey; UWT, unweighted counts of individuals; WT, weighted counts of individuals. *Opposite sex. †Previously married (separated, divorced or widowed). ‡Married or cohabiting. Numbers of individuals (bases) included in analyses vary according to the number of missing values for individual variables.