Table 2 Reported number of lifetime sexual partners (mean and number reporting) for 10-year birth cohorts by each 5-year age group and for each sex separately

	Men								Women
	15–19	20–24	25–29	30–34	35–39	40–44	45–49	50–54	15–19	20–24	25–29	30–34	35–39	40–44	45–49	50–54
Masaka
Before 1950								10.2							1.7	2.2
								36							3	77
1950–9						10.1	9.3	7.9					2.0	3.0	2.5	2.7
						65	98	109					3	95	209	141
1960–9			6.0	9.0	8.5	7.4	7.8				1.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8
			2	106	164	142	47				1	162	275	251	89
1970–9	1.0	3.9	6.9	5.9	7.2				1.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3
	4	247	263	190	64				10	276	417	340	101
1980–9	0.8	2.7	5.1						0.7	1.8	2.2
	809	232	75						804	384	141
Manicaland
Before 1950							8.5	8.8							1.7	1.5
							22	173							18	101
1950–9					9.8	8.8	8.3	7.7					1.8	2.0	1.8	1.6
					25	291	510	252					60	639	1075	531
1960–9			6.8	7.8	7.9	7.2	11.6				1.9	2.2	2.1	2.0	1.3
			72	520	835	423	5				99	749	1524	923	6
1970–9	4.3	5.7	5.9	6.2	13.0				1.7	1.8	1.9	2.2	1.6
	124	1192	1680	713	5				93	1125	2197	1094	18
1980–9	1.1	3.2	3.5						0.5	1.4	1.7
	2831	1400	8						3143	1806	21
Umkhanyakude
Before 1950
1950–9						10.1	9.2	8.7						2.1	2.0	2.0
						50	266	146						262	1525	24
1960–9				5.7	6.5	7.6	9.1					1.9	2.1	2.1	1.9
				74	308	259	12					254	1633	1760	296
1970–9		4.2	6.1	6.5	6.1					1.8	2.0	2.0	1.9
		122	555	385	28					298	1879	1705	270
1980–9	0.9	2.6	4.7						0.3	1.0	1.6
	3647	2025	92						5511	3654	302
Rakai
Before 1950
1950–9							9.3	10.7							3.6	2.8
							137	18							340	54
1960–9					8.2	9.4	8.4						3.1	3.2	3.3
					353	270	28						548	556	92
1970–9			6.5	7.1	8.2						2.5	2.7	3.0
			619	575	64						1176	1107	113
1980–9	3.5	5.5	6.1						1.8	2.3	2.1
	207	545	121						307	1061	206