Key sexual risk behaviours among men aged 18–35 years
| All men (95% CI) | 18–24 years (95% CI) | 25–29 years (95% CI) | 30–35 years (95% CI) | p Value for difference between age groups | |
| Denominator (unweighted, weighted)* | 411 632 | 130 246 | 124 178 | 157 208 | |
| Behavioural factors: | |||||
| Number of partners in the last year | <0.001 | ||||
| 0 | 13.8% (10.1% to 18.7%) | 17.8% (11.1% to 27.4%) | 13.8% (7.8% to 23.2%) | 8.2% (4.5% to 14.6%) | |
| 1 | 61.4% (55.8% to 66.6%) | 43.5% (34.6% to 52.9%) | 66.2% (56.2% to 74.9%) | 81.8% (73.7% to 87.8%) | |
| 2 | 8.9% (6.2% to 12.5%) | 14.0% (8.8% to 21.5%) | 6.0% (2.8% to 12.6%) | 4.5% (2.3% to 8.6%) | |
| 3–4 | 8.0% (5.3% to 11.9%) | 10.3% (5.6% to 18.4%) | 9.3% (4.7% to 17.8%) | 3.3% (1.4% to 7.6%) | |
| 5+ | 8.0% (5.3% to 11.9%) | 14.3% (8.7% to 22.7%) | 4.8% (2.4% to 9.2%) | 2.2% (0.5% to 9.4%) | |
| Median number of partners (lower, upper quartiles) | 1 (1, 2) | 1 (1, 2) | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | |
| Number of partners in the last 3 months | 0.003 | ||||
| 0 | 26.6% (21.4% to 32.6%) | 34.4% (25.3% to 44.9%) | 26.7% (18.1% to 37.4%) | 15.4% (10.1% to 23.0%) | |
| 1 | 65.4% (59.3% to 70.9%) | 52.7% (42.5% to 62.6%) | 66.9% (55.8% to 76.4%) | 81.7% (73.6% to 87.7%) | |
| 2+ | 8.1% (5.4% to 11.9%) | 12.9% (7.6% to 21.1%) | 6.4% (3.1% to 12.9%) | 2.9% (0.9% to 9.0%) | |
| Condom use in the last 3 months | <0.001 | ||||
| Every time | 26.9% (21.3% to 33.4%) | 34.7% (24.5% to 46.6%) | 22.6% (14.7% to 33.0%) | 22.0% (14.4% to 32.1%) | |
| Sometimes | 24.7% (19.4% to 31.0%) | 36.9% (26.4% to 48.9%) | 19.5% (12.0% to 30.1%) | 15.8% (9.5% to 25.3%) | |
| Not at all | 48.4% (41.8% to 55.0%) | 28.4% (18.7% to 40.5%) | 58.0% (46.7% to 68.4%) | 62.2% (51.6% to 71.7%) | |
| Last sexual partner was male (if had sex) | 3.8% (2.2% to 6.4%) | 4.5% (1.9% to 10.5%) | 4.9% (2.1% to 11.2%) | 1.6% (0.5% to 5.4%) | 0.345 |
↵* Percentages presented for weighted sample.