Table 1

Prevalence of paying for sex (ever, past 5 years, past year), mean partners numbers and percentage of total partnerships paid in the population by age group at interview

Age group at interview (years)
Timeframe16–2425–3435–4445–5455–6465–74All
Ever
Prevalence (%)3.612.612.812.713.69.311.0
 95% CI(2.8 to 4.7)(10.8 to 14.7)(10.6 to 15.5)(10.5 to 15.3)(11.2 to 16.4)(7.1 to 12.2)(10.1 to 11.9)
 Unweighted, weighted participants1713, 12261495, 1346793, 1401767, 1367728, 1134612, 7906108, 7265
Mean (SD) number of sexual partners6.7 (13.4)15.0 (25.6)16.1 (33.1)16.9 (28.6)13.5 (29.8)11.6 (36.0)13.6 (28.4)
Mean (SD) number of paid sexual partners0.1 (0.8)0.5 (2.4)0.6 (3.6)0.9 (5.6)1.0 (6.1)0.7 (7.0)0.6 (4.5)
 Unweighted, weighted participants1701, 12181471, 1327787, 1387750, 1345700, 1091586, 7625995, 7130
Proportion of sexual partners paid (%)*1.43.13.95.47.55.64.6
 95% CI†(1.3 to 1.4)(3.0 to 3.1)(3.8 to 4.1)(5.2 to 5.7)(7.3 to 7.8)(5.3 to 6.0)(4.5 to 4.7)
 Unweighted, weighted partners11429, 823222101, 2107312705, 2544212683, 244929454, 163186770, 997681391, 96445
Past 5 years
Prevalence (%)2.75.43.93.63.61.23.6
 95% CI(1.9 to 3.7)(4.3 to 6.8)(2.7 to 5.7)(2.5 to 5.1)(2.4 to 5.4)(0.6 to 2.4)(3.1 to 4.2)
 Unweighted, weighted participants1713, 12261495, 1346793, 1401767, 1367728, 1134612, 7906108, 7265
Past year
Prevalence (%)0.81.21.21.11.80.41.1
 95% CI(0.4 to 1.4)(0.8 to 2.0)(0.6 to 2.3)(0.5 to 2.2)(1.0 to 3.3)(0.1 to 1.2)(0.9 to 1.5)
 Unweighted, weighted participants1713, 12261495, 1346793, 1401767, 1367728, 1134612, 7906108, 7265

  • *Calculated as total paid partners divided by total lifetime partners for all men in each group.

  • †CI is estimated using 100 bootstrapped replications of each estimate.