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Figure 6.3e. Women aged 15-64 years reporting non-marital or non-cohabiting sexualpartnerships in the year before the survey by marital status, <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.10090805.12-3 Non-marital or non-cohabiting partners1 Non-marital or non-cohabiting partner703.7Percent (Weighted %)60504088.35.568.13054.020100Nevermarried/cohabiting0.913.31.0 002.6Currently monogamous Currently polygamous Separated/divorced Widowed TotalMarital StatusThe term “currently monogamous” refers to respondents that are married or cohabiting in a union with only one wife or onefemale partner.Figure 6.3e. Women who were currently married (either monogamous or polygamous)reported very low levels of partnerships outside of the marriage.The percent of women reporting non‐marital or non‐cohabiting partners in the year before the surveyvaried significantly by marital status. Among women who had never married or cohabited, 93.4%reported at least one non‐marital or non‐cohabiting partner during this time frame, while amongwomen who were separated or divorced, 59.5% reported at least one non‐marital or non‐cohabitingpartner. Extramarital relationships were not common among women, with only 1.0% of currentlymonogamous women and 2.6% of currently polygamous women reporting at least one non‐marital ornon‐cohabiting partner.<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 101

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