Malawi 2015-16

Table 13.5.1 Multiple sexual partners and higher-risk sexual intercourse in the past 12 months: Women
Among all women age 15-49, percentage who had sexual intercourse with more than one sexual partner in the past 12 months, and percentage who had intercourse in the
past 12 months with a person who was neither their husband nor lived with them; among those having more than one partner in the past 12 months, percentage reporting
that a condom was used during last intercourse; among women age 15-49 who had sexual intercourse in the past 12 months with a person who was neither their husband
nor lived with them, percentage who used a condom during last sexual intercourse with such a partner; and among women who ever had sexual intercourse, mean number
of sexual partners during their lifetime, according to background characteristics, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Background
characteristic
Percentage
who had 2+
partners in the
past 12
months
All women
Percentage
who had
intercourse in
the past 12
months with a
person who
was neither
husband nor
lived with them
Number of
women
Women who had 2+ partners
in the past 12 months:
Percent- age
who reported
using a
condom during
last sexual
intercourse
Number of
women
Women who had intercourse
in the past 12 months with a
person who was neither their
husband nor lived with them
Percentage
who reported
using a
condom during
last sexual
intercourse
with such a
partner
Number of
women
Women who ever had sexual
intercourse 1
Mean number
of sexual
partners in
lifetime
Number of
women
Age
15-24 1.3 15.2 10,422 36.1 132 53.4 1,589 1.9 7,581
15-19 1.3 18.9 5,263 44.0 68 55.3 995 1.8 2,729
20-24 1.2 11.5 5,159 27.7 64 50.1 594 2.0 4,852
25-29 1.2 6.6 3,953 (10.9) 49 40.3 261 2.0 3,907
30-39 1.5 6.3 6,592 22.6 98 49.0 413 2.2 6,572
40-49 0.8 4.9 3,596 (29.0) 30 34.8 176 2.3 3,592
Marital status
Never married 1.3 28.7 5,170 52.7 68 52.9 1,485 2.0 2,287
Married or living together 1.0 1.0 16,130 7.7 156 50.7 162 2.0 16,113
Divorced/separated/
widowed 2.6 24.3 3,262 42.4 84 44.1 791 2.9 3,252
Residence
Urban 1.9 15.8 4,496 26.9 86 58.0 710 2.4 3,839
Rural 1.1 8.6 20,066 27.3 222 46.6 1,729 2.0 17,813
Region
Northern 1.1 6.4 2,838 40.4 32 56.4 182 1.9 2,481
Central 1.2 8.0 10,529 27.5 122 56.3 847 1.9 9,162
Southern 1.4 12.6 11,194 24.1 154 45.2 1,409 2.3 10,009
Education
No education 1.1 4.8 2,977 (10.7) 33 36.8 143 2.2 2,931
Primary 1.4 8.8 15,245 27.5 212 46.8 1,338 2.1 13,447
Secondary 1.0 14.2 5,598 31.6 54 54.8 793 2.0 4,615
More than secondary 1.1 22.3 742 * 8 62.2 165 2.4 658
Wealth quintile
Lowest 1.3 8.4 4,745 23.0 60 43.2 399 2.1 4,348
Second 1.2 7.5 4,692 14.1 58 41.6 353 2.0 4,246
Middle 1.0 8.3 4,635 (39.0) 49 47.4 385 2.0 4,096
Fourth 1.1 10.3 4,680 24.5 52 54.2 484 2.2 4,102
Highest 1.5 14.1 5,810 33.6 90 55.4 818 2.1 4,860
Total 1.3 9.9 24,562 27.2 308 49.9 2,439 2.1 21,652
Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases. An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed.
1
Means are calculated excluding respondents who gave non-numeric responses.
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