Table 1 Pooled descriptive statistics for one set of bands for number of sexual partners: detailed estimates by survey, time frame and type of sexual partner
OVERALL | HIVHOM-1995–2006 | GMA-2007 | SEXHOM-2008 | EPGL-2011 | SexNow-2014/15 | SMMASH-2016 | London-GMSHS-2019 | ERAS-2019 | SMMASH-2016 | London-GMSHS-2019 | OVERALL | SIALON-2011 | iCruise-2016 | MSMSS-2018 | SexNow-2019 | ERAS-2019 | SIALON-2011 | MSMSS-2018 | |
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Countries | AT, CA, DE, FR, ES, IE, UK | ES | AT, DE | ES | FR | CA | IE, UK-NIR, UK-SCT, UK-WLS | UK-ENG | FR | IE, UK-NIR, UK-SCT, UK-WLS | UK-ENG | BE, BG, CA, DE, FR, ES, IT, LT, PL, PT, RO, SE, SK, SI, UK | BE, BG, DE, ES, IT, LT, PL, PT, RO, SE, SK, SI, UK | CA | DE | CA | FR | BE, BG, DE, ES, IT, LT, PL, PT, RO, SE, SK, SI, UK | DE |
Partner number categories | Sexual partners in the previous 12 months | CAI partners in the previous 12 months | Sexual partners in the previous 6 months | CAI partners in the previous 6 months | |||||||||||||||
Survey N | 55,180 | 4,220 | 8,497 | 1,108 | 9,648 | 7,292 | 3,299 | 1,231 | 19,885 | 1,889 | 827 | 31,759 | 3,676 | 411 | 1,926 | 6,659 | 19,087 | 1,392 | 1,388 |
Overall Mean | 15.8 | 33.7 | 12.8 | 23.0 | 18.8 | 12.2 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 13.1 | 5.3 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 10.2 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 7.3 |
N (11–20) | 7,460 | 776 | 989 | 220 | 1,214 | 1,109 | 526 | 153 | 2,473 | 87 | 50 | 3,095 | 436 | 68 | 256 | 862 | 1,473 | 61 | 107 |
Mean (11–20) | 16.4 | 16.7 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 16.9 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 17.2 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 17.2 | 16.2 | 16.8 | 14.6 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 16.5 | 16.6 |
N (21–30) | 3,296 | 473 | 413 | 90 | 602 | 427 | 202 | 74 | 1,015 | 27 | 20 | 1,225 | 149 | 23 | 107 | 340 | 606 | 30 | 37 |
Mean (21–30) | 27.8 | 27.8 | 27.9 | 27.3 | 28.1 | 27.2 | 27.5 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 27.4 | 28.4 | 27.4 | 27.8 | 26.0 | 28.7 | 27.5 | 27.1 | 27.0 | 28.6 |
N (31–40) | 1,162 | 195 | 149 | 36 | 176 | 129 | 97 | 19 | 361 | 16 | 13 | 340 | 36 | 14 | 30 | 118 | 142 | 6 | 16 |
Mean (31–40) | 38.6 | 38.8 | 38.4 | 38.5 | 38.8 | 37.9 | 38.2 | 38.4 | 38.8 | 37.3 | 38.3 | 38.2 | 38.9 | 35.6 | 39.0 | 38.1 | 38.2 | 37.2 | 38.9 |
N (41–50) | 1,821 | 336 | 206 | 63 | 375 | 148 | 88 | 47 | 558 | 14 | 14 | 496 | 67 | 8 | 30 | 132 | 259 | 4 | 11 |
Mean (41–50) | 49.6 | 49.5 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 49.1 | 49.3 | 49.9 | 49.6 | 47.9 | 49.7 | 49.3 | 49.8 | 46.6 | 49.8 | 48.7 | 49.5 | 48.8 | 50.0 |
N (>50) | 2,912 | 653 | 338 | 83 | 625 | 208 | 107 | 57 | 841 | 20 | 17 | 536 | 90 | 11 | 48 | 130 | 257 | 11 | 23 |
Sample Share | 5.3% | 15.5% | 4.0% | 7.5% | 6.5% | 2.9% | 3.2% | 4.6% | 4.2% | 1.1% | 2.1% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 2.0% | 1.3% | 0.8% | 1.7% |
Mean (>50) | 128.2 | 127.9 | 122.4 | 147.3 | 150.1 | 121.0 | 126.8 | 112.3 | 115.6 | 122.4 | 119.7 | 107.3 | 99.4 | 104.7 | 116.8 | 105.9 | 109.1 | 100.3 | 115.8 |
Alternative upper cut-offs: | |||||||||||||||||||
N (>10) | 16,651 | 2,433 | 2,095 | 492 | 2,992 | 2,021 | 1,020 | 350 | 5,248 | 164 | 114 | 5,692 | 778 | 124 | 471 | 1,582 | 2,737 | 112 | 194 |
Sample Share | 30.2% | 57.7% | 24.7% | 44.4% | 31.0% | 27.7% | 30.9% | 28.4% | 26.4% | 8.7% | 13.8% | 17.9% | 21.2% | 30.2% | 24.5% | 23.8% | 14.3% | 8.0% | 14.0% |
Mean (>10) | 43.4 | 55.0 | 40.6 | 46.5 | 52.4 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 40.5 | 39.5 | 35.5 | 40.9 | 31.4 | 32.3 | 29.1 | 33.0 | 30.2 | 31.6 | 29.8 | 34.4 |
N (>20) | 9,191 | 1,657 | 1,106 | 272 | 1,778 | 912 | 494 | 197 | 2'775 | 77 | 64 | 2,597 | 342 | 56 | 215 | 720 | 1,264 | 51 | 87 |
Sample Share | 16.7% | 39.3% | 13.0% | 24.5% | 18.4% | 12.5% | 15.0% | 16.0% | 14.0% | 4.1% | 7.7% | 8.2% | 9.3% | 13.6% | 11.2% | 10.8% | 6.6% | 3.7% | 6.3% |
Mean (>20) | 65.3 | 73.0 | 62.2 | 70.6 | 76.6 | 53.7 | 55.0 | 58.6 | 60.3 | 57.8 | 59.3 | 49.5 | 52.1 | 46.8 | 52.7 | 47.3 | 49.6 | 45.7 | 56.3 |