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Table 2 Estimated annual number of sex acts (mean number per sexually experienced respondent)

From: Explaining inconsistencies between data on condom use and condom sales

Country

Year

Sex

Marital Status

N of Cases

Proportion Currently Sexually Active

Estimation Method

      

Self-Reported Coital Frequency (F1)

Proportion Having Sex Previous Day (F2)

Survival Analysis, Constant Hazard (F3)

Kenya

1998

Men

Unmarried

1,644

66.1%

-.-

4.8

6.2

   

Married

1,763

98.2%

-.-

22.4

16.3

   

All

3,407

82.7%

-.-

15.8

12.4

  

Women

Unmarried

3,034

40.3%

-.-

0.9

2.6

   

Married

4,847

93.5%

-.-

16.5

9.2

   

All

7,881

73.0%

-.-

13.2

7.8

Nigeria

1999

Men

Unmarried

1,072

42.9%

-.-

0.8

5.6

   

Married

1,608

92.0%

-.-

3.4

7.2

   

All

2,680

72.4%

-.-

2.7

6.8

  

Women

Unmarried

4,002

34.5%

-.-

2.2

3.5

   

Married

5,808

82.0%

-.-

6.2

4.6

   

All

9,810

67.8%

-.-

5.6

4.5

Tanzania

1996

Men

Unmarried

985

43.0%

-.-

13.8

8.7

   

Married

1,268

92.0%

-.-

51.8

7.9

   

All

2,256

70.6%

-.-

41.6

8.1

  

Women

Unmarried

2,715

31.2%

-.-

14.2

5.3

   

Married

5,404

86.2%

-.-

49.7

5.5

   

All

8,120

67.8%

-.-

44.2

5.4

 

1999

Men

Unmarried

1,544

57.6%

-.-

7.0

5.0

   

Married

1,998

98.1%

-.-

48.9

15.6

   

All

3,542

80.5%

-.-

35.9

12.3

  

Women

Unmarried

1,421

47.0%

-.-

7.7

3.6

   

Married

2,608

96.7%

-.-

48.5

10.2

   

All

4,029

79.2%

-.-

39.9

8.9

Zimbabwe

1994

Men

Unmarried

1,126

53.3%

20.9

8.4

4.2

   

Married

1,015

99.3%

81.9

60.9

17.0

   

All

2,141

75.1%

59.4

41.6

12.3

  

Women

Unmarried

2,349

36.5%

9.3

9.3

2.7

   

Married

3,777

94.9%

82.2

70.3

9.7

   

All

6,128

72.5%

68.1

58.5

8.3

 

1999

Men

Unmarried

1,406

48.1%

-.-

7.9

3.6

   

Married

1,203

99.4%

-.-

57.9

23.3

   

All

2,609

71.8%

-.-

40.4

16.4

  

Women

Unmarried

2,354

38.9%

-.-

2.4

2.4

   

Married

3,553

99.0%

-.-

43.7

13.8

   

All

5,907

75.0%

-.-

35.1

11.4