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Table 1 Prevalence and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of risky sexual behaviors among respondents by sex

From: Socioeconomic variations in risky sexual behavior among adolescents in 14 sub-Saharan Africa countries who report ever having had sex

Country

Year

Multiple Sexual Partners (2+)

Condomless Sex

Female

Male

Female

Male

Angola

2015–16

4.3 (2.6–6.9)

18.3 (14.7–22.6)

65.1 (59.8–70.0)

56.6 (50.2–62.7)

Benin

2017–18

10.3 (8.0–13.0)

16.2 (12.1–21.3)

72.7 (68.5–76.5)

72.0 (65.4–77.7)

Cameroon

2018

13.3 (10.7–16.4)

28.8 (23.6–34.7)

42.0 (36.9–47.2)

31.5 (25.7–38.0)

Congo

2011–12

7.9 (5.7–10.9)

34.4 (28.8–40.5)

56.3 (50.0–62.4)

44.3 (38.1–50.7)

Cote d’Ivoire

2011–12

11.1 (8.5–14.3)

37.6 (30.3–45.5)

55.3 (50.2–60.3)

36.2 (28.3–44.9)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2013–14

10.6 (8.1–13.8)

23.3 (19.0–28.3)

76.2 (70.8–80.8)

75.3 (66.6–82.3)

Gabon

2012

15.7 (11.7–20.7)

25.5 (20.6–31.1)

32.6 (27.2–38.5)

19.8 (14.4–26.6)

Kenya

2014

4.4 (2.5–7.7)

15.0 (11.6–19.2)

38.2 (30.0–47.1)

34.9 (28.1–42.4)

Liberia

2013

15.0 (11.3–19.6)

11.1 (7.0–17.2)

75.4 (69.8–80.2)

61.1 (50.5–70.8)

Malawi

2015–16

4.4 (2.9–6.6)

17.6 (14.2–21.6)

38.7 (33.4–44.2)

32.6 (27.4–38.4)

Mozambique

2011

8.4 (6.4–11.0)

28.6 (24.1–33.6)

55.1 (49.2–60.8)

59.3 (53.5–64.9)

Sierra Leone

2013

11.3 (9.4–13.5)

20.4 (16.7–24.7)

93.2 (91.3–94.8)

84.5 (80.0–88.2)

Uganda

2016

6.8 (4.9–9.3)

22.7 (17.8–28.5)

52.2 (45.9–58.5)

45.1 (36.8–53.7)

Zambia

2018

4.3 (2.8–6.6)

18.1 (15.2–21.5)

69.7 (64.0–74.8)

56.9 (52.6–61.0)