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Table 12.10 Self-reporting of sexually transmitted infection and STI syptoms
Percentage of men who ever had sex by self-reporting of STI and/or associated symptoms in
the 12 months preceding the survey, according to age, Ethiopia 2000
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Percentage
Percentage
with Percentage with STI, or
Percentage genital with sore discharge or
Age with STI discharge or ulcer sore/ulcer Number
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Age
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
1.7 2.3 4.7 4.7 91
0.4 0.8 1.1 1.6 217
3.1 1.8 3.1 4.1 282
1.3 1.9 2.0 3.5 563
0.5 1.1 1.5 2.6 381
1.9 0.7 2.2 2.4 278
Total
1.4 1.4 2.1 3.0 1,813
One in two men with an STI or associated symptoms did not seek medical advice or treatment,
one in three sought advice or treatment from a government medical facility, and 15 percent sought
advice or treatment from a private medical facility (data not shown). Survey results also show that 54
percent of men with an STI or associated symptoms did not inform their partner, and 58 percent took
no action to protect their partner (data not shown).
12.7 SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
An important component of AIDS prevention programs is the promotion of safe sex, including
encouraging monogamous relationships, discouraging multiple sexual partners, and promoting the use
of condoms. Information on the sexual behavior of individuals is important in designing and monitoring
intervention programs to control the spread of the disease since heterosexual contact promotes the
transmission of HIV/AIDS. The Ethiopia DHS included a series of questions to determine the proportion
of currently married and unmarried women and men who had sexual intercourse with one or more
nonmarital or noncohabiting partners in the last 12 months. Table 12.11 shows the percent distribution
of currently married women and men by the number of persons with whom they had sexual intercourse
(excluding their spouse) in the 12 months preceding the survey by background characteristics.
The majority of currently married women and men reported sexual intercourse only with their
spouse in the 12 months preceding the survey. The data also show that men reported having more
sexual partners than women (7 percent and 1 percent, respectively). Sexual intercourse with multiple
partners is higher among women age 15-19 and men age 40-49, urban women and rural men, female
residents of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, and male residents of the Gambela Region. There is little
difference in sexual activity by educational level of women; however, men with little or no education are
more likely to have sexual intercourse with multiple partners than men with at least secondary education.
172 * HIV/AIDS and Other STIs