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Sexual intercourse with noncohabiting partners carries a higher risk of HIV/AIDS transmission
because such relationships are usually more temporary and are often associated with exposure to
multiple sex partners. AIDS prevention programs therefore often emphasize the practice of safe sex,
especially among noncohabiting partners. Tables 12.14.1 and 12.14.2 present the percentage of women
and men who had sexual intercourse in the 12 months before the survey and who used a condom during
their last sexual intercourse by type of partner and background characteristics. The use of condoms
during last sexual intercourse with a spouse or cohabiting partner is negligible among both women and
men. On the other hand, condom use with a noncohabiting partner is much more common. Thirteen
percent of women and 30 percent of men reported condom use with a noncohabiting partner at last
sexual intercourse.
Condom use with a noncohabiting partner is much more common among younger women (below
30 years of age), men age 30-39, never-married women and men, urban women and men, and women
and men with at least secondary education.
Table 12.14.1 Use of condoms: women
Percentage of women who have had sexual intercourse in the 12 months preceding the survey who used a
condom during last sexual intercourse with spouse or cohabiting partner, with noncohabiting partner, and with
any partner, according to background characteristics, Ethiopia 2000
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Spouse or
cohabiting partner Noncohabiting partner Any partner
Background
__________________ __________________ __________________
characteristic Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number
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Age
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-39
40-49
Current marital status
Never married
Ever had sex
Married or living together
Divorced, separated,
widowed
Residence
Urban
Rural
Region
Tigray
Affar
Amhara
Oromiya
Somali
Benishangul-Gumuz
SNNP
Gambela
Harari
Addis Ababa
Dire Dawa
Education
No education
Primary
Secondary and higher
0.0 887 22.3 74 1.7 954
0.5 1,847 14.0 124 1.4 1,940
0.5 2,019 22.9 89 1.4 2,088
0.6 2,961 6.7 109 0.8 3,050
0.1 1,932 (0.6) 66 0.2 1,975
NA NA 24.0 118 a 23.9 118 a
NA NA 24.3 115 24.3 115
0.4 9,300 4.6 131 0.5 9,349
0.1 346 13.0 212 5.1 539
2.8 1,179 25.5 186 6.0 1,352
0.1 8,468 5.2 275 0.2 8,655
1.0 602 (9.9) 38 1.5 638
0.5 119 (24.2) 6 1.6 124
0.1 2,631 7.3 129 0.4 2,742
0.6 3,697 6.9 161 0.8 3,794
0.8 105 * 5 2.7 109
0.0 108 (12.0) 7 0.8 112
0.0 2,083 (21.8) 46 0.5 2,118
0.5 23 (22.9) 2 2.0 25
2.4 21 (49.0) 2 5.9 22
3.1 222 32.6 61 9.5 282
2.5 36 37.1 5 6.6 41
0.1 8,007 7.6 294 0.3 8,211
1.0 1,138 17.0 77 2.1 1,204
4.1 501 29.1 91 7.9 591
Total
0.4 9,646 13.4 461 1.0 10,007
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NA = Not applicable
Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases. An asterisk indicates that a figure is based
on a fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed.
Includes three never-married women who never had sex.
176 * HIV/AIDS and Other STIs