Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Larger proportions of men in Luapula, Southern and Northern feel that condoms decrease a man'ssexual pleasure compared with the rest of the provinces.13.7 ABSENCE FROM HOME AND USE OF ALCOHOLAbsence from home can sometimes lead both men and women to engage in sexual activities withpeople other than their usual sexual partners. In the ZDHS, men were asked about the number of any tripsthat involved sleeping away from home in 12 months prior to the survey. These activities put persons atrisk of contracting an STI if they engage in unprotected sexual activity with people other than their usualsexual partners.13.7.1 Absence from HomeTable 13.11 shows that 17 percent of men in Zambia slept away from home for a duration ofmore than one month in the past 12 months. Almost half of men did not leave home at all overnight,whereas one-third made 1-3 overnight trips and 17 percent took 4 or more trips.Table 13.11 Frequency and length of travel away from homePercent distribution of men by number of trips in the past 12 months that involved sleeping away from their home community,and the percentage of men who have slept away from their community for more than one month at a time inthe past 12 months, by background characteristics, Zambia 2001/2002–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Slept awayNumber of trips that involvedfrom homesleeping away from homefor more NumberBackground –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– than one ofcharacteristic 0 1-3 4-6 7-9 10+ Missing Total month men–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Age15-19 57.2 34.2 5.0 1.4 1.4 0.9 100.0 16.3 45920-29 44.4 36.9 10.6 2.2 5.6 0.3 100.0 19.8 70630-39 40.0 37.0 11.5 2.6 8.2 0.8 100.0 17.5 52340-49 47.0 33.3 9.6 2.7 6.7 0.7 100.0 12.3 28750-59 53.3 36.8 5.4 1.8 2.7 0.0 100.0 8.7 171Marital statusNever married 52.4 35.6 7.1 2.1 2.3 0.6 100.0 17.3 782Married or living together 44.1 35.4 10.5 2.2 7.2 0.6 100.0 15.6 1,248Divorced/separated/widowed 43.9 43.1 7.2 2.2 3.5 0.0 100.0 22.2 116ResidenceUrban 48.1 34.8 9.0 2.3 5.3 0.6 100.0 15.0 851Rural 46.4 36.6 9.2 2.1 5.2 0.6 100.0 17.7 1,294OccupationProfessional/technical/managerial 14.4 44.3 15.4 5.0 20.8 0.0 100.0 19.6 93Clerical * * * * * * 100.0 * 13Sales and services 51.4 33.6 8.5 1.6 4.6 0.3 100.0 16.5 307Skilled manual 53.3 29.8 7.9 3.4 4.6 1.0 100.0 10.9 273Unskilled manual * * * * * * 100.0 * 23Domestic service 45.6 30.5 6.3 1.9 15.4 0.4 100.0 11.3 104Agriculture 44.1 37.8 10.7 2.2 4.8 0.5 100.0 17.8 862Not working 52.7 37.6 6.1 1.6 1.5 0.7 100.0 18.8 451Total 47.1 35.9 9.1 2.2 5.2 0.6 100.0 16.6 2,145–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Note: An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed.210 | AIDS/HIV/STI-Related Knowledge and Behaviour