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Table HA.8M: Sexual behaviour that increases the risk of HIV infection, Serbia, 2010Percentage of never-married young men age 15–24 years who have never had sex, percentage of young menage 15–24 years who have had sex before age 15, and percentage of young men age 15–24 years who had sexwith a woman 10 or more years older during the last 12 monthsPercentage ofnever-married men Number of nevermarriedmen agePercentage ofPercentage of menage 15–24 yearsmen age 15–24Number of age 15–24 years whoNumber of men agewho have never 15–24 yearsyears who had sexmen age had sex in the last 1215–24 years who hadhad sexbefore age 1515–24 years months with a womansex in the 12 months110 or more years olderpreceding the survey3RegionBelgrade 19.1 179 7.2 192 1.2 155Vojvodina 29.7 246 6.2 263 .2 179Sumadija and Western Serbia 40.1 259 2.2 280 .0 171Southern and Eastern Serbia 37.5 217 2.1 242 .0 152AreaUrban 32.1 526 2.6 556 .6 372Rural 32.9 374 6.3 422 .0 284Age15–19 58.7 460 3.8 465 .2 17920–24 5.0 440 4.6 512 .4 477Marital statusEver married/in union na na 15.5 77 .4 77Never married/in union 32.4 900 3.3 900 .3 580EducationPrimary (35.5) 50 10.7 72 .0 50Secondary 41.2 634 4.2 680 .1 403Higher 5.9 215 1.9 224 .9 202Wealth index quintilesPoorest 44.7 122 7.2 145 .4 83Second 26.1 170 1.6 186 .0 140Middle 29.4 191 8.5 214 .0 155Fourth 38.1 212 1.4 217 .0 126Richest 27.4 205 3.1 215 1.2 153Total 32.4 900 4.2 977 .3 6561MICS indicator 9.102MICS indicator 9.113MICS indicator 9.12( ) Figures that are based on 25–49 unweighted casesThe frequency of sexual behaviours that increase therisk of HIV infection among young women and men ispresented in Tables HA.8 and HA.8M and Figure HA.2.About 2 percent of women and 4 percent of men had sexbefore the age of 15. A higher percentage of young men inrural than in urban areas were reported to have had sexbefore the age of 15 (6 percent vs. 3 percent).Sexual behaviour and condom use among women (15–49)and men (15–29) who had sex with more than one partnerin the last 12 months was assessed. About 2 percent ofwomen aged 15–49 years reported having sex with morethan one partner within the previous 12 months (TableHA.9). Of those women, more than half (57 percent)reported using a condom the last time they had sex.MONITORING THE SITUATION OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN 219