Associations between lifetime number of sexual partners and covariates in men and women
| Covariate | Men (lifetime number of sexual partners) | Women (lifetime number of sexual partners) | ||||||||
| 0–1 (n=785)* | 2–4 (n=779) | 5–9 (n=487) | ≥10 (n=486) | P value | 0–1 (n=1285) | 2–4 (n=1178) | 5–9 (n=483) | ≥10 (n=239) | P value | |
| Age (years) (mean (SD)) | 68.54 (9.87) | 65.53 (9.34) | 62.21 (8.46) | 60.71 (7.97) | <0.001 | 69.39 (9.82) | 64.36 (8.90) | 60.52 (7.31) | 59.88 (7.48) | <0.001 |
| Partner status | ||||||||||
| Married/cohabiting | 84.4 | 78.6 | 70.6 | 55.7 | <0.001 | 66.6 | 58.6 | 56.3 | 46.5 | <0.001 |
| Separated/divorced | 1.8 | 7.3 | 17.0 | 25.0 | – | 4.2 | 20.3 | 28.8 | 32.6 | – |
| Widowed | 8.3 | 8.2 | 3.8 | 3.0 | – | 24.2 | 16.7 | 8.0 | 5.7 | – |
| Single/never married | 5.4 | 6.0 | 8.6 | 16.3 | – | 5.0 | 4.4 | 6.9 | 15.2 | – |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||||
| White | 93.5 | 93.2 | 93.0 | 95.3 | 0.325 | 94.3 | 96.6 | 97.6 | 98.7 | 0.001 |
| Non-white | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 4.7 | – | 5.7 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.3 | – |
| Wealth quintile | ||||||||||
| 1 (poorest) | 12.8 | 13.0 | 16.7 | 29.5 | <0.001 | 17.8 | 20.6 | 20.6 | 26.1 | 0.004 |
| 2 | 23.0 | 18.3 | 17.4 | 15.7 | – | 20.6 | 21.1 | 18.9 | 21.7 | – |
| 3 | 22.2 | 23.4 | 17.8 | 13.5 | – | 22.1 | 22.1 | 16.6 | 17.9 | – |
| 4 | 22.2 | 24.6 | 23.8 | 17.2 | – | 21.8 | 18.5 | 21.7 | 13.0 | – |
| 5 (richest) | 19.8 | 20.6 | 24.4 | 24.0 | – | 17.8 | 17.8 | 22.2 | 21.3 | – |
| Smoking status | ||||||||||
| Non-smoker | 90.5 | 90.4 | 81.7 | 76.2 | <0.001 | 92.1 | 85.9 | 82.4 | 73.0 | <0.001 |
| Smoker | 9.5 | 9.6 | 18.3 | 23.8 | – | 7.9 | 14.1 | 17.6 | 27.0 | – |
| Alcohol intake† | ||||||||||
| Never/rarely | 20.5 | 16.7 | 12.5 | 12.3 | <0.001 | 37.1 | 28.6 | 17.4 | 25.1 | <0.001 |
| Regularly | 44.2 | 42.3 | 40.6 | 39.5 | – | 41.9 | 44.9 | 48.3 | 38.5 | – |
| Frequently | 35.3 | 40.9 | 47.0 | 48.2 | – | 21.0 | 26.5 | 34.3 | 36.4 | – |
| Physical activity | ||||||||||
| Inactive | 22.2 | 17.3 | 15.4 | 24.0 | <0.001 | 32.1 | 21.2 | 19.2 | 19.6 | <0.001 |
| Moderately active at least once a week | 48.2 | 43.9 | 44.0 | 35.9 | – | 46.7 | 51.2 | 44.6 | 50.4 | – |
| Vigorously active at least once a week | 29.6 | 38.7 | 40.7 | 40.1 | – | 21.3 | 27.6 | 36.2 | 30.0 | – |
| Depressive symptoms (0–8) (mean (SD)) | 1.06 (1.76) | 0.92 (1.62) | 0.99 (1.72) | 1.45 (2.05) | <0.001 | 1.50 (1.91) | 1.56 (2.04) | 1.53 (1.99) | 1.60 (2.05) | 0.796 |
Values are percentages unless otherwise stated. All figures are weighted for sampling probabilities and differential non-response.
*Unweighted sample sizes.
†Never/rarely equates to never to once or twice a year; regularly equates to once every couple of months to twice a week; frequently equates to 3 days a week to almost every day.