A survey conducted by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has revealed that the average number of sexual partners among Kenyan men is in the region of 7.4, while females in the country have an average of 2.3 sexual partners.
The report which details sexual behavioral trends among adult Kenyans, show that 35 percent of men reported having sex in the last 12 months with a person who was neither their wife nor living with them, compared to 19 percent of women.
The sample for the 2022 KDHS was drawn from the Kenya Household Master Sample Frame (K-HMSF), which is the frame that KNBS currently operates to conduct household-based sample surveys in Kenya.
In the 12 months before the survey, 19 per cent of women had sex with a person who neither was their husband nor lived with them, the report said, but added that only 37 per cent of these women reported using a condom during their last sexual intercourse with such a partner.
“Thirty-five per cent of men reported having sex in the last 12 months with a person who neither was their wife nor lived with them, and 68% of these men reported using a condom during their last sexual intercourse with such a partner,” the report added.
“A higher proportion of men (15%) than women (4%) reported having two or more sexual partners in the 12 months prior to the survey. Of those with more than one partner in the last 12 months, 24% of women and 45% of men reported using a condom during their last sexual intercourse,” the KNBS report said.
The trend was also the same among men with wealthier and more educated reporting a higher number sexual partners than their poorer counterparts.
“In terms of age, men between 20-29 years reported the highest percentage (21.5 percent) with more than two sexual partners followed by men in their thirties (17 percent), in their forties (13 percent) and the least sexual partners being teenagers aged 15-19 (5.3 percent), the report added.