According to a new report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), the average number of sexual partners among Kenyan men is 7.4.
The report, dubbed the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) 2022, found out that the average number of sexual partners among Kenyan women is 2.3.
In the report detailing trends in sexual behaviour among Kenyans, 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.Â
“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 report said.
Demographically, wealthier, educated women and those living in cities were more likely to have had more than two sexual partners in the previous year.
In terms of age, the 20-24 demographic had the highest percentage (5.8 percent) of sexual partners, followed by 15-29, 30-39, and women in their forties (2.4 percent).
The same was true for men, with wealthier, more educated men reporting more sexual partners than their poorer counterparts.
In terms of age, men between the ages of 20 and 29 had the highest percentage (21.5 percent) of sexual partners, followed by men in their thirties (17 percent), forties (13 percent), and teenagers aged 15 to 19. (5.3 percent).
