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- Title
Women with Multiple Sexual Partners: United States, 1988.
- Authors
Seidman, Stuart N.; Mosher, William D.; Aral, Sevgi O.
- Abstract
Women who have multiple sexual partners in a short time period are appropriate targets for sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention. We analyzed survey data collected in 1988 from a nationally representative sample of 8450 American women aged 15 to 44 to identify markers of such behavior. Among sexually active persons, 0.4% of married women and 8.4% of unmarried women had two or more sexual partners in the 3 months preceding the interview; unmarried marital status, early age at first sexual intercourse, lack of religious affiliation, and young age were associated with this behavior. All except young age were predictive after multivariate analysis. Such factors may help define women at elevated STD risk and allow better targeting of STD prevention.
- Subjects
UNITED States; WOMEN'S sexual behavior; PREVENTION of sexually transmitted diseases; SEXUAL intercourse; COMMUNICABLE diseases; MULTIVARIATE analysis
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1992, Vol 82, Issue 10, p1388
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.82.10.1388