ArticleBMC public health2015
Age at first intercourse and subsequent sexual partnering among adult women in the United States, a cross-sectional study.
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- Early Sexual Initiation Is Associated with Suicide Attempts among Chinese Young People.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A Qualitative Examination of Withdrawing Sexual Consent, Sexual Compliance, and Young Women's Role as Sexual Gatekeepers.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2022Article
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- Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk Reduction Strategies Among US Adolescents and Adults With Multiple Opposite-Sex Sex Partners or Perceived Partner Nonmonogamy, 2011-2017.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2019Article
- Outcomes of Early Adolescent Sexual Behavior in Australia: Longitudinal Findings in Young Adulthood.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2019Article
- Developmental Milestones in Young Transgender Women in Two American Cities: Results from a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Sample.Transgender health · 2019Article
- Adolescent Substance Use and Sensation-Seeking on Sexual Behaviors Among Young Adults from Continuation High Schools.Substance use & misuse · 2019Article
- Psychopathology is associated with reproductive health risk in European adolescents.Reproductive health · 2018Article
- Correlates of sexual initiation among European adolescents.PloS one · 2018Article
- Using Intervention Mapping for Program Design and Production ofFrontiers in public health · 2017Article
- Sexual Debut and HIV-Related Sexual Risk-Taking by Birth Cohort Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States.AIDS and behavior · 2016Article
- Early sexual initiation and multiple sexual partners among Vietnamese women: analysis from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, 2011.Global health action · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundConcurrency and serial monogamy may increase risk for STIs when gaps fall within the infectious period. This study examined the association between early sexual debut and concurrent or serial sexual partnering among heterosexual adult women.
methodsWe identified 6,791 heterosexually active women, ages 21-44, from the 2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth, a multi-stage probability sample of women in the United States. Self-reported age at first intercourse was categorized as <15, 15-17 and ≥18 years (referent). Sexual partnering was defined as concurrency (within the same month), serial monogamy with either a 1-3 month, or ≥4 month gap between partners, or monogamy (referent) in the year prior to interview. Polytomous logistic models provided adjusted odds ratios (aOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).
resultsConcurrent partnerships in the year prior to interview were reported by 5.2% of women. Serial monogamy with a 1-3 month gap was reported by 2.5% of women. Compared with women whose sexual debut was ≥18 years, those <15 years at sexual initiation had 3.7 times the odds of reporting concurrent partnerships (aOR: 3.72; 95% CI: 2.46-5.62). Women <15 years of age at sexual debut had twice the odds of serial monogamy with gap lengths of 1-3 months between partners (aOR1-3 months: 2.13; 95% CI 1.15-3.94) as compared to women ≥18 years at sexual debut.
conclusionsSexual debut at <15 years is associated with both concurrency and serial monogamy with 1-3 month gaps between partners in U.S. women aged 21-44.
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