Open AccessWomen Who Report Having Sex With Women: British National Probability Data on Prevalence, Sexual Behaviors, and Health Outcomes
Author(s) -
Catherine H Mercer,
Julia Bailey,
Anne M Johnson,
Bob Erens,
Kaye Wellings,
Kevin Fenton,
Andrew Copas
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2006.086439
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , reproductive health , national survey of family growth , odds , odds ratio , young adult , gynecology , population , gerontology , logistic regression , family planning , environmental health , pathology , sociology , research methodology
We estimated the prevalence of same-sex experience among women and compared women reporting sex with women and men and women reporting sex exclusively with women with women reporting sex exclusively with men, in terms of sociodemographics and sexual, reproductive, and general health risk behaviors and outcomes.