Patterns of sexual mixing with respect to social, health and sexual characteristics among heterosexual couples in England: analyses of probability sample survey data
| العنوان: | Patterns of sexual mixing with respect to social, health and sexual characteristics among heterosexual couples in England: analyses of probability sample survey data |
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| المؤلفون: | PRAH, P., COPAS, A. J., MERCER, C. H., NARDONE, A., JOHNSON, A. M. |
| المصدر: | Epidemiology and Infection |
| بيانات النشر: | Cambridge University Press, 2014. |
| سنة النشر: | 2014 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Male, Adolescent, Sexual Behavior, Assortative, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, sexual mixing, Original Papers, STIs, Health Surveys, Sampling Studies, health survey, Young Adult, STI transmission, Sex Factors, Sexual Partners, England, Risk Factors, Humans, Female, Heterosexuality |
| الوصف: | SUMMARY Patterns of sexual mixing are major determinants of sexually transmitted infection (STI) transmission, in particular the extent to which high-risk populations mix with low-risk populations. However, patterns of mixing in the general population are poorly understood. We analysed data from a national probability sample survey of households, the Health Survey for England 2010. A total of 943 heterosexual couples living together, where at least one partner was aged between 16–44 years, were included. We used correlation coefficients to measure the strength of similarities between partners with respect to demographic characteristics, general health, health behaviours and sexual history. Males were on average 2 years older than their female partners, although this age difference ranged from a median of 0 years in men aged 16–24 years to a median of 2 years in men aged 35–44 years. A positive correlation between partners was found for all demographic characteristics. With respect to general health and health behaviours, a strongly positive correlation was found between men and women in reporting alcohol consumption at ⩾3 days a week and smoking. Men typically reported greater numbers of sexual partners than their female partner, although men and women with more partners were more likely to mix with each other. We have been able to elucidate the patterns of sexual mixing between men and women living together in England. Mixing based on demographic characteristics was more assortative than sexual characteristics. These data can better inform mathematical models of STI transmission. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1469-4409 0950-2688 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=pmid________::4814a61c8783f6a3f6ac6b403b89d8f4Test http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4411639Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.pmid..........4814a61c8783f6a3f6ac6b403b89d8f4 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14694409 09502688 |
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