Sexual behavior and condom practices among Los Angeles women.
BACKGROUND
The sociodemographic correlates of the number of recent sexual partners and condom use are investigated in a population-based sample of 1,178 unmarried women living in Los Angeles County.


RESULTS
Asian Americans, foreign born, and older women are less likely to be sexually active and that more educated and previously married women are more likely. Among the sexually active (n = 909), Hispanic women and older women are less likely to have multiple partners, and younger and previously married women more are more likely. African-American women and younger women are more likely to use condoms; older and previously married women are less likely.


CONCLUSIONS
Results from this study indicate that women-centered primary and secondary prevention efforts may benefit from targeting women not previously considered, such as women of post-reproductive age and divorced women.
Upchurch
Dawn M
DM
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA. upchurch@ucla.edu
Kusunoki
Yasamin
Y
Simon
Paul
P
Doty
Michelle M
MM
D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017677:Age Distribution; D001294:Attitude to Health; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003268:Contraception Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*