title: Sexual behavior and condom practices among Los Angeles women.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA. upchurch@ucla.edu
authors.forename: Dawn M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Upchurch
authors.forename: Yasamin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kusunoki
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: Michelle M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Doty
mesh_terms: 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*