title: [Women who have sex with women: estimates for Brazil].
abstract: This paper analyzes the proportion of Brazilian women who have sex with women, considering three time periods. The data are from a national population-based survey from 1998. The proportion of the female population who reported having any same-sex relations during their lifetime decreased from 3% to 1.7% in the previous five years and remained at 1.7% in the last year. Comparing the data by gender, the results suggest that women and men have different patterns of homosexual and heterosexual experiences over the course of their lives.
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Estudos da População, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil. rbarbosa@nepo.unicamp.br
authors.forename: Regina Maria
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: Mitti Ayako Hara
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Koyama
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001727:Bisexuality; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D020010:Heterosexuality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged