title: Sexual risk-taking following relationship break-ups.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Changes in sexual behaviour over time have resulted in more frequent relationship break-ups, which carry specific sexual health challenges that we aim to explore in this study.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data were drawn from the French sexual behaviour survey, comprising a random sample of 4,798 women and 4,045 men aged 18-44 years. Logistic regression models were used to describe the associations between recent relationship break-ups and reported sexually transmitted infections and abortions over the same period, and being tested positive for Chlamydia at the time of the survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Respondents who had experienced a break-up in the last five years (32% of women and 35% of men among respondents who were sexually active in the last five years) were more likely to report an abortion during the same time period (9% vs.5%, p < 0.001) and to be tested positive for Chlamydia at the time of interview (3% vs. 1%, p = 0.003), especially those aged 30-44. Women were less likely than men to have used a condom with a new partner after the separation (76% vs. 82%, p = 0.005), which suggests gender asymmetry in preventive issues following a break-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study shows that relationship dissolution is associated with higher sexual risk taking, especially among middle-aged adults.
authors.affiliation: INSERM, Gender, sexual and reproductive health, CESP Centre for research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France. caroline.moreau@inserm.fr
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Beltzer
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bozon
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bajos
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003380:Courtship / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult