Of the sexually active women, 60% had sexual activity at least monthly, approximately two thirds were at least somewhat satisfied, and 33% reported a problem in one or more domains. Monthly or more frequent sexual activity was associated with younger age, higher income, being in a significant...
Overall, 49% were sexually inactive and 64% reported being satisfied with their current sex lives, including 49% of sexually inactive and 79% of sexually active women (p<0.001). Sexually inactive women had significantly higher odds of being older (AOR=1.06 per year increase; 95% CI=1.05–...
Thematic decomposition was employed to explicate a number of themes: sex as technical knowledge; sexual intercourse as intimacy; naturalizing sexual activity as part of adolescent development; constraints on being sexually active and relations with young men; and constructions of young women's sexual ...
A broad range of sexual behavior frequencies were observed, with 48.5% reporting at least weekly intercourse, compared to 28.4% who were not sexually active at the time of study. Among the most common sexual problems reported were anxiety or inhibition during sexual activity (38.1%), lack of ...
Two hundred apparently healthy sexually active women, 17-34 years of age, who had presented for a general health check-up at the Clinic of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, were asked about genital symptoms, sexual behaviour, contraceptive use and smoking habits, ...
Asymptomatic women who reported to be sexually active and agreed to undergo comprehensive genital cultures were used as controls. There was a significant association of vulvovaginitis with the recovery of sexually transmitted organisms. However, all organisms were also recovered from asymptomatic patients...
The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence and correlates of masturbation among sexually active young women in Croatia. Data were collected in 2010 in a cross-sectional national probability study of youth sexuality. The analyses were based on a subsample of 416 female participants aged ...
Primary care physicians may mistakenly conclude that sexual issues are unimportant to divorced or widowed mature women, based on age and gender biases. Although research suggests that many single mature women are sexually active, physicians are often reluctant to discuss sexual matters with them. Struc...
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate demographic and behavioural characteristics of sexually active women compared to those who had abstained from intercourse in the past 6 months. METHODS: The study participants were women of childbearing age from six sites in three states in the USA. Survey questions were asked...
Objectives: To investigate sexually active young women's understanding of the term Pap smear. Methodology: Cross-sectional study conducted January-May 2007 at a university health clinic in the southern United States among sexually active women, age 18-24, attending the clinic for their annual exam...