Table 1

Characteristics, sexual (risk) behaviour and STI of 289 swingers by sex

	Men (n=147)		Women (142)		Missing data		Total (n=289)
	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
Sociodemographic
Age <45 years	40	59	58	82	0	0	49	141*
Low education	13	19	16	22	27	77	14	41
Swing duration 3 or more years	74	108	67	95	6	16	70	203
Venues					9	26
Ever swinged at swingers club	77	113	77	109			77	222
Ever swinged at home party	81	119	85	120			83	239
Swing times in past 6 months, 6 or more	45	66	51	73	1	2	48	139
Risk behaviour in past 6 months					9	25
Sex with male swing partners	27	39	88	125			57	164*
Sex with female swing partners	88	129	77	109			82	238
Group sex					5	15
No group sex	45	66	44	63			45	129
Group sex with condom	27	40	28	40			28	80
Group sex without condom	28	41	28	39			28	80
SM	11	16	7	10	10	29	9	26
Six or more partners while swinging	54	80	54	76	20	59	54	156
Use of sex toys	42	61	40	57	14	41	41	118
No condom use vaginal sex	57	84	56	80	22	63	57	164
STI diagnosis in past 12 months					0	0
CT	4	6	13	19			9	25*
NG	4	6	6	8			5	14
CT and/or NG	8	12	17	24			13	36*
STI ever (self-reported)	38	56	41	58	1	4	39	114