Original articleVariations in Coital and Noncoital Sexual Repertoire among Adolescent Women
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Study design and data
Data were collected as part of a longitudinal study of sexual relationships, sexual behaviors, and STI among young women in middle-to-late adolescence. The larger study (initiated in 1999) consisted of repetitive 84-day diary collection time frames over a period of up to 60 months. The study is ongoing; therefore not all participants have completed the same follow-up period. Subjects contributed several sources of data, including annual and quarterly individual and partner interviews, as well
Distribution of event-level sexual repertoire
In total, subjects contributed 82,208 diary days. In examining day-to-day sexual repertoire, participants reported 76,371 days (92.9% of all diary days) that occurred with no sexual behaviors (abstinence). In all, 1237 days (1.5% of all diary days) were noncoital-only days (130 days with fellatio only, 74 days with cunnilingus only, 35 days with anal sex only, and 998 days with two or more noncoital behaviors). A total of 3588 days were recorded as involving coitus only (4.4% of all days) and
Discussion
These data demonstrate the marked variety within adolescent women’s sexual repertoire, as well as the multiple and often complex sources of influence on day-to-day expressions on that repertoire. In support of existing literature [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], oral genital sexual experience was common, even among those who reported never having coitus [3], [4], [6], [7], [8], [9]. More young women reported ever receiving oral sex than performing oral sex [7]; this contradicts some studies
Acknowledgment
This work was supported by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases grants U01 AI3194 and T32AI07637.
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