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. 2023 Feb 28;25:e43116. doi: 10.2196/43116

Table 1.

List of sexual behavior outcomes considered eligible for present systematic review.

Outcome Definition
Earlier age of first sex
  • Reported having had sex under the age of 16 years

  • Reported having had first sex under the age of 16 years

  • Reported mean age of population is below 16 years and participants reported having had sex

Sex for payment OR paid sex
  • Reported sex with sex workers

  • Reported having paid or received payment for sex

Other sexual behaviors
  • Reported having had condomless sex

  • Sex with multiple partners or group sex (>1)

  • Multiple sexual partners over lifetime (>1)

Adverse sexual health consequences
  • Teenage pregnancy

  • Reported history of STIa

Sexual aggression OR violence indicative of forced sex (described scale must include forced sex)
  • Reported perpetration of forced sex (defined or indicative of penetration)

  • Reported being a survivor of forced sex (defined or indicative of penetration)

aSTI: sexually transmitted infection.