Table 6.
Sexual risk behavior: Young women
| Young women | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Has had sex with unfamiliar partner (vs. no) | Has had sex with substances (vs. no) | Never/sometimes use protection (vs. always) | |
| Sexual orientation | |||
| Hetero YWSM-only | - | - | - |
| Hetero YWSW/MW | 3.75*** (2.22, 6.32) | 4.54*** (2.63,7.84) | 1.54 (0.90, 2.63) |
| Lesbian YWSW-only | 1.59 (0.71, 3.52) | 0.86 (0.39,1.90) | 24.91*** (3.39,183.29) |
| Lesbian YWSM/MW | a | a | a |
| Bisexual YWSW-only | a | a | a |
| Bisexual YWSMW | 4.44*** (3.04, 6.49) | 2.79*** (1.92,4.07) | 2.57*** (1.66,3.96) |
| Bisexual YWSM-only | 1.49* (1.02, 2.18) | 1.26 (0.89,1.79) | 0.89 (0.64,1.24) |
| Q/O YWSW/MW | 6.49*** (3.03, 13.87) | 2.15* (1.03,4.48) | 1.97 (0.89, 4.35) |
| Q/O YWSM-only | 1.61 (0.89, 2.88) | 0.98 (0.55,1.74) | 0.54* (0.32, 0.93) |
| Covariates | |||
| R/E minority (ref. group: White) | 0.98 (0.80, 1.21) | 0.70*** (0.58, 0.84) | 1.15 (0.97,1.37) |
| Age | 1.12* (1.02, 1.23) | 1.25*** (1.15,1.36) | 1.00 (0.92,1.08) |
| Parent discussions | 0.83** (0.74, 0.93) | 0.79*** (0.71,0.88) | 0.97 (0.88,1.08) |
Values representad justed oddsratios with 95% confidence intervals reported in parentheses. Hetero = heterosexual/straight; YWSM = young women who have sex with men; YWSW = young women who have sex with women; YWSMW = young women who have sex with men and women; Q/O = questioning/other. The reference group for sexual orientation-based comparisons was hetero YWSM-only; the reference group forracial/ethnic group-based comparisons was White
*
p<.05;
**
p<.01;
***
p<.001
a
Because of the small sample sizes of these groups, analyses were not performed/reported for members of these groups