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. 2023 Sep 11;50(11):713–719. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001867

TABLE 1.

Sexual Behaviors Among Female Respondents Who Reported Oral, Vaginal, or Anal Sex With a Male Partner in the Past 12 Months in the 2011–2013 to 2017–2019 Survey Periods of the National Survey of Family Growth

Weighted % or Mean (95% CI)
2011–2013 2013–15 2015–17 2017–2019
Total respondents (unweighted n) 4458 4517 3817 4134
Had oral sex with a male partner in past 12 mo 85.4% (83.7%–87.0%) 86.0% (84.3%–87.8%) 85.8% (83.5%–88.0%) 89.4% (87.9%–90.9%)
Used condom at last oral sex with male sex partner* 6.3% (5.1%–7.6%) 4.5% (3.6%–5.3%) 4.1% (3.2%–5.0%) 4.3% (3.3%–5.3%)
Had anal sex with male partner in past 12 mo 21.0% (19.0%–23.1%) 22.1% (20.7%–23.6%) 21.1% (19.2%–23.0%) 23.3% (21.3%–25.4%)
Used condom at last anal sex with male partner 15.3% (11.8%–19.2%) 17.6% (14.4%–20.7%) 16.5% (12.4%–20.3%) 18.2% (14.4%–22.0%)
Total no. male partners in past 12 mo 1.36 (1.30–1.42) 1.34 (1.30–1.37) 1.41 (1.35–1.46) 1.36 (1.31–1.40)
No. male vaginal sex partners in past 12 mo 1.32 (1.26–1.38) 1.29 (1.27–1.32) 1.34 (1.30–1.38) 1.31 (1.27–1.35)
No. male oral sex partners in past 12 mo 1.07 (1.02–1.11) 1.07 (1.04–1.10) 1.12 (1.08–1.17) 1.14 (1.11–1.18)
No. male anal sex partners in past 12 mo 0.22 (0.20–0.24) 0.24 (0.23–0.26) 0.23 (0.21–0.25) 0.25 (0.22–0.27)

All estimates have been weighted to represent the US household population aged 15 to 44 years.

*Among participants reporting ever performing oral sex on a male partner and having had any oral sex in the past year.