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. 2006 May 8;6:127. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-127

Table 2.

Demographic details and sexual activity of women

Heterosexual classified N = 934 Bisexual classified N = 85 Lesbian classified N = 26
Age –Mean(SD)M = 6 33.1(12.1) 31.4 (11.7) 32.7(11.7)

Ethnic statusM = 6
 White# 684 (73.6) 72 (85.7) 19 (73.6)
 Black 178 (19.1) 5 (6.0) 6 (23.1)
 South Asian 32 (3.4) 2 (2.4) 0
 Others 36 (3.9) 5 (6.0) 1 (3.9)

OccupationM = 6
Full/part time work 523 (56.2) 45 (54.2) 12 (46.2)

Civil StatusM = 6
 Married 243 (26.0) 6 (7.1) 1 (3.8)
 Co-habiting* 228 (24.4) 22 (25.9) 15 (57.7)

Sexual activity (at least once/last month)
 Masturbation** M = 6 293 (31.4) 58 (69.1) 9 (34.6)
 Oral SexM = 3 359 (38.6) 39 (46.4) 12 (46.2)
 Sex IntercourseM = 5 626 (67.1) 50 (59.5) 13 (50.0)

No. of partnersM = 1
 None 276 (29.7) 27 (32.8) 10 (38.5)
 One 243 (65.3) 50 (58.8) 15 (57.7)
 2–10 *** 28 (3.0) 8 (9.4) 1 (3.9)

M = Number of non responders

N = column percent,

*p = 0.004, **p = 0.0005,

*** 2–10 partners vs. the rest p = 0.014

# white versus non-white p = 0.04