TABLE 4—
Prevalence of Health-Related Factors and Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Experiences of Women Who Reported Sex Exclusively With Men (WSEM), Women Who Reported Sex With Women and Men (WSWM), and Women Who Reported Sex Exclusively With Women (WSEW), in Natsal 2000: Great Britain
| WSEM, % | WSWM, % | WSEW, % | WSWM, Age-Adjusted ORa (95% CI) | WSEW, Age-Adjusted ORa (95% CI) | |
| Health-related factors | |||||
| Self-perceived healthb | 0.48 (0.32, 0.73) | 0.96 (0.43, 2.11) | |||
| Very good | 43.6 | 26.7 | 43.7 | ||
| Good | 42.6 | 55.0 | 44.1 | ||
| Fair | 11.9 | 14.9 | 12.2 | ||
| Bad | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.0 | ||
| Very bad | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | ||
| Reported having an illness lasting ≥3 months in the past 5 years | 14.9 | 24.2 | 31.0 | 2.01 (1.30, 3.09) | 2.42 (1.0, 5.87) |
| Reported hospital outpatient visit in the past yearc | 26.5 | 35.0 | 40.8 | 1.53 (1.03, 2.27) | 1.87 (0.83, 4.20) |
| Reported hospital inpatient visit in the past yeard | 8.2 | 13.0 | 4.0 | 1.69 (0.94, 3.01) | 0.47 (0.10, 2.18) |
| Smoking statuse | 2.60 (1.73, 3.92) | 1.23 (0.55, 2.77) | |||
| Never smoked | 45.0 | 24.4 | 48.2 | ||
| Former smoker | 17.1 | 11.8 | 11.0 | ||
| Light smokerf | 21.4 | 40.2 | 24.7 | ||
| Heavy smokerg | 16.6 | 23.7 | 16.1 | ||
| Alcohol consumptionh | 1.98 (1.21, 3.25) | 1.61 (0.51, 5.13) | |||
| None | 18.2 | 8.8 | 25.2 | ||
| Not more than recommended limit | 72.0 | 71.9 | 61.1 | ||
| More than recommended limit | 9.9 | 19.3 | 13.4 | ||
| Has injected nonprescribed drugs or other substances | |||||
| Ever | 0.5 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 9.97 (4.13, 24.0) | NA |
| Past 5 years | 0.3 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 11.3 (4.05, 31.5) | NA |
| Past year | 0.01 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 24.6 (6.79, 88.9) | NA |
| Sexual and reproductive health care experiences | |||||
| Reported STI clinic attendance in the past 5 years | 6.2 | 29.3 | 8.1 | 6.31 (4.21, 9.47) | 1.35 (0.29, 6.33) |
| Has been tested for HIV in the past 5 years | 8.3 | 23.1 | 14.2 | 3.09 (1.96, 4.89) | 1.84 (0.58, 5.81) |
| Has had any STI diagnosis in the past 5 yearsi | 3.8 | 17.8 | 0.0 | 4.41 (2.63, 7.40) | NA |
| Has had any bacterial STI j | 2.3 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 4.52 (2.51, 8.14) | NA |
| Chlamydia | 1.3 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 6.17 (3.13, 12.2) | NA |
| Gonorrhea | 0.01 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 5.33 (0.64, 44.1) | NA |
| Trichomonas | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | NA | NA |
| Syphilis | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | NA | NA |
| Pelvic inflammatory disease | 0.8 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 3.36 (1.10, 10.2) | NA |
| Has had any viral STIk | 1.7 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 3.14 (1.42, 6.95) | NA |
| Genital warts | 1.3 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 3.05 (1.17, 7.98) | NA |
| Genital herpes | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 2.82 (0.88, 9.02) | NA |
| Had an induced abortion in the past 5 years | 6.0 | 18.8 | NA | 3.07 (1.88, 5.00) | NA |
| Weighted denominator (unweighted)l | 4819 (5594) | 139 (178) | 21 (31) | NA | NA |
Notes. Natsal = National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles; OR = odds ratio; STI = sexually transmitted infection; NA = not applicable. WSEM are defined as women who reported exclusively male sexual partners in the 5 years prior to interview for Natsal 2000. WSWM are defined as women who reported female sexual partners and male sexual partners in the 5 years prior to interview for Natsal 2000. WSEW are defined as women who reported exclusively female sexual partners in the 5 years prior to interview for Natsal 2000.
aAge-adjusted OR of reporting outcome relative to WSEM.
bAge-adjusted OR of reporting health as “fair,” “bad,” or “very bad,” rather than “very good” or “good.”
cExcluding for ante- or postnatal care.
dExcluding for pregnancy visit.
eAge-adjusted OR of being a light or heavy smoker, rather than a non- or former smoker.
fDefined as reporting smoking less than 15 cigarettes a day.
gDefined as reporting smoking at least 15 cigarettes a day.
hAge-adjusted OR of reporting consumption of more than the recommended limit (15 or more units of alcohol per week).14
iSTIs included chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomonas, syphilis, pelvic inflammatory disease, genital warts, and genital herpes.
jBacterial STIs included chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomonas, syphilis, and pelvic inflammatory disease.
kViral STIs included genital warts and genital herpes.
l The data were weighted to correct for unequal selection probabilities, including oversampling in greater London, and to match Britain’s age and gender population profile.