TABLE 1.
Lifetime Heterosexual Anal and Oral Sex by Demographic Characteristics and General Sexual Behavior (Women 15–44), Years 2011–2015
| Correlates | Ever Had Anal Sex (Unweighted, n = 11,152) | Used Condom at Last Anal Sex* (Unweighted, n = 3627) | Ever Received Oral Sex (Unweighted, n = 11,144) | Ever Gave Oral Sex (Unweighted n = 11,139) | Used Condom at Last Oral Sex† (Unweighted, n = 8112) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (95% Cl) | % (95% Cl) | % (95% Cl) | % (95% Cl) | % (95% Cl) | ||||||
| All women | 33.2 (31.9–34.7) | 20.7 (18.7–22.7) | 77.3 (75.8–78.9) | 75.7 (74.1–77.3) | 5.6 (4.9–6.3) | |||||
| Race and Hispanic origin | <0.0001 | 0.0003 | <0.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001: | |||||
| White (non-Hispanic) | 38.2 (36.4–0.0) | 17.8 (15.5–20.4) | 84.1 (82.3–85.9) | 84.0 (82.3–85.6) | 3.6 (2.9–.5) | |||||
| Hispanic | 29.1 (26.3–67.9) | 25.1 (20.6–30.4) | 67.4 (64.4–70.3) | 66.1 (63.1–69.0) | 8.4 (6.8–10.5) | |||||
| Black (non-Hispanic) | 25.1 (22.4–28.1) | 30.0 (25.1–35.5) | 74.1 (71.4–76.8) | 66.3 (63.3–69.3) | 11.3 (9.6–13.4) | |||||
| Other | 22.6 (18.7–27.3) | 22.3 (13.2–35.3) | 57.3 (51.8–62.8) | 55.9 (49.2–62.5) | 6.5 (3.7–11.4) | |||||
| Age, y | <0.0001 | <0.002 | <0.0001 | <.0001 | 0.005 | |||||
| 15–19 | 10.8 (8.8–13.4) | 32.0 (23.8–41.6) | 42.2 (38.8–6.3) | 39.2 (35.5–43.1) | 10.4 (7.5–14.2) | |||||
| 20–24 | 31.5 (28.7–34.6) | 25.0 (20.6–30.1) | 77.2 (74.5–79.8) | 76.4 (73.2–79.5) | 6.5 (5.1–8.3) | |||||
| 25–34 | 38.1 (36.2–0.2) | 21.6 (18.4–25.4) | 85.3 (83.5–87.0) | 83.7 (81.8–85.5) | 5.2 (4.4–6.3) | |||||
| 35–44 | 39.7 (37.2–2.3) | 16.5 (13.6–19.9) | 85.8 (83.9–87.6) | 84.4 (82.4–86.4) | 4.5 (3.5–5.8) | |||||
| Marital or cohabiting status | <0.0001 | 0.0001 | <0.0001 | <.0001 | <0.0001 | |||||
| Never married, not cohabiting | 23.0 (21.2–25.1) | 29.1 (25.8–32.7) | 62.3 (59.7–64.9) | 59.5 (57.1–61.9) | 9.0 (7.8–10.5) | |||||
| Currently married | 36.5 (34.4–0.0) | 17.5 (14.6–21.0) | 86.8 (84.7–88.7) | 86.2 (84.2–88.1) | 2.6 (2.0–3.6) | |||||
| Currently cohabiting | 43.8 (40.4–7.8) | 17.7 (13.9–22.5) | 87.6 (85.6–89.5) | 86.1 (83.8–88.2) | 4.7 (3.6–6.3) | |||||
| Formerly married, not cohabiting | 47.0 (42.5–51.6) | 17.6 (13.6–22.6) | 85.5 (81.9–88.7) | 84.5 (80.7–87.7) | 9.6 (7.1–13.1) | |||||
| Had nonmonogamous sex partner (past 12 months) | <0.0001 | 0.4786 | <0.0001 | <.0001 | 0.6786 | |||||
| No | 36.3 (34.8–37.9) | 20.1 (17.9–22.6) | 86.6 (85.1–88.0) | 85.0 (83.5–86.5) | 5.3 (4.6–6.2) | |||||
| Yes | 56.8 (51.8–61.7) | 22.1 (17.6–27.6) | 94.0 (91.7–95.7) | 92.0 (89.1–94.3) | 5.7 (4.3–7.7) | |||||
| No. lifetime sex partners‡ | M = 10.1 (0.26) | <0.0001 | M = 9.5 (0.47) | 0.1547 | M = 7.4 (0.15) | <0.0001 | M = 7.5 (0.15) | <.0001 | M = 6.0 (0.34) | <0.0001 |
All data are % (95% CI) with the exception of number of lifetime sex partners which reports the SE. M reported are for the “yes” outcome). Each cell represents the proportion of people in a given group who reported “yes” to engaging in that sexual behavior. N varies by bivariate comparison given differences in missing data.
*
Based only on those who ever had anal sex.
†
Refers to oral-penile sex only (fellatio) and is based only on those who had fellatio.
‡
Data shown are for respondents who reported that they engaged in the outcome.
SE, standard error; M, mean.