AIDS-Related Behavior Among Women 15-44 Years of Age: United States, 1988 and1990

摘要

In 1990, 10 percent of sexually active women 15-44 years of age (those who hadintercourse in the last month) were having intercourse with partners who always used condoms, either to prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or for contraception. In 1990, about 6 percent of married women and 16 percent of sexually active unmarried women always used condoms. Unmarried women with more than one sexual partner in the last 3 months were also more likely than those with one partner to use condoms sometimes, but they were not more likely to use condoms at every recent act of intercourse (always). These findings are from the 1988 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) and the 1990 NFSG telephone reinterview, both conducted by the National Center of Health Statistics (NCHS). Questions on AIDS-related knowledge, behavior, and condom use were included in the 1988 and 1990 interviews in response to requests for AIDS-related information from other agencies in the United States Public Health Service.