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A comparison of self-reported sexual risk behaviours between US civilian and active duty military women.

Stahlman S, Javanbakht M, Cochran S, Shoptaw S, Hamilton AB, Gorbach PM. A comparison of self-reported sexual risk behaviours between US civilian and active duty military women. Sexual health. 2015 Jun 1; 12(3):272-5.

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Abstract:

Women in the US military report a high prevalence of sexual risk behaviours, such as binge drinking and new or multiple sexual partnerships. However, demographical differences pose challenges to making comparisons with civilians. Two public-use datasets were used to compare prevalence of sexual risk behaviours between sexually active military and civilian women, after adjusting for demographic factors. It was found that women in the military reported a higher prevalence of binge drinking and new/multiple sexual partners as compared with civilians, which suggests that military women are a high-risk group and the military environment may at least partially facilitate these risk behaviours.




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