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Sexual Health, Risk Behaviors, And Substance Use In Heterosexual-Identified Women With Female Sex Partners: 2002 Us National Survey Of Family Growth., Greta Bauer, Jennifer Jairam, Shamara Baidoobonso Aug 2010

Sexual Health, Risk Behaviors, And Substance Use In Heterosexual-Identified Women With Female Sex Partners: 2002 Us National Survey Of Family Growth., Greta Bauer, Jennifer Jairam, Shamara Baidoobonso

Shamara M Baidoobonso, PhD

BACKGROUND: Despite knowledge that some people engage in same-sex sexuality without espousing a sexual minority identity, this has rarely been studied in women. METHODS: Heterosexual women aged 20 to 44 who indicated one or more female sex partners in the past year were compared to those with less recent female sex partners, and to bisexual, homosexual, and exclusively heterosexual women using 2002 US National Survey of Family Growth data. RESULTS: Compared to exclusively heterosexual women, heterosexual women with a past-year female sex partner were significantly more likely to smoke tobacco (46% vs. 19%), binge drink (34% vs. 11%), use marijuana …