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Partner Seeking and Sexual Behavior in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March 2020 to March 2021

Authors :
Kyle T. Bernstein
Casey E Copen
Robert D. Kirkcaldy
Bruce G. Taylor
Phoebe A. Lamuda
John A. Schneider
Julie Rushmore
Source :
Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 49:e57-e60
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2021.

Abstract

We examined partner-seeking and sexual behaviors among a representative sample of U.S. adults (N = 1,161) during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately 10% of survey respondents sought a new partner, with age and sexual identity being associated with partner seeking behavior. Approximately 7% of respondents had sex with a new partner, which marks a decrease as compared to a pre-pandemic estimate from 2015 - 2016 in which 16% of U.S. adults reported having sex with a new partner during the past year. Among respondents who had in-person sex with a new partner during the first year of the pandemic, public health guidelines for in-person sexual activity were infrequently followed.

Details

ISSN :
15374521 and 01485717
Volume :
49
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....85ec296a3342f102458741ea4c30376c