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Table 6 Sexual Risk Behaviors at-Home and Abroad

From: Sexual behaviors at home and abroad: an online survey of Canadian young adult travelers

 

Women

Men

All

Trip Abstinenta (n = 319)

Trip Sexually Active (n = 222)

All Women (n = 541)

Trip Abstinent (n = 56)

Trip Sexually Active (n = 49)

All Men (n = 105)

Trip Abstinent (n = 375)

Trip Sexually Active (n = 271)

Total (N = 646)

Home

Abroad

Home

Abroad

Home

Abroad

Home

Abroad

Home

Abroad

Home

Abroad

Home

Abroad

Home

Abroad

Home

Abroad

Sexual Behaviorsb (Respondents could choose more than one option)

 Masturbation

236 (74.0%)

81 (25.4%)

172 (77.5%)

69 (31.1%)

408 (75.4%)

150 (27.7%)**

53 (94.6%)

28 (50.0%)

46 (93.9%)

27 (55.1%)

99 (94.3%)

55 (52.4%)**

289 (77.1%)

109 (29.1%)

218 (80.4%)

96 (35.4%)

507 (78.5%)

205 (31.7%)**

 Mutual Masturbation- (partnered)

239 (74.9%)

0 (0%)

188 (84.7%)

130 (58.6%)

427 (78.9%)

130 (24.0%)**

41 (73.2%)

0 (0%)

38 (77.6%)

25 (51.0%)

79 (75.2%)

25 (23.8%)**

280 (74.7%)

0 (0%)

226 (83.4%)

155 (57.2%)

506 (78.3%)

155 (24.0%)**

 Oral Sex

294 (92.2%)

1 (0.3%)

209 (94.1%)

163 (73.4%)

503 (93.0%)

164 (30.3%)**

52 (92.9%)

1 (1.8%)

44 (89.8%)

38 (77.6%)

96 (91.4%)

39 (37.1%)**

346 (92.3%)

2 (0.5%)

253 (93.4%)

201 (74.2%)

599 (92.7%)

203 (31.4%)**

 Vaginal Sex

302 (94.7%)

1 (0.3%)

211 (95.0%)

196 (88.3%)

513 (94.8%)

197 (36.4%)**

48 (85.7%)

0 (0%)

39 (79.6%)

32 (65.3%)

87 (82.9%)

32 (30.5%)**

350 (93.3%)

1 (0.3%)

250 (92.3%)

228 (84.1%)

600 (92.9%)

229 (35.4%)**

 Anal Sex

49 (15.4%)

0 (0%)

42 (18.9%)

15 (6.8%)

91 (16.8%)

15 (2.8%)**

12 (21.4%)

0 (0%)

22 (44.9%)

10 (20.4%)

34 (32.4%)

10 (9.5%)**

61 (16.3%)

0 (0%)

64 (23.6%)

25 (9.2%)

125 (19.3%)

25 (3.9%)**

 Sex Toys

100 (31.3%)

2 (0.6%)

90 (40.5%)

13 (5.9%)

190 (35.1%)

15 (2.8%)**

10 (17.9%)

0 (0%)

11 (22.4%)

3 (6.1%)

21 (20.0%)

3 (2.9%)**

110 (29.3%)

2 (0.5%)

101 (37.3%)

16 (5.9%)

211 (32.7%)

18 (2.8%)**

 BDSMc

31 (9.7%)

0 (0%)

14 (6.3%)

5 (2.3%)

45 (8.3%)

5 (0.9%)**

6 (10.7%)

0 (0%)

4 (8.2%)

1 (2.0%)

10 (9.5%)

1 (1.0%)*

37 (9.9%)

0 (0%)

18 (6.6%)

6 (2.2%)

55 (8.5%)

6 (0.9%)**

 N/Ad

6 (1.9%)

236 (74.0%)

2 (0.9%)

9 (4.1%)

8 (1.5%)

245 (45.3%)**

53 (94.6%)

28 (50.0%)

46 (93.9%)

27 (55.1%)

99 (94.3%)

55 (52.4%)**

6 (1.6%)

263 (70.1%)

2 (0.7%)

10 (3.7%)

8 (1.2%)

273 (42.3%)**

Alcohol Consumptione

 Everyday

1 (0.3%)

50 (15.7%)

6 (2.7%)

53 (23.9%)

7 (1.3%)

103 (19.0%)

0 (0%)

11 (19.6%)

0 (0%)

13 (26.5%)

0 (0%)

24 (22.9%)

1 (0.3%)

61 (16.3%)

6 (2.2%)

66 (24.4%)

7 (1.1%)

127 (19.7%)

 4-5 Times a Week

5 (1.6%)

48 (15.0%)

10 (4.5%)

48 (21.6%)

15 (2.8%)

96 (17.7%)

3 (4.5%)

10 (17.9%)

8 (16.3%)

10 (20.4%)

11 (10.5%)

20 (19.0%)

8 (2.1%)

58 (15.5%)

18 (6.6%)

58 (21.4%)

26 (4.0%)

116 (18.0%)

 2-3 Times a Week

59 (18.5%)

62 (19.4%)

55 (24.8%)

24.3%)

114 (21.1%)

116 (21.4%)

14 (25.0%)

9 (16.1%)

16 (32.7%)

15 (30.6%)

30 (28.6%)

24 (22.9%)

73 (19.5%)

71 (18.9%)

71 (26.2%)

69 (25.5%)

144 (22.3%)

140 (21.7%)

 Once a Week

110 (34.5%)

41 (12.9%)

76 (34.2%)

29 (13.1%)

186 (34.4%)

70 (12.9%)

16 (28.6%)

5 (8.9%)

15 (30.6%)

2 (4.1%)

31 (29.5%)

7 (6.7%)

126 (33.6%)

46 (12.3%)

91 (33.6%)

31 (11.4%)

217 (33.6%)

77 (11.9%)

 Less than Once a Week

131 (41.1%)

37 (11.6%)

73 (32.9%)

21 (9.5%)

204 (37.7%)

58 (10.7%)

19 (33.9%)

3 (5.4%)

9 (18.4%)

5 (10.2%)

28 (26.7%)

8 (7.6%)

150 (40.0%)

40 (10.7%)

82 (30.3%)

26 (9.6%)

232 (35.9%)

66 (10.2%)

 Never

13 (4.1%)

81 (25.4%)

2 (0.9%)

17 (7.7%)

15 (2.8%)

98 (18.1%)

4 (7.1%)

18 (32.1%)

1 (2.0%)

4 (8.2%)

5 (4.8%)

22 (21.0%)

17 (4.5%)

99 (26.4%)

3 (1.1%)

21 (7.7%)

20 (3.1%)

120 (18.6%)

  1. aAll respondents were asked to identify the number of sexual partners abroad. Those who indicated 0 sexual partners were considered ‘trip abstinent’, despite solo-sexual activities and 3 responses of oral/vaginal sex. bMcNemar Test used to evaluate sexual behaviors at-home and abroad in women, men, and the full sample. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.001. Sexual behaviors ‘other’ write in-response not shown. cBondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadism and masochism. dN/A response taken as no sexual behaviors practiced. eAlcohol consumption increased abroad in all participants (Wilcoxon, z = −11.341, p < 0.001), women (z = −10.711, p < 0.001) and men (z = −3.830, p < 0.001)
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