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Table 7 Influence of Partner-Type on Sexual Behaviors Abroad

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

 

Women

[usual partner]a

n = 143

Women [new partner]a

n = 79

All Women

n = 222

Men

[usual partner]

n = 18

Men [new partner]

n = 31

All Men n = 49

All [usual partner]

n = 161

All [new partner]

N = 110

TOTAL

N = 271

Planned to have sex abroad

118 (82.5%)

35 (44.3%)**

153 (68.9%)

15 (83.3%)

18 (58.1%)

33 (67.3%)

133 (82.6%)

53 (48.2%)**

186 (68.6%)

Brought condoms on trip

52 (36.4%)

35 (44.3%)

87 (39.2%)

8 (44.4%)

21 (67.7%)

29 (59.2%)

60 (37.3%)

56 (50.9%)*

116 (42.8%)

Number of sexual partners during trip

 1

139 (97.2%)

44 (55.7%)**

183 (82.4%)

18 (100.0%)

14 (45.2%)**

32 (65.3%)

157 (97.5%)

58 (52.7%)**

215 (79.3%)

 2-5

3 (2.1%)b

32 (40.5%)

35 (15.8%)

0 (0%)

13 (41.9%)

13 (26.5%)

3 (1.9%)

45 (40.9%)

48 (17.7%)

 6+

1 (0.7%)b

3 (3.8%)

4 (1.8%)

0 (0%)

4 (12.9%)

4 (8.2%)

1 (0.6%)

6 (5.5%)

8 (3.3%)

Sexual Behavior(s) Abroad (could choose more than one option)c

 Masturbation

35 (24.5%)

34 (43.0%)*

69 (31.1%)

6 (33.3%)*

21 (67.7%)

27 (55.1%)

41 (25.5%)

55 (50.0%)**

96 (35.4%)

 Mutual Masturbation

89 (62.2%)

41 (51.9%)

130 (58.6%)

11 (61.1%)

14 (45.2%)

25 (51.0%)

100 (62.1%)

55 (50.0%)*

155 (57.2%)

 Oral Sex

108 (75.5%)

55 (69.6%)

163 (73.4%)

13 (72.2%)

25 (80.6%)

38 (77.6%)

121 (75.2%)

80 (72.7%)

201 (74.2%)

 Vaginal Sex

127 (88.8%)

69 (87.3%)

196 (88.3%)

15 (83.3%)

17 (54.8%)

32 (65.3%)

142 (88.2%)

86 (78.2%)*

228 (84.1%)

 Anal Sex

4 (2.8%)

11 (13.9%)*

15 (6.8%)

1 (5.6%)

9 (29.0%)

10 (20.4%)

5 (3.1%)

20 (18.2%)**

25 (9.2%)

 Use of Sex Toys

10 (7.0%)

3 (3.8%)

13 (5.9%)

1 (5.6%)

2 (6.5%)

3 (6.1%)

11 (6.8%)

5 (4.5%)

16 (5.9%)

 BDSMd

2 (1.4%)

3 (3.8%)

5 (2.3%)

1 (5.6%)

0 (0%)

1 (2.0%)

11 (6.8%)

3 (2.7%)

14 (5.2%)

 Used condoms during sexual contact every time

33 (23.1%)

28 (35.4%)*

61 (27.5%)

5 (27.8%)

9 (29.0%)

14 (28.6%)

38 (23.6%)

37 (33.6%)*

75 (27.7%)

 Had sexual encounters under the influence of alcohol

80 (55.9%)

63 (79.7%)**

143 (64.4%)

9 (50%)

24 (77.4%)*

33 (67.3%)

89 (55.3%)

87 (79.1%)**

176 (64.9%)

 Sexually assaultede

2 (1.4%)

8 (10.1%)*

10 (4.5%)

1 (5.6%)

3 (9.7%)

4 (8.2%)

3 (1.9%)

11 (10%)*

14 (5.2%)

 Diagnosed with STBBIf upon return

0

5 (6.3%)

5 (2.3%)

1 (5.6%)

3 (9.7%)

4 (8.2%)

1 (0.62%)

8 (7.3%)

9 (3.3%)

  1. aUsual partner = usual romantic partner, usual sexual partner(s), New partner = friend(s), other traveler(s), local citizen(s), sex worker(s), other(s); bAmong women who identified their usual romantic/sexual partners, 4 identified more than one partner. It is unclear whether this was due to prolonged trip duration and represents consecutive, monogamous relationships, or polyamorous/open relationships. These women did not identify these partners as belonging to any of the ‘new partner’ categories. cSexual behaviors ‘other’ write in-response not shown. dBondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadism and masochismeAn additional 7 trip-abstinent women (not shown) reported sexual assault during travel.fSTBBI included chancroid (n = 1), chlamydia (n = 4), genital herpes (n = 2), genital warts/HPV (n = 1), HIV (n = 1), scabies (n = 1), syphilis (n = 1); note some respondents indicated more than one type of STBBI. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.001. Test of two proportions used to evaluate plans to have sex abroad, brought condoms on trip, frequency of sex under the influence of alcohol, sexual behaviors and sexual assault. Frequency of condom use during sex and number of sexual partners during trip were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U test, see text for details