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Sexual behaviour in the City of Lisbon - Preliminary Results

Int Conf AIDS. 1990 Jun 20-23;6(1):318 (abstract no. Th.D.769). Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA6/10076990
Amaro F; Teles L; Dantas A; Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon Portugal

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: 1- Study sexual behaviour of the population in general to obtain more knowledge, in order to elaborate sexual programmes related to AIDS. 2- To develop a methodology to study sexual behaviour in random samples of the population in general. METHODS: 1- A questionnaire on sexual behaviour was designed upon the experience obtained in an exploratory study. This questionnaire consists of two parts: the first one to be completed upon a personal interview and the second to be completed confidentially by the interviewee. 2- A random sample of the population of Lisbon (N=102) was designed to test the questionnaire. RESULTS: The information obtained through the questionnaire indicates that: 1 - 93.1% of the sample completed the second part of the questionnaire. 2 - 13.5% of men and 5.4% of women admitted having another sexual partner the previous year. 3 - 69.3% of men and 16.2% of women had their first sexual intercourse by the age of 16. 4 - 30.6% of men and 24.3% of women practice oral sex. 5 - 20.4% of men and 10.8% of women practice anal intercourse. 6 - 14.7% of the interviewees ignore the sexual habits of their partner. 7 - 5.3% of the sample population had sex with prostitutes; 4.2% with drug addicts and 2.2% with a bisexual person. CONCLUSION: The methodology used in this investigation seems to have been the most adequate in the study of sexual behaviour of this population even when 74.5% had Catholic upbringing. Data results indicate a strong difference in sexual behaviour, between the men and women of this sample which suggest that further studies should be undertaken as to the reasons of such.
Keywords: Female Human Male Portugal Questionnaires *Sex Behavior Sex Factors ABSTRACTKWDfemalehumanmaleportugalquestionnairesKWDsexbehaviorsexfactorsabstract
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