Meeting Sexual Partners Through Internet Sites and Smartphone Apps in Australia: National Representative Study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Studies have reported on the proportion of the population looking for potential sexual partners using internet sites and smartphone apps, but few have investigated those who have sex with these partners, arguably a more important target group for health promotion. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to determine the proportion of people who have had sex with someone they met on an internet site or a smartphone app in the previous year. METHODS:We analyzed data from the 2012-2013 Second Australian Study of Health and Relationships, a nationally representative telephone survey of Australian residents aged 16-69 years (N=20,091). The participation rate for the telephone survey was 66.22%. The prevalence of looking for a potential partner, physically meeting, and having sex with someone firs

SUBMITTER: Watchirs Smith L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6315227 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature