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Partner Seeking and Sexual Behavior in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March 2020 to March 2021.
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ABSTRACT: Abstract
We examined partner seeking and sexual behaviors among a representative sample of US adults (n = 1161) 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 with a prepandemic estimate from 2015 to 2016 in which 16% of US 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.
SUBMITTER: Rushmore J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8940666 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Partner Seeking and Sexual Behavior in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March 2020 to March 2021.
Sexually transmitted diseases 20220401 4
<h4>Abstract</h4>We examined partner seeking and sexual behaviors among a representative sample of US adults (n = 1161) 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 with a prepandemic estimate from 2015 to 2016 in which 16% of US adults reported having sex with a ...[more]