From: Correlates of STI testing among vocational school students in the Netherlands
 | N = 501 | % | Boys N = 281 | % | Girls N = 220 | % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Involved in steady relationship *** | 265 | 52.9 | 119 | 42.3 | 146 | 66.4 |
Sexual orientation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Heterosexual | 491 | 98.0 | 275 | 97.9 | 216 | 98.2 |
Homosexual | 4 | < 1 | 1 | < 1 | 3 | 1.4 |
Bisexual | 3 | < 1 | 2 | < 1 | 1 | < 1 |
Don't know yet | 3 | < 1 | 3 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 |
Sexual behaviors | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Vaginal sex | 496 | 99.0 | 279 | 99.3 | 217 | 98.6 |
With steady partner(s) ** | 368 | 73.5 | 190 | 67.6 | 178 | 80.9 |
With casual partner(s) *** | 247 | 49.3 | 178 | 63.3 | 69 | 31.4 |
Mean no. of lifetime partners vaginal intercourse (SD) *** (n = 443, nmale = 235, nfemale = 208)1 | 5.3 (7.8) | Â | 7.1 (9.4) | Â | 3.3 (4.7) | Â |
   Anal sex ** | 119 | 23.8 | 80 | 28.5 | 39 | 17.7 |
With steady partner(s) * | 75 | 15.0 | 52 | 18.5 | 23 | 10.5 |
With casual partner(s) *** | 50 | 10.0 | 42 | 14.9 | 8 | 3.6 |
Mean no. of lifetime partners anal intercourse (SD) * (n = 99 nmale = 64, nfemale = 35)1 | 2.1 (2.9) | Â | 2.4 (3.5) | Â | 1.5 (1.3) | Â |
   Oral sex *** | 339 | 67.7 | 167 | 59.4 | 172 | 78.2 |
Mean no. of partners oral sex in past 12 Months (SD) *** (n = 337, nmale= 165, nfemale = 172)1 | 2.3 (4.4) | Â | 3.3 (5.9) | Â | 1.3 (1.6) | Â |
Testing behavior | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Ever tested for HIV *** | 48 | 9.6 | 13 | 4.6 | 35 | 15.9 |
   Positive diagnosis for HIV | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
   Ever tested for other STI ** | 77 | 15.4 | 32 | 11.4 | 45 | 20.5 |
   Positive diagnosis for STI | 18 | 23.4 | 4 | 12.5 | 142 | 31.8 |
Condom use in past 12 months | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Always used a condom during vaginal sex with steady partner3 *** | 121 | 32.9 | 78 | 41.1 | 43 | 24.2 |
   Always used a condom during vaginal sex with casual partner4 | 143 | 57.9 | 105 | 59.0 | 38 | 55.1 |
   Always used a condom during anal sex with steady partner5 | 22 | 29.3 | 17 | 32.7 | 5 | 21.7 |
   Always used a condom during anal sex with casual partner6 | 20 | 40.0 | 17 | 40.5 | 3 | 37.5 |