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Table 2 Demographic details and sexual activity of women

From: The health of people classified as lesbian, gay and bisexual attending family practitioners in London: a controlled study

 

Heterosexual classified N = 934

Bisexual classified N = 85

Lesbian classified N = 26

Age –Mean(SD)M = 6

33.1(12.1)

31.4 (11.7)

32.7(11.7)

Ethnic statusM = 6

   

   White#

684 (73.6)

72 (85.7)

19 (73.6)

   Black

178 (19.1)

5 (6.0)

6 (23.1)

   South Asian

32 (3.4)

2 (2.4)

0

   Others

36 (3.9)

5 (6.0)

1 (3.9)

OccupationM = 6

   

Full/part time work

523 (56.2)

45 (54.2)

12 (46.2)

Civil StatusM = 6

   

   Married

243 (26.0)

6 (7.1)

1 (3.8)

   Co-habiting*

228 (24.4)

22 (25.9)

15 (57.7)

Sexual activity (at least once/last month)

   

   Masturbation** M = 6

293 (31.4)

58 (69.1)

9 (34.6)

   Oral SexM = 3

359 (38.6)

39 (46.4)

12 (46.2)

   Sex IntercourseM = 5

626 (67.1)

50 (59.5)

13 (50.0)

No. of partnersM = 1

   

   None

276 (29.7)

27 (32.8)

10 (38.5)

   One

243 (65.3)

50 (58.8)

15 (57.7)

   2–10 ***

28 (3.0)

8 (9.4)

1 (3.9)

  1. M = Number of non responders
  2. N = column percent,
  3. *p = 0.004, **p = 0.0005,
  4. *** 2–10 partners vs. the rest p = 0.014
  5. # white versus non-white p = 0.04