Number of sexual partners and associations with initiation and intensity of substance use

Patricia A. Cavazos-Rehg, Melissa J. Krauss, Edward L. Spitznagel, Mario Schootman, Linda B. Cottler, Laura Jean Bierut

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Abstract

We dissected associations between initiation and intensity of substance use and number of sexual partners using pooled data from high school seniors (weighted n = 13,580) who participated in the 1999-2007 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBS), a cross-sectional, nationally representative survey. In multinomial multivariable logistic regressions, number of sexual partners steadily increased as substance use intensified from never use to experimental/new user to heavy use across all substances for both male and females. Severity of substance use is more closely related to, and thus a better indicator of, higher number of sexual partners than age of substance use onset.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)869-874
Number of pages6
JournalAIDS and Behavior
Volume15
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2011

Keywords

  • Alcohol consumption
  • Sexual behaviors
  • Sexual partners
  • Smoking
  • Substance use

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