de Visser Richard O, Smith Anthony M A, Rissel Chris E, Richters Juliet, Grulich Andrew E
Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Victoria.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2003;27(2):146-54. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-842x.2003.tb00802.x.
To describe numbers of opposite-sex partners, experiences of different heterosexual behaviours, and recent heterosexual experiences among a representative sample of Australian adults.
Computer-assisted telephone interviews were completed by a representative sample of 10,173 men and 9,134 women aged 16-59 years from all States and Territories. The response rate was 73.1% (69.4% among men and 77.6% among women).
Men reported more sexual partners than women over their lifetime, in the past five years and in the past year. 15.1% of men and 8.5% of women reported multiple sexual partners in the past year. Reporting multiple opposite-sex partners was significantly associated with being younger, identifying as bisexual, living in major cities, having a lower income, having a blue-collar occupation, and not being married. All but a handful of respondents' most recent heterosexual encounters involved vaginal intercourse and condoms were used in one-fifth of these sexual encounters. Anal intercourse was very uncommon during respondents' most recent heterosexual encounters.
Patterns of heterosexual experience in Australia are similar to those found in studies of representative samples in other countries.
There may be a need for interventions targeted at people with multiple sexual partners to promote safer sexual behaviour and to reduce the likelihood of transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
描述澳大利亚成年人代表性样本中的异性伴侣数量、不同异性性行为经历以及近期异性性行为经历。
对来自所有州和领地的10173名16 - 59岁男性和9134名16 - 59岁女性的代表性样本进行了计算机辅助电话访谈。应答率为73.1%（男性为69.4%，女性为77.6%）。
在一生、过去五年和过去一年中，男性报告的性伴侣比女性更多。15.1%的男性和8.5%的女性报告在过去一年中有多个性伴侣。报告有多个异性伴侣与年龄较小、自我认同为双性恋、居住在大城市、收入较低、从事蓝领职业以及未婚显著相关。除少数受访者外，其最近的异性性行为大多涉及阴道性交，其中五分之一的性行为使用了避孕套。在受访者最近的异性性行为中，肛交非常罕见。
澳大利亚异性性行为模式与其他国家代表性样本研究中发现的模式相似。
可能需要针对有多个性伴侣的人群进行干预，以促进更安全的性行为，并降低艾滋病毒和其他性传播感染的传播可能性。
