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16. Mosher WD. Use of family planning
services in the United States: 1982 and
1988. Advance data from vital and
health ... women
who had moved since the NHIS interview
were traced to their new address, and an
interviewer conducted the interview at the
new address.
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and other statistics ... 19
nonvoluntaryintercourse.Onesetof
questionswasintheinterviewer-
administeredportionofthesurveyand
thesecondwasintheself-administered
portion(AudioCASI).Inthe
interviewer-administeredseries,they
wereaskedwhethertheirfirst
intercoursewas‘‘voluntaryornot
voluntary.’’Forabout8percentof
women15–44yearsofagewhohave
hadintercourse,theirfirstintercourse
wasnotvoluntary(table21).Forthose
whosefirstintercourseoccurredatage
15oryounger,thatfirstintercoursewas
nonvoluntaryfor16percentcompared
with7percentorlessforthosewhose
firstintercourseoccurredatage16or
older.Thepercentwhosefirst
intercoursewasnonvoluntaryisnearly
10percentamongwomenwhosefirst
intercoursewasbefore1975compared
withabout6percentamongwomenwho
firsthadintercourseinthe1990’s
(table21).
Intheself-administered(Audio
CASI)portionoftheinterview,women
wereaskedarelatedbutdifferent
question:whethertheyhadeverbeen
forcedbyamantohavesexual
intercourseagainsttheirwill.About
20percentofwomenreportedthatthey
hadbeenforcedbyamantohave
intercourseagainsttheirwillatsome
timeintheirlives(table22).Thus,
table21showsthatfor8percentof
women,theirfirstintercoursewas
nonvoluntary;table22showsthat
20percenthadhadnonvoluntary
intercourseatsometime—not
necessarilyatfirstintercourse.Table22
alsoshowsthat6percentofwomen
reportedthattheywereforcedtohave
intercoursebeforetheywere15and
another6percentbeforetheywere18.A
fairlyhighpercentofformerlymarried
(divorcedorseparated)women—about
35percent—reportedthattheyhadbeen
forcedtohaveintercourse.Thisfinding
deservesfurtherstudy.
FirstSexualPartner
Therehasbeenmuchpublic
discussionaboutthepartnersofsexually
activeteenagers.Table23profilesthe
ageofmalepartnersatwomen’sfirst
voluntaryintercourse.Abouttwo-thirds
(66percent)ofwomenwhohadtheir
firstvoluntaryintercoursebeforethey
were16hadfirstpartnerswhowere
under18yearsofage;21percenthad
firstpartners18–19yearsofage;
7percenthadfirstpartners20–22years
ofage,2percenthadfirstpartners
23–24yearsofage,and4percenthad
firstpartners25yearsofageorolder
(table23).
Only3percentofwomenhadtheir
firstintercoursewithamantheyjust
met.About3outof5women
(61percent)were‘‘goingsteady’’or
‘‘goingtogether’’withthemantheyhad
intercoursewiththefirsttime,andabout
1in5wereengagedormarriedtohim.
About12percentofallwomenwere
marriedwhentheyhadtheirfirst
intercourse.Amongwomen40–44years
ofage(bornin1951–55),23percent
weremarriedtotheirpartneratfirst
intercoursewhileabout2percentof
women15–19yearsofage(born
1971–75)weremarriedtotheirfirst
partner.Womenwholivedwithbothof
theirparentsthroughouttheirchildhood
weremorelikelythanotherwomento
havebeenmarriedtotheirpartnerat
firstintercourse(table24).
FirstIntercourseRelativeto
FirstMarriage
Amongever-marriedwomen15–44
yearsofage,82percenthadfirst
intercoursebeforetheyweremarried.
About69percentofthosefirstmarried
in1965–74hadtheirfirstintercourse
beforemarriagecomparedwith
89percentofthosefirstmarriedinthe
1990’s.Only2percentofthosefirst
marriedin1965–74hadtheirfirst
intercourse5yearsormorebefore
marriagecomparedwith56percentof
thosefirstmarriedinthe1990’s
(table25).
NumberofSexualPartners
Asmentionedpreviously,some
questionsonabortion,sexualpartners,
andforcedsexualintercoursewere
askedinboththeinterviewer-
administeredandtheself-administered
(AudioCASI)portionsoftheinterview.
Responsestosensitivequestionsappear
tohavebeenaffectedbythecomputer
self-administeredmodeofinterviewing.
Tables26–31showdataonthenumber
ofsexualpartnersinthelast1year,5
years,andlifetime,usingboththe
interviewer-administeredandself-
administeredmethods.Presentingdata
basedonbothmodesofinterviewing
allowstheexaminationofdifferencesin
reportingduetothemodeof
interviewing(table26versus27,
table28versus29,andtable30versus
31);andtheselectionoffindingsmost
appropriateforcomparisontoother
surveys.
About3percentofunmarried
womentoldtheinterviewerthatthey
hadhadfourormoremalesexual
partnersinthelast12months(table26),
comparedwith9percentreportingfour
ormorepartnersinAudioCASI
(table27).Asimilardisparitywasfound
whencomparingtheinterviewerresults
withAudioCASIresultsforthenumber
ofpartnerssinceJanuary1991(alittle
lessthan5years,onaverage).
Amongunmarriedwomen,14percent
toldtheinterviewertheyhadfouror
moremalesexualpartnerssinceJanuary
1991(table28)while18percent
reportedinAudioCASIthattheyhad
hadfourormorepartnersinthattime
(table29).
Thistopicdeservesmoredetailed
study,butitappearsthatusingthemore
privateinterviewtechniquegavea
higherandpresumablymorecomplete
estimateofthenumberofpartners
amongunmarriedwomen(8,11).
MarriageandCohabitation
Tables32–37show1995dataon
formalmarriageandunmarried
cohabitation.About38percentof
women15–44yearsofagehadnever
beenmarriedwheninterviewedin1995
(table32).Thepercentnevermarried
washigherineveryagegroupin1995
thanitwasin1982(24).Abouthalfof
women25–39yearsofagehavehadan
unmarriedcohabitationwithamanat
sometimeintheirlives;10to
11percentofwomenintheirtwenties
arecurrentlycohabitingwithaman
(table33).
About30percentofwomen25–39
yearsofagelivedwithaman
(cohabited)beforetheirfirstmarriage
(table34).Overone-half(57percent)of
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