@article {1355,
	title = {Would you say you "had sex" if...?},
	journal = {JAMA},
	volume = {281},
	year = {1999},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {275 - 7},
	abstract = {The current public debate regarding whether oral sex constitutes having "had sex" or sexual relations has reflected a lack of empirical data on how Americans as a population define these terms.|To determine which interactions individuals would consider as having "had sex."|A question was included in a survey conducted in 1991 that explored sexual behaviors and attitudes among a random stratified sample of 599 students representative of the undergraduate population of a state university in the Midwest.|The participants originated from 29 states, including all 4 US Census Bureau geographic regions. Approximately 79\% classified themselves as politically moderate to conservative.|Percentage of respondents who believed the interaction described constituted having "had sex."|Individual attitudes varied regarding behaviors defined as having "had sex": 59\% (95\% confidence interval, 54\%-63\%) of respondents indicated that oral-genital contact did not constitute having "had sex" with a partner. Nineteen percent responded similarly regarding penile-anal intercourse.|The findings support the view that Americans hold widely divergent opinions about what behaviors do and do not constitute having "had sex."},
	keywords = {Adult, Coitus, Data Collection, Female, Humans, Male, Public Opinion, Sexual Abstinence, Sexual Behavior, Terminology as Topic, United States},
	issn = {0098-7484},
	doi = {jbr80459 [pii]},
	author = {Sanders,S. A. and Reinisch,J. M.}
}
