Sexual behaviour in context: a global perspective
The Lancet sexual and reproductive health series
Research aimed at investigating sexual behaviour and assessing interventions to improve sexual health has increased in recent decades. The resulting data, despite regional differences in quantity and quality, provide a historically unique opportunity to describe patterns of sexual behaviour and their implications for attempts to protect sexual health at the beginning of the 21st century. In this paper we present original analyses of sexual behaviour data from 59 countries for which they were available. The data show substantial diversity in sexual behaviour by region and sex.
Links to the published Lancet papers
- Sexual and reproductive health: a matter of life and death
- Sexual behaviour in context: a global perspective
- Family planning: the unfinished agenda
- Unsafe abortion: the preventable pandemic
- Global control of sexually transmitted infections
- Sexual and reproductive health for all: a call for action (Summary)