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The importance of understanding sexual behaviors and assessing condom use in adolescents is clear. However, evaluating sexual behaviors and condom use in older adults (age >50) is also important, as relationship changes driven by divorce, death, and longer life expectancies affect sexual behaviors and practices. Investigators analyzed National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior (NSSHB) data that were collected in 2009 from a population-based cross-sectional sample of >800 adolescents (age range, 14–17) and almost 2000 adults (age >50).
The most common sexual behavior of adolescents was solo masturbation (lifetime rates, 74% in all males and 48% in all females). Lifetime rates of any partnered sexual behavior were less than 50% at age 17 (4…