Understanding oral sex

Misclassification bias: diversity in conceptualisations about having 'had sex'

“…In an Australian sample, three-quarters of the study participants aged 50-59 years, but only about half of those aged 16-19 years, agreed with the statement, 'If two people had oral sex, but not intercourse, you would still consider that they had had sex together'. 15 We found similar differences for men aged 45-64 years compared with those aged 18-29 years. However, possibly due to limited cell size, the differences between those over 64 years and the youngest group were not significant.…”