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["Langford, Linda" <>]

Genevieve,

I started this message before Beth posted, so I'll go ahead and send it even 
though she already directed you to the NCHA.

The relevant question on the ACHA National College Health Assessment (NCHA) 
survey is: "Within the last 12 months, with how many partners have you had 
oral sex, vaginal intercourse, or anal intercourse?" (Q 19) In the overall 
results for Spring 2010, 29% of female respondents reported 0 partners. 
Detailed Q19 results are on page 26 of this report: 
http://www.acha-ncha.org/docs/ACHA-NCHA-II_ReferenceGroup_DataReport_Spring2010.pdf,
 along with results from other related questions.

A note about these findings. The NCHA reference reports do not reflect a 
nationally representative sample of campuses, but rather a compilation of 
results from all campuses that chose to use the survey in that semester. For 
example, the spring 2010 results are from 139 campuses involving 95,712 
respondents. The large number of campuses means these results are likely to 
be more representative of all U.S. college students than, say, results from 
only a few campuses. However, it's worthwhile to scan the institutional 
demographics at the beginning of each reference group report to get an idea 
of what institutions participated. For example, NCHA results typically 
represent primarily 4-year rather than 2-year campuses (120 of the 139 
campuses in spring 2010 were 4-year.) The NCHA folks discuss generalizability 
issues in greater depth here: http://www.acha-ncha.org/grvanalysis.html. I'm 
not saying we shouldn't use the results (we should!), only that we should be 
conscious of what they represent when we do use them. 

Best,
Linda

Linda Langford, Sc.D.
Associate Center Director, Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, 
and Violence Prevention
www.HigherEdCenter.org
55 Chapel Street, Newton, MA  02458-1060
voice (800) 676-1730 x2719 OR (617) 618-2719 (direct line)
fax (617) 928-1537


-----Original Message-----
From: Beth Riley 
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Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 2:56 PM
To: 'Genevieve Brackins'; 
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Subject: RE: In Need of a Static on College Women's (Abstinance from) Sexual 
Activity

Genevieve,
Check out the American College Health Association's NCHA data. It provides
data back several years. www.acha.org

Beth
Beth N. Riley, MA, LMSW 
University Counseling Center
Sr. Counselor & Coord. of Sexual Assault  Programs 
607 777-2772
Binghamton University
P.O. Box 6000
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
Fax: 607-777-2708
Email: 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Genevieve Brackins 
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Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:15 PM
To: 
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Subject: In Need of a Static on College Women's (Abstinance from) Sexual
Activity

Hello All,

Does anyone know where I could find recent statistics for either of these
two questions:

What percentage of college women were not sexually active in the last year?
What percent of college women were sexually active in the last year?

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

Sincerely,

Genevieve



Genevieve M Brackins 
Doctoral Candidate in Gender and Social Justice
Program of Interdisciplinary Humanities
Adjunct Professor
Department of Geography
Florida State University



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