Women who have sex with women: estimates for Brazil

This paper analyzes the proportion of Brazilian women who have sex with women, considering three time periods. The data are from a national population-based survey from 1998. The proportion of the female population who reported having any same-sex relations during their lifetime decreased from 3% to 1.7% in the previous five years and remained at 1.7% in the last year. Comparing the data by gender, the results suggest that women and men have different patterns of homosexual and heterosexual experiences over the course of their lives.

Female Homosexuality; Sexual Intercourse; Sexual Behavior; Sexuality