Changes in, and factors associated with, frequency of sex in Britain: evidence from three National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine changes over time in the reported frequency of occurrence of sex and associations between sexual frequency and selected variables.

Design

Repeat, cross sectional, population based National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-1, Natsal-2, and Natsal-3).

Setting

British general population.

Participants

18 876 men and women aged 16-59 and resident in Britain were interviewed in Natsal-1, completed in 1991; 11 161 aged 16-44 years in Natsal-2, completed in 2001, and 15 162 aged 16-74 years in Natsal-3, completed in 2012. Comparisons of actual and preferred sexual frequency in men and women aged 16-44 (the age range common to all surveys) between the three surveys. Factors associated with sexual frequency of at least once a week

SUBMITTER: Wellings K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6503462 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature