Entry:
Adler, Tina, "Restraint is in Style, New Sex Surveys Find," American Psychological Association Monitor, 21 (April, 1990), 24-25.
Abstract:
Respondents report an average of 1.2 sex partners last year and having sex an average of once a week. Black youths have sex earlier and have more partners in their teens than non-blacks. The race and ethnicity of sex partners for singles between 20-44 is similar for heterosexual's own race while it's random for gays.
GSS Years:1989
Other Data Sets:
Urban Institute 1979, 1988; University of California, Berkeley Survey Research Center 1988
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| PARTNERS |
HOW MANY SEX PARTNERS R HAD IN LAST YEAR |
| SEX |
RESPONDENTS SEX |
| MARITAL |
MARITAL STATUS |
| MATESEX |
WAS 1 OF RS PARTNERS SPOUSE OR REGULAR |
| PAIDSEX |
R HAD SEX FOR PAY LAST YEAR |
| SEXSEX |
SEX OF SEX PARTNERS IN LAST YEAR |
| NUMMEN |
NUMBER OF MALE SEX PARTNERS SINCE 18 |
| NUMWOMEN |
NUMBER OF FEMALE SEX PARTNERS SINCE 18 |
| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| SEXFREQ |
FREQUENCY OF SEX DURING LAST YEAR |