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

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
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