Indiana University survey on sex in US, biggest since 1994

[BridgeTheGap]

NEW YORK — The male-female orgasm gap. The sex lives of 14-year-olds. An intriguing breakdown of condom usage rates, by age and ethnicity, with teens emerging as more safe-sex-conscious than boomers.

That's just a tiny sampling of the data being unveiled Monday in what the researchers say is the largest, most comprehensive national survey of Americans' sexual behavior since 1994.

Filling 130 pages of a special issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, the study offers detailed findings on how often Americans have sex, with whom, and how they respond. In all, 5,865 people, ranging in age from 14 to 94, participated in the survey.

The lead researchers, from Indiana University's Center for Sexual Health Promotion, said the study fills a void that has grown since the last comparable endeavor — the National Health and Social Life Survey — was published 16 years ago. Major changes since then include the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, the types of sex education available to young people, the advent of same-sex marriage, and the emergence of the Internet as a tool for social interaction.

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010310040046

[ensho]

1. kick

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[SomeGuyInEagan]

2. Nice to see condom use increasing dramatically among teens ...

... despite the idiots who work to push sex education out and abstinence education in. Whoever is getting through to the teens, thank you.

However, I am surprised to see that teen males have a higher rate of condom use (something like 80% to 60% over the last ten vaginal intercourse instances). Still too low for the young women.

[Scuba]

3. Interesting highlights.

85 percent of the men said their latest sexual partner had an orgasm, while only 64 percent of the women reported having an orgasm in their most recent sexual event.


While about 7 percent of adult women and 8 percent of men identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual, the proportion of individuals who have had same-gender sex at some point in their lives is higher. For example, 15 percent of the men aged 50-59 said they had received oral sex from another man at some point.

[hendo]

4. Sorry, I opened this back on the first day and just now got around to reading it

Interesting article :)