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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles II, 2000-2001

Variable Details

Variableidealnow
Labelideal sexual lifestyle now
Question text Which of these lifestyles would you regard as the ideal one for you at this stage of your life?
Responses
1 prefer to have no sex activity 420
2 no reg partners but casual partners when feel like it 525
3 a few regular partners 397
4 one regular partner but not living together 2887
5 not married but living tog with sex outside the partnership 266
6 not married but living tog & no other sex partners 2108
7 married with sex activity outside the marriage 292
8 married with no other sex partners 4973
9 no ideal/none of these/don't know 242
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles II, 2000-2001
Interviewer InstructionsCARD U
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Men and women aged 16-44 living in private households in Great Britain in 2000-2001.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Second wave: the first survey was conducted in 1990-1991.
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