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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles, 2010-2012

Variable Details

VariablewExpScale
LabelHeterosexual/homosexual sexual experience
Question text As before, please read the following answer list carefully and be as honest as you can be in your answer. After you have read the list please select your answer. Sexual experience is any kind of contact with another person that you felt was sexual (it could be just kissing or touching, or intercourse or any other form of sex). I have had some sexual experience... 1 Only with (females/males) (or a (female/male)), never with a (male/female) 2 More often with (females/males), and at least once with a (male/female) 3 About equally often with (females/males) and with (males/females) 4 More often with (males/females), and at least once with a (female/male) 5 Only with (males/females) (or a (male/female)), never with a (female/male) 6 I have never had any sexual experience with anyone at all 7 I would rather not say
Responses
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't Know 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 0
1 Opposite sex only 411
2 More often opposite sex, and at least once same sex 75
3 About equally often to opposite sex and same sex 5
4 More often same sex, and at least once opposite sex 10
5 Same sex only 5
6 Never had sexual experience with anyone at all 17
7 I would rather not say 4
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles, 2010-2012
UniverseAdults aged 16-74 in England, Scotland and Wales, 2010-2012.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The first survey was conducted in 1990-1991 and the second in 2000; the third wave was conducted between 2010 and 2012, and consisted of the main survey and an online follow-up.
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