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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles, 2010-2012

Variable Details

Variabler1recm
LabelNumber of months before interview most recent sex with most recent partner (where month of sex not reported month imputed as June)
Question text Type in the month number. Please estimate the month if you can’t say exactly.
Responses
-2 Date of sex reported as after interview date 93
-1 Not applicable 888
0 6341
1 2340
2 607
3 399
4 298
5 198
6 167
7 159
8 122
9 101
10 107
11 89
12 117
13 97
14 74
15 52
16 65
17 41
18 35
19 40
20 37
21 33
22 45
23 34
24 33
25 28
26 24
27 28
28 27
29 18
30 14
31 21
32 22
33 21
34 21
35 21
36 24
37 20
38 16
39 9
40 18
41 9
42 11
43 14
44 15
45 17
46 22
47 11
48 10
49 16
50 5
51 12
52 16
53 19
54 13
55 17
56 11
57 14
58 36
59 21
60 20
61 29
62 21
63 21
64 25
65 3
66 5
67 29
68 13
69 10
70 20
71 13
72 17
73 19
74 10
75 9
76 23
77 8
78 1
79 16
80 9
81 10
82 14
83 13
84 13
85 13
86 2
87 7
88 14
89 1
91 13
92 8
93 4
94 11
95 5
96 3
97 8
98 1
99 3
100 13
101 1
103 14
104 7
105 2
106 3
107 3
108 8
109 5
110 4
111 4
112 7
113 2
115 9
116 7
117 4
118 16
119 9
120 8
121 8
122 5
123 8
124 21
125 1
126 2
127 14
128 4
129 3
130 18
131 7
132 5
133 17
134 5
135 5
136 15
137 4
138 2
139 20
140 13
141 12
142 17
143 12
144 10
145 4
146 8
147 6
148 10
149 2
151 6
152 2
153 4
154 10
155 5
156 2
157 6
158 1
159 4
160 7
161 1
163 2
164 2
165 6
166 9
168 8
169 2
170 1
171 1
172 9
175 7
176 2
178 5
179 3
180 2
181 3
182 1
183 3
184 8
185 2
187 9
188 2
189 1
190 5
191 2
192 4
193 6
194 2
195 3
196 9
197 3
198 1
199 2
200 2
201 3
202 11
203 5
204 1
205 3
206 1
207 1
208 6
211 3
213 2
214 2
215 3
216 2
217 3
220 5
223 7
224 1
225 4
226 2
227 1
228 2
229 2
232 3
233 1
235 6
236 1
237 1
238 7
239 3
240 2
241 3
242 1
243 3
244 10
245 1
246 1
247 5
248 3
249 2
250 1
251 6
253 3
254 3
256 4
257 1
259 8
260 1
261 6
262 4
263 5
264 3
265 1
266 1
267 1
268 1
271 3
273 3
274 3
275 1
276 1
277 1
279 1
280 1
284 1
285 1
286 3
287 1
288 1
290 1
291 1
292 1
295 2
298 2
299 1
300 2
301 2
302 2
304 2
307 2
308 3
309 2
310 1
313 2
315 1
316 2
319 1
320 1
321 3
327 1
328 2
334 2
336 1
337 1
339 1
341 1
344 1
347 1
352 1
355 2
359 1
360 1
361 2
363 5
364 2
367 3
368 2
370 2
371 2
373 2
376 2
379 2
380 1
381 2
382 2
387 1
388 3
389 1
391 2
396 1
399 1
403 1
406 2
409 2
411 1
415 1
417 1
422 1
423 2
427 1
430 1
431 2
442 1
450 1
451 1
452 1
466 1
476 1
483 1
489 1
494 1
499 1
503 1
514 1
524 1
619 1
653 1
700 1
9999 Not answered 594
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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