As of 2005, people in the United States stated that they have had an average of 10.7 sexual partners, which is slightly above the global average of nine sexual partners.

Turkey in the lead?

Surveys on sensitive or very personal topics, like sexuality, are often to be taken with a grain of salt, but in this case, Turkey did not only lead the ranking in 2005, it also topped the one conducted in 2010 on the mean number of sexual partners. So is it likely that the Turkish people are sexually more prolific than everybody else? Another survey by another source suggests otherwise: It does not include Turkey when it comes to the countries with the most sexually active inhabitants but lists the Greek as the most active ones. In general, people tend to embellish their own activities, but also those of others – the disparity between the perceived and the actual number of times people have sex is staggering and similar everywhere around the world.

India the most monogamous?

Of those countries surveyed, Indian respondents report the lowest average number of sexual partners, only slightly surpassed by China. Both China and India struggle with a significant difference between the number of men and the number of women, and both countries largely adhere to conservative standards of sexuality that prohibit sex before marriage.

On average, adult Britons report to have had four sexual partners during their lifetime. Out of the 61 percent willing to answer a survey, adults between the ages of 40 and 59 had a median of six partners, the highest for all age groups. Adults between 18 and 29 years of age reported the lowest median, with only one partner.

Persons 18 to 49 years who have had sexual relationships at some time in their life by sex, age group and number of sexual partners in their life. National.

On average, adult Britons report to have had four sexual partners during their lifetime. Out of the 61 percent willing to answer a survey, the men reported to have had a median of five partners, while women reported to have had three.

This statistic shows the distribution of young French people aged between 15 to 24 years old in 2023, according to the number of sexual partners they had over the last twelve months. It reveals that a large part of the respondents, 43 percent of them, declared that they did not have any sexual partner in the last 12 months.

This statistic presents the number of sexual partners of respondents aged 40 to 70 years, from the United Kingdom (UK) as of January 2017. The largest share of respondents, at 39 percent stated that they had had between two and five sexual partners in their life.

A survey conducted in 2017 reveals that most Italians had their first sexual intercourse between the age of 17 and 20. More specifically, about 40 percent of people declared they had sex for the first time in that age range. Approximately 23 percent of young adults had their first sexual intercourse in their early 20s. Hence this age range being the second most common age to have intercourse in Italy.

Sexual frequency and number of sexual partners in Italy  

Further surveys about sexual life of Italians give us insight on the frequency of intercourse and the number of sexual partners. In 2019, 33 percent of Italians stated that they usually had sex two to three times a week. Furthermore, the number of sexual partners Italian people had during their lifetime differed between men and women. The majority of Italian women declared to have had only one sexual partner, while most men said they had sex with more than ten partners.

Sexual education in schools  

In 2018, schools represented the main place in which young people received sexual education. Almost all secondary school students nationwide discussed the topic in a meeting or a course which took place at school. For that matter, students wished to receive information about sexuality and reproduction within the school yet from external professionals. However, only 22 percent of scholars preferred their teachers to talk about sexuality.

Frequency of sexual activity and number of sexual partners based on place of residence.

This statistic shows the number of sex partners in 2017, by gender. When the Dutch respondents were asked how many sex partners they have had, roughly 25 percent of the women indicated that they had had three to five sex partners in their life. On the other hand, eight percent of the men indicated that they have had 21 or more sex partners.

Attitude to sexuality. AIDS and sexual conduct.

Topics: 1. Oral part of survey: importance of various aspects for a fulfilled life; ideas about values and tasks of the family; recommendation of a form of life for an 18-year-old young person; responsibility for housekeeping; religiousness; age structure of members of household.

1. Written survey: year of marriage; firm partner relation; length of partnership; living together with a partner; reasons for partner change; self-perception and characterization of personal feelings in comparison with other persons for the areas partnership, love, openness, self-confidence, trust in others and dealing with money (scale); sex education authorities and age at sex education; sex education authority desired today; attitude to sexuality, love, sexual practices and partnership (scale); orientation to one´s own gender during puberty or in youth; age and sex of first sex partner; classification of first sexual intercourse as positive or negative experience; contraceptives used; attitude to masturbation and frequency of masturbation; current heterosexual or homosexual orientation; totals of sexual partners up to now and number of sexual partners in the last 12 months; cooperation of sexual partner with one´s own sexual needs; time of last sexual intercourse and average frequency; frequency of selected sexual practices and use of condoms (scale); sexual practices with use of condom to protect against AIDS; condom use with new aquaintances; use of condoms before AIDS became known; interference of condom; influence of AIDS on the feeling of pleasure in sexuality; love and sex; frequency of affairs; informing partner about the affair; concurrent maintenance of sexual relations with several partners without knowledge of this by the partners; frequency of sexual intercourse with fleeting aquaintances; assumptions about the faithfulness of unfaithfulness of partner; frequency of practicing group sex and exchange of partners; known or unknown persons in exchange of partners and group sex; changed sexual life due to AIDS; information on areas in which sexual conduct has changed; personal AIDS test; AIDS test together with partner; AIDS test with desire for children; knowledge about possibilities of communicating AIDS (scale); self-assessment of extent to which informed about AIDS and areas about which one would like to know more; contacts with prostitutes in the last 5 years or in the last 12 months.

The following questions were also posed to respondents who had contacts with prostitutes: reasons for contact with prostitutes (scale); use of condoms on initiative of prostitute.

The following questions were also posed to men or women with homosexual contacts: living together with persons of the same sex as if married and duration of this relation; reasons for change of homosexual partner; totals of sexual partners of same sex up to now and number of partners in the last 12 months; cooperation of partner in one´s own sexual needs; last homosexual sexual intercourse and average frequency; frequency of sexual practices used.

The following questions were posed only to homosexual men: sexual practices only conducted with condoms; condom use with new partnerships and use of condoms before AIDS became known; interference in use of condom; sexual contact with male prostitutes in the last 12 months or last five years; frequency of these contacts; influence of AIDS on sexual conduct; frequency of use of dark rooms and homosexual saunas; pick-up sex; belonging to the leather scene; membership in a motorcycle club.

The following question was also posed to women: sexual intercourse during menstruation.

Also encoded was: weekday of interview; length of interview; start of interview; sex of interviewer.

Interviewer rating: reliability of respondent.

Persons 18 to 49 years who have had sexual relationships at some time in their life by sex, number of nights out in the last 12 months and number of sexual partners in their life. National.

This statistic shows the mean number of sexual partners in selected European countries in 2010. The survey was conducted among 15 to 20 year-olds and is part of the Face of Global sex Report by Durex. According to the source, the respondents in Turkey had 5.3 sex partners on average.

Attitude to sexuality. AIDS and sexual conduct.

Topics: 1. Oral part of survey: global value system and attitude to sexuality (Giessen test); altruism; sense of responsibility; success orientation; need for harmony; meaning of life; ideas about tasks and value of the family (scale); preferred form of life; responsibility for housekeeping; religiousness; age structure of members of household.

1. Written survey: year of marriage; firm partner relation; length of partnership; living together with a partner; reasons for partner change; self-perception and characterization of personal feelings in comparison with other persons for the areas partnership, love, openness, self-confidence, trust in others and dealing with money (scale); sex education authorities and age at sex education; sex education authority desired today; attitude to sexuality, love, sexual practices and partnership (scale); orientation to one´s own sex during puberty or in youth; age and sex of first sex partner; classification of first sexual intercourse as positive or negative experience; contraceptives used; attitude to masturbation and frequency of masturbation; current heterosexual or homosexual orientation; totals of sexual partners up to now and number of sexual partners in the last 12 months; cooperation of sexual partner with one´s own sexual needs; time of last sexual intercourse and average frequency; frequency of selected sexual practices and use of condoms (scale); sexual practices with use of condoms to protect against AIDS; condom use with new acquaintances; use of condoms before AIDS became known; interference of condom; influence of AIDS on the feeling of pleasure in sexuality; sex without love; frequency of affairs; informing partner about the affair; concurrent maintenance of sexual relations with several partners without knowledge of this by the partners; frequency of sexual intercourse with fleeting acquaintances; assumptions about the faithfulness or unfaithfulness of partner; frequency of practicing group sex and exchange of partners; known or unknown persons in exchange of partners and group sex; changed sexual life due to AIDS; information on areas in which sexual conduct has changed; personal AIDS test; AIDS test together with partner; AIDS test with desire for children; knowledge about possibilities of communicating AIDS (scale); self-assessment of extent to which informed about AIDS and areas about which one would like to know more; contacts with prostitutes in the last 5 years or in the last 12 months.

The following questions were also posed to respondents who had contacts with prostitutes: reasons for contact with prostitutes (scale); use of condoms on initiative of prostitute.

The following questions were also posed to men or women with homosexual contacts: living together with persons of the same sex as if married and duration of this relation; reasons for change of partner; totals of sexual partners of same sex up to now and number of partners in the last 12 months; cooperation of partner with one´s own sexual needs; last homosexual sexual intercourse and average frequency; frequency of sexual practices used.

The following questions were also posed to homosexual men: sexual practices only conducted with condoms; condom use with new partnerships and use of condoms before AIDS became known; interference in use of condom; sexual contact with male prostitutes in the last 12 months or the last five years; frequency of these contacts; influence of AIDS on sexual conduct; frequency of use of dark rooms and homosexual saunas; pick-up sex; belonging to the leather scene; membership in a motorcycle club.

The following question was also posed to women: sexual intercourse during menstruation.

Also encoded was: weekday of interview; length of interview; start of interview; sex of the interviewer.

Interviewer rating: reliability of respondent.

Correlations between frequency of sexual activity/number of sexual partners and overall/sex-specific quality of life.

Korea Contraceptive Prevalence: Modern Methods: % of Women Aged 15-49 data was reported at 70.100 % in 2009. This records a decrease from the previous number of 71.600 % for 2006. Korea Contraceptive Prevalence: Modern Methods: % of Women Aged 15-49 data is updated yearly, averaging 63.100 % from Dec 1965 (Median) to 2009, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 71.600 % in 2006 and a record low of 14.000 % in 1965. Korea Contraceptive Prevalence: Modern Methods: % of Women Aged 15-49 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s South Korea – Table KR.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Contraceptive prevalence rate is the percentage of women who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, at least one modern method of contraception. It is usually measured for women ages 15-49 who are married or in union. Modern methods of contraception include female and male sterilization, oral hormonal pills, the intra-uterine device (IUD), the male condom, injectables, the implant (including Norplant), vaginal barrier methods, the female condom and emergency contraception.; ; Household surveys, including Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Largely compiled by United Nations Population Division.; Weighted average;

The goal of this study was to support the achievement of PEPFAR’s 95-95-95 targets by providing a robust understanding of HIV sexual risk behavior, HIV testing, and HIV treatment from the perspective of adult male sexual partners of AGYW in Haiti. The research objectives were to: • Describe and identify modifiable determinants of HIV risk behavior and risky sexual partnerships. • Describe normative beliefs about HIV risk behavior, sexual partnerships, and HIV service use and their influence on personal HIV risk behavior. • Describe current HIV service use and preferences for HIV testing, determinants of HIV testing uptake, and, among HIV-positive participants, ART treatment uptake and adherence. A cross-sectional study was conducted to capture descriptive information among male sexual partners of AGYW. The study sites were the capital city of Port-au-Prince (PaP), in the south, and the city of St. Marc, in the Artibonite department (northern part of the country). These sites were purposely selected from the four active DREAMS intervention cities island-wide to represent the unique context of an urban city and one of two sites in the department of the Artibonite. A social and behavioral survey was applied to capture key sexual risk behaviors, social norms, and sexual relationship dynamics. In addition to general measures of sexual risk behavior (e.g., age of sexual debut, number of new sexual partners in the previous 12 months), a partnerships grid detailing information for up to three sexual partners in the previous 12 months was included. The first sexual partner discussed was the most recent AGYW. Psychosocial scales to measure important constructs were selected from established measures.

ABSTRACT Aim: Although prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer type in men, a replaceable risk factor has not yet been established. In our study, we assessed the relationship between the number of sexual partners, age of first sexual experience and age of first masturbation and prostate cancer incidence. Materials and Methods: In Ordu University Department of Urology between January 2013 and September 2016, in PSA elevation and rectal examination, patients with prostate biopsy were evaluated due to nodule palpation in the prostate. At younger ages and at present, their first masturbation ages, first sexual debut ages, and total sexual partner numbers were recorded. The correlation between the obtained data and PCa frequency was evaluated. Results: The study included 146 patients with PCa identified on biopsy and 171 patients with benign biopsy results who answered the questions. 66.7% of the ones whose biopsy results were benign and 40.6% of cancer suspects had only one sexual partner. The median number of sexual partners was 1±4 (1-100) in the benign group and 2±6 (1-500) in the malignant group (p=0.039). There was a negative correlation between age of first sexual debut and number of partners (r: −0,479; p

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1.1 Introduction Improving sexual and reproductive health is a public health priority, and the timing of first sexual intercourse and the context in which it occurs both have health implications. Moreover, information and monitoring about sexual behavior is essential to the design and assessment of interventions to improve sexual health. The last survey centered on the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents/young adults in Switzerland was carried out in 1995. Since then, all data on the subject come from general surveys. As contextual factors, the life contexts of youths explain a large amount of the variance in sex related behaviors, and a fair amount of new developments have appeared in the last twenty years that might have had an impact on youth’s sexual behavior: AIDS has gone from a fatal to a chronic condition, there has been a liberalization of the access to emergency contraception, Swiss law changed in 2002 and allowed abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, the HPV vaccine is recommended as part of the vaccination program (for girls since 2008 and for boys since 2016), sildenafil citrate (e.g. Viagra®) has appeared on the market as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, pornography has become extremely accessible and free, phenomena of online sex and sexting have emerged. These changes might have an impact on adolescent sexual behaviors although we do not know how and to what extent. This survey provides self-reported information from young adults in Switzerland. The primary objective was to obtain current epidemiological data on young people’s sexual and reproductive health and behaviors. 1.2 Methods The survey comprised three parts: two of them contained questions on socio-demographic characteristics of the participants (part 1) and on their sexual and health behavior (part 3), and one part was a life history calendar (LHC, part 2). In the LHC, participants were asked to identify the period of occurrence of different life events. The aim of the LHC was to facilitate recollection and dating of personal events by referencing each of them to other key events or milestones of their life (e.g. moving to a new residence or obtaining one’s drive licence). The initial sample was provided by the Swiss Federal Office of Statistics, and it was representative of the entire population living in Switzerland in terms of sex, language, and canton of residence. This sample included 49’798 individuals aged between 24 and 26 years old on 30 September 2016 (birthdate between 01 October 1989 and 30 September 1992). Starting on the 8th June 2017, a first invitation letter was sent to 10’000 individuals. To ensure the operation of the server and allow adjustments in case of problems, the remaining letters (39’798) were sent in two different waves (9 June and 30 June). Depending on the canton of residence, the letter was sent either in French and German, or in Italian and German. The initial goal was to obtain 10’000 answers, but it rapidly appeared that respondents were more reluctant than anticipated to participate in the survey. Moreover 2’402 (4.8%) letters were returned by the postal service, 12 (0.02%) e-mails were sent by parents or caregivers to inform that the person was disabled, had gone abroad or did not speak one of the three languages and 16 (0.03%) letters were returned by participants themselves to say that they did not want to participate. In September 2017, it was decided to send a reminder to 10’000 people randomly chosen among the ones having not answered yet and not being part of the returned letters. Data collection ended on 26 November 2017. The final sample included 7’142 people aged between 24 and 26 years and living in Switzerland at the time of the addresses delivery (30 September 2016). This corresponds to a response rate of 15.1%. Among them 5’618 individuals completed the entire questionnaire or a significant part of it (11.9%, or 78.7% of all respondents). After computing the distribution of the main socio-demographic variables available in the survey and for which the true population-level distribution was known, we had to correct the sample distribution using weights for two characteristics: sex and canton of residence because females from the French part of Switzerland were overrepresented in the participants. Weights were computed for those who abandoned during the third part of the questionnaire and those who completed it until the end (even if they omitted some questions). 1.3 Results Overall 94% of females and 89% of males had ever been in a steady relationship. Around three out of every four participants were currently in one such relationship. The great majority (95%) of respondents had ever had sexual partners, most of them between 2 and 7. About 5% had never had a sexual partner. Most (94%) had also had had sexual partners in the past 12 months, but in this case it was mainly only one. Over 70% of males and females had ever had casual sexual partners, but the percentage decreased to around only one quarter in the last 30 days. The majority of respondents (86%) had only had heterosexual contacts, however 15% of females and 13% of males had either homosexual or bisexual experiences. The mean age at first sexual contact was just under 17 years. Almost all respondents (96%) had ever had oral sex, most of them with an opposite-sex partner. The vast majority (95%) had had vaginal sex and half of respondents had it at least weekly. The same percentage of females and males (49%) reported ever having had anal intercourse. Participants reporting having had sex with multiple partners at the same time, using medication to enhance sexual performance, or being blackmailed were a small minority. Those having ever had intercourse with someone met on the Internet accounted for 22% of females and 35% of males. More than half of males (56%) and 46% of females had ever had intercourse while intoxicated. Eleven percent of females had ever been pregnant and 8% of males declared ever having had a partner pregnant. Among females, the pregnancy was mainly continued (57.6%) and in almost 30% of the cases interrupted. Among males, pregnancy was continued in 49% of cases and interrupted in 42% of them. An important percentage (45%) of youths had ever had HIV testing, with females slightly outnumbering males. Almost all reported a negative result. Close to one youth in 10 reported ever having had a diagnosed sexually transmitted infection. Chlamydia was the most commonly reported among females and males. The vast majority (93%) of respondents had used some kind of contraception / protection at their first intercourse, mainly male condoms. However, at last intercourse contraception / protection methods were more equally distributed between male condom and contraceptive pill. All other contraception methods represented less than 5%, with the exception of intrauterine device (IUD) and vaginal ring. Around 90% of both males and females reported being only or strongly attracted to people of the opposite sex, and males (4.6%) outnumbered females (1.8%) in reporting same sex attraction. It is worth noting that 0.6% of females and 0.4% of males declared not feeling attracted to anyone. The vast majority of participants (92%) described themselves as heterosexuals, around 6% homosexuals or bisexuals, slightly under 2% did not know and 0.6% indicated the option other. About one female in nine reported a sexual dysfunction. Among males, 17.5% indicated premature ejaculation and the same percentage erectile dysfunction, although only 0.6% declared it to be moderate or severe. There was an important difference in lifetime unwanted sexual experiences and in having ever been victim of sexual assault or abuse between females and males, with females largely outnumbering males. Two females out of every 5 (40%) and 8% of males had received the HPV vaccine. However, it is worth noting that half of males and over one-fifth of females did not know whether they had been vaccinated. Almost half of females had ever used emergency contraception and close to two-fifths of males reported their partner having ever used it. Respondents indicating that they (or their partner) used emergency contraception as their main contraception method were very few. Males outnumbered females in online sexual activity. Almost 3 out of 4 reported having already sent a sexy text-only message without photo, a sexy photo and / or a video of themselves. On the other end, almost 80% of participants had already received such messages. There were no gender differences for these two actions. However, 22% reported having already forwarded such messages to other persons without consent. In this case, males were overrepresented. 1 SUMMARY 12 RAISONS DE SANTÉ 291 Males were slightly more likely than females to have received something or obtained an advantage in exchange of sexual intercourse, but it remained a small minority. On the contrary, males clearly outnumbered females in ever giving something or offering an advantage in exchange of sexual intercourse. 1.4 Conclusions Overall, youth in Switzerland report a healthy sexuality. However, young people being active on online sex need to be further analyzed regarding both the frequency of this practice and the potential risk they incur in. Unfortunately, women continue to be overrepresented in the cases of unwanted sexual experiences and sexual abuse. Contrary to popular belief, sexual dysfunctions are relatively common among young people. There is a sizeable percentage of youth who have exchanged sexual favors for money, goods or services, who have had sexual relationships while intoxicated or group sex. Reliable contraceptive / protective use is the norm in this age group and it varies from first to last intercourse. Male condom and hormonal contraception are the most used by far. Emergency contraception is a clear option in cases when

This statistic depicts the results of a survey about the number of sexual partners had over the whole life in Italy in 2019, by gender. According to data, the majority of male respondents (25.3 percent) affirmed to have had more than ten sexual partners, whereas the percentage of female individuals which had more then ten sex partners amounted to 8.6 percent. The largest group of women (39.6 percent) stated to have had in their whole life one sexual partner.

a Each analysis excludes study members reporting no sexual partners in the relevant period.b Women with past-year pregnancies were excluded.c aORs adjusted for relationship status and socioeconomic status at age 38.d aORs adjusted for relationship status and socioeconomic status at age 32.Associations of HDO frequency with number of sexual partners, STIs and TOPs at ages 32 and 38a.