partners
Details
Question How many sex partners have you had in the last 12 months? As of 2024, PARTNERS has been recoded to only account for 0 to 11+ partners and has been slightly adjusted to help protect confidentiality. Please see the 2024 codebook for more information.The original PARTNERS containing data from 1988 to 2022 has been renamed PARTNERS_8822.
Values
[0]no partners[1]1 partner[2]2 partners[3]3 partners[4]4 partners[5]5-10 partners[6]11+ partners[9]1 or more, (unspecified)[NA(d)]don't know[NA(i)]iap[NA(j)]I don't have a job[NA(m)]dk, na, iap[NA(n)]no answer[NA(p)]not imputable[NA(r)]refused[NA(s)]skipped on web[NA(u)]uncodeable[NA(x)]not available in this release[NA(y)]not available in this year[NA(z)]see codebook
Question Years and Ballots
| ballots | years |
| A/B/C | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 |
| B/C/- | 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for partners.
Counts by year:
| year | not available in this year | no partners | 1 partner | 2 partners | 3 partners | 4 partners | 5-10 partners | 11+ partners | 1 or more, (unspecified) | iap | no answer | don't know | Total |
| 1988 | - | 318 | 875 | 78 | 51 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 91 | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | - | 308 | 906 | 89 | 40 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 136 | 5 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | - | 230 | 765 | 66 | 32 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 15 | 199 | 14 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | - | 146 | 418 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | - | 872 | 8 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | - | 313 | 983 | 87 | 33 | 25 | 20 | 5 | - | 114 | 26 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | - | 608 | 1784 | 191 | 72 | 35 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 201 | 55 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | - | 498 | 1724 | 190 | 91 | 45 | 31 | 13 | 25 | 258 | 27 | 2 | 2904 |
| 1998 | - | 512 | 1585 | 163 | 57 | 39 | 34 | 13 | 13 | 383 | 32 | 1 | 2832 |
| 2000 | - | 521 | 1502 | 151 | 79 | 42 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 417 | 58 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | - | 511 | 1397 | 159 | 83 | 39 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 489 | 30 | 4 | 2765 |
| 2004 | - | 425 | 1462 | 142 | 65 | 45 | 34 | 17 | 8 | 584 | 26 | 4 | 2812 |
| 2006 | - | 596 | 1485 | 152 | 66 | 37 | 38 | 20 | 6 | 2096 | 13 | 1 | 4510 |
| 2008 | - | 415 | 1092 | 120 | 55 | 25 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 240 | 13 | 4 | 2023 |
| 2010 | - | 427 | 1129 | 124 | 63 | 39 | 25 | 5 | 15 | 202 | 14 | 1 | 2044 |
| 2012 | - | 405 | 1068 | 109 | 57 | 34 | 23 | 9 | 18 | 238 | 13 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | - | 537 | 1490 | 130 | 68 | 32 | 31 | 8 | 15 | 188 | 37 | 2 | 2538 |
| 2016 | - | 409 | 1085 | 124 | 50 | 34 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 1096 | 9 | 1 | 2867 |
| 2018 | - | 358 | 868 | 79 | 40 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 942 | 10 | 1 | 2348 |
| 2021 | - | 599 | 1504 | 83 | 44 | 27 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 1699 | 11 | 9 | 4032 |
| 2022 | - | 468 | 937 | 70 | 39 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 1927 | 10 | 14 | 3544 |
| 2024 | - | 576 | 1239 | 92 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 16 | 34 | 1186 | 43 | 39 | 3309 |
| Total | 0 | 9180 | 25298 | 2438 | 1128 | 655 | 602 | 209 | 219 | 13558 | 454 | 83 | 53824 |