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Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

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

ballotsyears
A/B/C1988, 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:

yearnot available in this yearno partners1 partner2 partners3 partners4 partners5-10 partners11+ partners1 or more, (unspecified)iapno answerdon't knowTotal
1988-3188757851262211991--1481
1989-30890689402023461365-1537
1990-2307656632222541519914-1372
1991-1464183915874-8728-1517
1993-313983873325205-11426-1606
1994-60817841917235358320155-2992
1996-498172419091453113252582722904
1998-512158516357393413133833212832
2000-52115021517942369241758-2817
2002-51113971598339341454893042765
2004-42514621426545341785842642812
2006-596148515266373820620961314510
2008-415109212055253316102401342023
2010-42711291246339255152021412044
2012-405106810957342391823813-1974
2014-53714901306832318151883722538
2016-40910851245034381291096912867
2018-35886879402123249421012348
2021-59915048344274010616991194032
2022-46893770393222916192710143544
2024-5761239922828281634118643393309
Total091802529824381128655602209219135584548353824

See also

Other High Risk Behaviors: acqntsex, frndsex, matesex, othersex, paidsex, pikupsex, sexfreq, sexsex

Other Sex: acqntsex, frndsex, matesex, othersex, paidsex, pikupsex, sexfreq, sexsex

Other Split Ballots: aidsfare, sexfreq