Frequency of sex during last year

sexfreq

Source

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

Details

Question 1545. About how often did you have sex during the last 12 months?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	2 or 3 times a month	2 or 3 times a week	about once a week	more than 3 times a week	no answer	not at all	once a month	once or twice	don't know	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	1599	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	1473	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	1819	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	136	221	307	258	64	40	298	114	99	-	1537
1990	199	91	108	110	37	621	110	57	39	-	1372
1991	221	181	265	233	72	44	292	108	99	2	1517
1993	114	221	273	272	97	64	309	164	92	-	1606
1994	201	416	538	483	155	155	563	290	188	3	2992
1996	258	412	565	471	164	116	476	248	192	2	2904
1998	383	358	458	425	125	127	516	263	175	2	2832
2000	417	360	446	391	152	135	509	204	202	1	2817
2002	489	350	415	341	163	107	484	212	186	18	2765
2004	584	364	377	376	147	99	445	240	160	20	2812
2006	2096	361	430	343	134	75	595	265	205	6	4510
2008	240	243	309	285	108	71	416	176	149	26	2023
2010	202	284	304	257	99	75	440	194	174	15	2044
2012	643	255	283	215	112	109	35	169	127	26	1974
2014	188	357	365	333	122	108	571	255	220	19	2538
2016	1096	274	271	244	90	53	439	216	178	6	2867
2018	942	208	197	214	84	43	365	162	127	6	2348
2021	1701	351	268	287	84	47	633	283	251	127	4032
2022	1927	224	207	198	76	73	481	181	140	37	3544
2024	1186	290	230	244	77	160	616	222	214	70	3309
Total	36579	5821	6616	5980	2162	2322	8593	4023	3217	386	75699

Values

• 0 not at all

• 1 once or twice

• 2 once a month

• 3 2 or 3 times a month

• 4 about once a week

• 5 2 or 3 times a week

• 6 more than 3 times a week

• 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