Table 6.
Distributions of NSHAP Sexuality Questions, New in Wave 2 from Galinsky, McClintock & Waite (2014)
| WAVE 2 Age Eligible Participants | Mode | Men | Women | Total 62–90 % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62–69 % | 70–79 % | 80–90 % | 62–69 % | 70–79 % | 80–90 % | |||
| (1) When you had sex with [current/recent partner] in the last 12 months, how often did your partner touch your genitals with (his/her) hands? | CAPI | |||||||
| Always | 42.2 | 37.3 | 35.1 | 50.0 | 41.0 | 43.2 | 42.6 | |
| Usually | 28.4 | 27.4 | 22.0 | 27.0 | 23.0 | 24.4 | 26.6 | |
| Sometimes | 22.6 | 23.0 | 25.4 | 17.0 | 24.7 | 16.3 | 21.6 | |
| Rarely | 4.9 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 3.7 | 6.9 | 10.6 | 5.8 | |
| Never | 1.2 | 5.0 | 9.4 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 3.4 | |
| Mean | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | |
| Number of observations | 383 | 309 | 104 | 313 | 197 | 59 | 1365 | |
| (2) How often do you find someone you don’t know such as people in movies, television, books, or strangers on the street physically attractive? | CAPI* | |||||||
| Every day | 24.2 | 18.8 | 15.3 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 6.1 | 13.8 | |
| Several times a week | 23.9 | 22.6 | 10.8 | 12.7 | 8.5 | 7.1 | 15.3 | |
| Once a week | 19.6 | 17.1 | 17.7 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 9.2 | 15.5 | |
| Less than once a week | 22.4 | 26.0 | 23.8 | 42.7 | 36.2 | 27.3 | 30.9 | |
| Never | 9.9 | 15.4 | 32.5 | 23.3 | 33.2 | 50.5 | 24.6 | |
| Mean | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.6 | |
| Number of observations | 550 | 584 | 324 | 634 | 619 | 379 | 3090 | |
| (3) In the past month, how much effort have you made to make yourself look attractive for your partner? | CAPI | |||||||
| A great deal of effort | 5.6 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 15.1 | 11.6 | 9.0 | 8.4 | |
| A lot of effort | 19.0 | 18.0 | 16.8 | 32.7 | 26.5 | 24.7 | 23.3 | |
| A moderate amount of effort | 48.6 | 53.3 | 52.1 | 40.8 | 48.3 | 48.4 | 47.9 | |
| Some effort | 19.7 | 17.9 | 23.1 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 13.3 | 15.2 | |
| No effort | 7.2 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.3 | |
| Mean | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | |
| Number of observations | 415 | 423 | 194 | 416 | 325 | 113 | 1886 | |
| (4) In the past month, how much effort have you made to make yourself look attractive for someone you find attractive? | LBQ** | |||||||
| A great deal of effort | 4.3 | 9.3 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 2.9 | 5.2 | |
| A lot of effort | 32.9 | 12.1 | 8.7 | 6.1 | 11.0 | 8.2 | 11.5 | |
| A moderate amount of effort | 28.9 | 30.4 | 34.0 | 31.0 | 27.9 | 23.0 | 28.6 | |
| Some effort | 22.7 | 30.1 | 15.5 | 19.3 | 17.8 | 17.6 | 19.9 | |
| No effort | 11.3 | 18.2 | 37.1 | 38.2 | 37.8 | 48.3 | 34.7 | |
| Mean | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | |
| Number of observations | 64 | 99 | 87 | 150 | 219 | 196 | 815 | |
| (5) When your partner wants to have sex with you, how often do you agree? | CAPI | |||||||
| Always | 61.3 | 53.4 | 42.0 | 34.2 | 29.9 | 26.8 | 45.4 | |
| Usually | 19.6 | 15.4 | 11.8 | 32.1 | 22.2 | 21.0 | 21.6 | |
| Sometimes | 6.4 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 15.5 | 14.8 | 5.8 | 9.4 | |
| Rarely | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 | |
| Never | 3.9 | 8.4 | 13.4 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 17.0 | 7.2 | |
| If volunteered: My partner has not wanted to have sex with me in the past 12 months | 5.9 | 15.6 | 24.5 | 10.4 | 21.0 | 27.2 | 13.8 | |
| Mean | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 | |
| Number of observations | 457 | 398 | 165 | 418 | 270 | 93 | 2139 | |
| (6) During the past 12 months, when you had sex, was the amount of time you and your partner spent kissing, hugging, and touching before having vaginal intercourse: | LBQ | |||||||
| Much more often than you would like | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.8 | |
| Somewhat more often than you would like | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | |
| About as often as you would like | 53.8 | 45.9 | 35.6 | 48.2 | 44.4 | 25.8 | 46.9 | |
| Somewhat less often than you would like | 10.6 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 11.6 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 8.2 | |
| Much less often than you would like | 10.0 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | |
| I have not had vaginal intercourse in the past 12 months | 23.1 | 39.1 | 53.0 | 32.2 | 46.1 | 73.0 | 36.3 | |
| Mean | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.7 | |
| Number of observations | 389 | 377 | 155 | 380 | 262 | 88 | 1651 | |
| (7) For some people, their sexual enjoyment is affected by non-sexual things that their partner does before having sex, such as helping out, compliments or sharing activities. For others it is not important at all. Given how important such things are for your enjoyment of sex, how often did they happen during the past 12 months? | LBQ | |||||||
| Much more often than you would like | 1.0 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.5 | |
| Somewhat more often than you would like | 3.8 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.6 | |
| About as often as you would like | 59.3 | 54.1 | 43.1 | 56.4 | 57.8 | 51.8 | 55.8 | |
| Somewhat less often than you would like | 16.4 | 15.1 | 19.8 | 18.6 | 14.5 | 7.0 | 16.4 | |
| Much less often than you would like | 19.6 | 27.3 | 28.8 | 20.9 | 25.7 | 41.3 | 23.7 | |
| Mean | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.4 | |
| Number of observations | 387 | 371 | 143 | 368 | 237 | 63 | 1569 | |
| (8) To what extent do you feel your sex life is lacking in quality? | LBQ | |||||||
| Extremely lacking in quality | 20.2 | 28.7 | 25.4 | 21.6 | 24.0 | 26.8 | 23.7 | |
| Moderately lacking in quality | 18.4 | 14.0 | 15.8 | 15.6 | 9.9 | 7.5 | 14.6 | |
| Slightly lacking in quality | 26.3 | 21.6 | 22.0 | 20.9 | 17.2 | 9.0 | 21.2 | |
| Not at all lacking in quality | 35.1 | 35.6 | 36.9 | 42.0 | 49.2 | 56.7 | 40.5 | |
| Mean | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 | |
| Number of observations | 449 | 454 | 205 | 464 | 372 | 154 | 2098 | |
| (9) How appealing or pleasant do you find the following ways of being touched? Being touched lightly, such as someone putting a hand on your arm. | LBQ | |||||||
| Very appealing | 35.6 | 39.1 | 26.9 | 46.7 | 39.7 | 32.7 | 38.5 | |
| Somewhat appealing | 51.3 | 48.2 | 55.7 | 42.5 | 48.3 | 50.0 | 48.4 | |
| Not appealing | 11.2 | 10.6 | 12.2 | 6.8 | 9.3 | 13.6 | 10.0 | |
| Not at all appealing | 1.9 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.1 | |
| Mean | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | |
| Number of observations | 482 | 521 | 282 | 571 | 553 | 319 | 2728 | |
| (10) How appealing or pleasant do you find the following ways of being touched? Hugging. | LBQ | |||||||
| Very appealing | 43.7 | 46.9 | 39.8 | 61.6 | 49.1 | 38.2 | 48.6 | |
| Somewhat appealing | 48.9 | 45.0 | 49.4 | 33.3 | 44.0 | 48.7 | 43.7 | |
| Not appealing | 6.0 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 9.5 | 6.0 | |
| Not at all appealing | 1.4 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 1.8 | |
| Mean | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.4 | |
| Number of observations | 483 | 523 | 282 | 573 | 553 | 321 | 2735 | |
| (11) How appealing or pleasant do you find the following ways of being touched? Cuddling. | LBQ | |||||||
| Very appealing | 41.7 | 41.1 | 21.3 | 46.7 | 29.3 | 14.4 | 35.9 | |
| Somewhat appealing | 39.7 | 38.5 | 44.7 | 35.1 | 40.3 | 29.5 | 37.9 | |
| Not appealing | 16.8 | 17.4 | 26.0 | 14.4 | 22.3 | 40.2 | 20.6 | |
| Not at all appealing | 1.8 | 3.1 | 8.1 | 3.8 | 8.1 | 15.9 | 5.7 | |
| Mean | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.0 | |
| Number of observations | 478 | 518 | 275 | 569 | 547 | 315 | 2702 | |
| (12) How appealing or pleasant do you find the following ways of being touched? Sexual Touching. | LBQ | |||||||
| Very appealing | 52.8 | 44.2 | 23.4 | 29.0 | 17.5 | 7.2 | 31.9 | |
| Somewhat appealing | 33.7 | 28.1 | 34.8 | 37.7 | 26.2 | 14.5 | 30.4 | |
| Not appealing | 6.9 | 18.5 | 23.4 | 17.7 | 25.6 | 19.1 | 17.7 | |
| Not at all appealing | 6.6 | 9.3 | 18.5 | 15.6 | 30.7 | 59.2 | 20.0 | |
| Mean | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.7 | |
| Number of observations | 468 | 508 | 269 | 548 | 530 | 302 | 2625 | |
| (13) How often have you and your partner shared caring touch, such as a hug, sitting or lying cuddled up, a neck rub or holding hands? | LBQ | |||||||
| Many times a day | 13.9 | 12.8 | 10.7 | 17.6 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 14.2 | |
| A few times a day | 23.4 | 24.6 | 26.5 | 23.3 | 26.1 | 27.2 | 24.9 | |
| About once a day | 13.6 | 18.3 | 22.1 | 16.2 | 18.3 | 13.8 | 16.7 | |
| Several times a week | 22.0 | 20.8 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 10.9 | 17.2 | 18.4 | |
| About once a week | 11.6 | 9.5 | 13.1 | 7.7 | 12.3 | 9.4 | 10.4 | |
| About once a month or less | 12.8 | 10.7 | 7.1 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 10.6 | |
| Never | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 4.9 | |
| Mean | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | |
| Number of observations | 414 | 419 | 193 | 414 | 321 | 105 | 1866 | |
| (14) Other than your partner, how often have you and a person, such as a friend, grandchild or another adult, shared a caring touch, such as a greeting hug, a touch on the arm, or a neck rub? | LBQ | |||||||
| Many times a day | 3.2 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 11.1 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | |
| A few times a day | 6.2 | 8.5 | 5.8 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 4.3 | 7.6 | |
| About once a day | 8.6 | 7.9 | 5.5 | 10.4 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 8.8 | |
| Several times a week | 21.6 | 25.5 | 21.8 | 33.3 | 27.5 | 26.7 | 26.7 | |
| About once a week | 27.0 | 18.4 | 28.8 | 22.3 | 27.9 | 30.0 | 25.0 | |
| About once a month or less | 29.3 | 25.7 | 28.3 | 12.3 | 15.6 | 20.1 | 21.1 | |
| Never | 4.1 | 9.7 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 6.9 | 4.8 | |
| Mean | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | |
| Number of observations | 478 | 520 | 285 | 572 | 559 | 311 | 2725 | |
| (15) How often have you pet, stroked, touched, or slept next to a cat, dog, or other pet? | LBQ | |||||||
| Many times a day | 16.7 | 15.8 | 9.6 | 28.3 | 28.6 | 13.1 | 20.5 | |
| A few times a day | 18.1 | 9.5 | 7.5 | 11.3 | 8.1 | 10.0 | 11.4 | |
| About once a day | 11.8 | 5.6 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 7.4 | |
| Several times a week | 5.2 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.1 | |
| About once a week | 5.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.6 | |
| About once a month or less | 8.5 | 13.8 | 7.9 | 11.2 | 8.1 | 10.7 | 10.1 | |
| Never | 34.1 | 45.5 | 56.5 | 34.2 | 41.2 | 50.1 | 41.0 | |
| Mean | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.4 | |
| Number of observations | 481 | 524 | 282 | 565 | 555 | 315 | 2722 | |
*
Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
**
Leave Behind Questionnaire (LBQ)