What age were you when you lost your virginity? Just 14 per cent of straight women and 12 per cent of straight men have had just one sexual partner. Heterosexual male respondents were more likely than heterosexual females to have had at least 11 sexual partners, at 40 per cent compared to 32 per cent. Gay male respondents have had the most sexual partners, with 52 per cent saying they have had sex with more than 20 people, followed by bisexual men at 36 per cent and bisexual women at 27 per cent. Most people who responded to the survey (61 per cent) have had fewer than 11 sexual partners in their lifetime. A greater percentage of male respondents identified as homosexual at 9 per cent, but there were fewer bisexuals at 5 per cent. Of the female respondents, 88 per cent were heterosexual, 8 per cent bisexual, 3 percent homosexual, and 2 per cent asexual or “other”. The gender breakdown was 54 per cent male to 46 per cent female, with less than 0.5 per cent identifying as transgender or “other”.
A total of 12,639 people completed the survey, with 12,134 valid responses used in the follow-up analysis.
