Sexual behaviour in Britain: partnerships, practices, and HIV risk behaviours

Sexual behaviour in Britain: why sexually transmitted infections are common

“…11,12 This study showed substantial changes in social norms and sexual behaviour over the past decade. For both men and women, the number of lifetime heterosexual partners increased substantially between 1990 and 2000 (Fig 3).…”

“…For both men and women, the number of lifetime heterosexual partners increased substantially between 1990 and 2000 (Fig 3). 11 The mean number has increased from 8.6 to 12.7 in men, and from 3.7 to 6.5 in women. …”

“…Overall, the percentage of the population who reported two or more partners in the past year and did not use condoms rose from 13.6% to 15.4% of men and from 7.1% to 10.1% of women between 1990 and 2000. 11 …”

“…The rate was highest in young people: over 20% of men and 15% of women aged 15-24 had a concurrent partnership during the last year. 11 …”

“The relationship past can't be the future”: couple counsellors' experiences of working with infidelity

“…Based on nationally representative, random samples Blow and Hartnett (2005b) suggest an estimate of lifetime prevalence of up to 25% for married partners engaging in extradyadic sexual intercourse in the United States. For the UK, the last major study of sexual behaviour (National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifesyles, Natsal) found 15% of men and 9% of women reported overlapping sexual relationships in the previous year (Johnson et al, 2001). It can be estimated that about half of all couples seeking therapy have encountered infidelity either in the past or present (Weeks, Gambescia & Jenkins, 2003) and many of these clients report infidelity as the presenting problem when seeing marital of family therapists (Atwood & Seifer, 1997).…”