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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.
Number of sex partners in the last year, 1988-2022 · Asked in 20 waves, 1988–2022 · 38,143 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 1,617 |
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 2,333 |
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 1,406 |
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 1,771 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 2,350 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 1,736 |
| General Social Survey 2010 | 2010-03-15 to 2010-08-12 | face to face | 2,044 | 1,842 |
| General Social Survey 2008 | 2008-04-17 to 2008-09-13 | face to face | 2,023 | 1,783 |
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 2,414 |
| General Social Survey 2004 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | No partners | 1 partner | 2 partners | 3 partners | 4 partners | 5-10 partners | 11-20 partners | 21-100 partners | More than 100 partners | 1 or more (unspecified) | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 23% | 66% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1617 | ±4 | |
| Lower income | 32% | 55% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 536 | ±7 | |
| Middle income | 24% | 67% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 0% | – | – | 0% | 444 | ±7 | |
| Upper income | 12% | 82% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 0% | – | – | 1% | 461 | ±7 |
General Social Survey 2022 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| 2004-08-18 to 2005-01-04 |
| face to face |
| 2,812 |
| 2,228 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 2,276 |
| General Social Survey 2000 | 2000-02-01 to 2000-06-25 | face to face | 2,817 | 2,400 |
| General Social Survey 1998 | 1998-02-01 to 1998-06-19 | face to face | 2,832 | 2,449 |
| General Social Survey 1996 | 1996-02-01 to 1996-05-25 | face to face | 2,904 | 2,646 |
| General Social Survey 1994 | 1994-01-04 to 1994-06-29 | face to face | 2,992 | 2,791 |
| General Social Survey 1993 | 1993-02-05 to 1993-04-26 | face to face | 1,606 | 1,492 |
| General Social Survey 1991 | 1991-02-09 to 1991-05-06 | face to face | 1,517 | 645 |
| General Social Survey 1990 | 1990-02-06 to 1990-04-22 | face to face | 1,372 | 1,173 |
| General Social Survey 1989 | 1989-02-04 to 1989-05-01 | face to face | 1,537 | 1,401 |
| General Social Survey 1988 | 1988-02-12 to 1988-04-26 | face to face | 1,481 | 1,390 |