Gender of Sexual Partners in the United States
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
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(sexually active only)
Same gender | Both genders | Opposite gender | ||||
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Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
1988 | 2.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 97.4% | 99.8% |
1989 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 98.3 | 98.4 |
1990 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 98.0 | 99.5 |
1991 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 97.3 | 99.6 |
1993 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 97.9 | 97.8 |
1994 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 97.5 | 97.5 |
1996 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 96.0 | 97.0 |
Source: General Social Survey (GSS), National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago, 1996.
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