Journal article
Masturbation, paying for sex, and other sexual activities: The Second Australian Study of Health and Relationships
J Richters, RO De Visser, PB Badcock, AMA Smith, C Rissel, JM Simpson, AE Grulich
Sexual Health | Published : 2014
DOI: 10.1071/SH14116
Abstract
Background: This study describes the prevalence of (solo) masturbation, paying for sex and a range of other sexual practices among Australians. Methods: A representative sample of 20 094 men and women aged 16-69 years (participation rate among eligible people, 66.2%) were recruited by landline and mobile phone random-digit dialling and computer-assisted telephone interviews in 2012-13. Results: Many respondents (men, 72%; women, 42%) had masturbated in the past year. Half (51%) of the men and 24% of women had masturbated in the past 4 weeks. In the past year, more than two-fifths of respondents (men, 63%; women, 20%) had looked at pornography in any medium. Approximately 15% of men and 21% o..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (grant number: 1002174). The authors are indebted to David Shellard and the staff of the Hunter Valley Research Foundation for managing data collection and undertaking the interviews for this study, and to the Social Research Centre for producing weights for the data. The authors also thank the 21 139 Australians who took part in the two phases of the project and so freely shared the sometimes intimate aspects of their lives. Professor Anthony Smith died during the course of this project and we intend this work to be a tribute to, and further example of, the extraordinary contribution his work has made to the sexual health and wellbeing of Australians.