Journal article
Characteristics of heterosexual regular relationships among a representative sample of adults: The Second Australian Study of Health and Relationships
PB Badcock, AMA Smith, J Richters, C Rissel, RO De Visser, JM Simpson, AE Grulich
Sexual Health | Published : 2014
DOI: 10.1071/SH14114
Abstract
Background: The aim of this study was to describe important characteristics of Australian adults' heterosexual regular sexual relationships and examine how these characteristics have changed since 2002. Methods: Computer-assisted landline and mobile telephone interviews were completed by a representative sample of 20 094 Australian residents aged 16-69 years. The participation rate among eligible people was 66.2%. Data were collected on respondents' social and demographic characteristics, relationship status and duration, cohabitation status, partner's age, contraception use, expectations about sexual exclusivity, sexual partners in the previous year, actual and ideal frequencies of sex and ..
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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.