Do you think you have your finger on the pulse of how Americans view sex? Take our interactive quiz to see how your answers
compare with our nationally representative survey of 1,000 adults.
1. Are Americans satisfied with their sex life?
Yes
Most said they were happy with their sex life: 62 percent said they were highly satisfied, and 28 percent said they were somewhat
satisfied. In contrast, only 38 percent said they were highly satisfied with their financial situation.
No
10 percent of our respondents weren't so happy with their sex life: 6 percent said they were somewhat dissatisfied and another
4 percent said they were highly dissatisfied.
2. Which of these two groups were more likely to say they had sex?
A. People age 18 to 34
No, but this group is not far behind its elders: 78 percent of them said they had sex in the past year, while 88 percent of
those 35 to 54 years old reported having sex.
B. People age 35 to 54
How did you know? A greater percentage of this group (88 percent) reported having sex in the past year than their younger
counterparts (78 percent).
3. Who refused to answer that question more often: Men or women?
A. Men
No; we got more responses from the men. Just 16 percent wouldn't tell us whether they had sex in the past year.
B. Women
Yes: More than one-fourth of the women we contacted (27 percent) wouldn't tell us whether they had sex in the past year.
4. How about income? Which group reported having had more sex?
A. People with an income of less than $40,000 a year
Less money, less sex: 60 percent of people who said they made less than $40,000 a year also said they had sex in the past
year, compared with 96 percent of people who reported making $75,000 or more.
B. People with an income of $75,000 or more a year
More money, more sex: 96 percent of people who reported making $75,000 or more said they had sex in the past year, compared
with 60 percent of people who said they made less than $40,000 a year.
5. What is more important to women: their religion or their sex life?
A. Religion
Amen to that: 68 percent of women said their religion was highly important to them, while just 47 percent said their sex life
was highly important.
B. Sex life
Nope; just 47 percent of women said their sex life was highly important to them, while 68 percent said their religion was
highly important.
6. What did the men say?
A. Religion
No. For men, 64 percent said their sex life was highly important, followed by religion being highly important (60 percent).
B. Sex life
You guessed it: 64 percent said their sex life was highly important, followed by religion being highly important (60 percent).
7. When looking for advice about sexual issues, what did nearly half of our respondents say they do?
A. Discuss sexual matters with friends and family
No, but this was the second-biggest response (23 percent); 43 percent said they discussed these issues with their spouse.
B. Search the Internet
Only 19 percent said they went online in search of answers; 43 percent said they discussed these issues with their spouse.
C. Discuss sexual matters with their spouse or partner
Bingo. People said they went right to the heart of the matter: 43 percent answered this way, followed by discussing sexual
matters with friends and family (23 percent).
D. Visit a doctor
Just 21 percent said they would opt for this; of those who said they had already spoken with a doctor, 67 percent said they
raised the topic, not their doctor, and more than half said the discussion was about a health condition that affected their
sex life.
E. Visit a library
Well, this was an option, if not a popular one: just 5 percent responded this way.
