GSS 1972-2024 Cumulative Datafile - Release 3

Do you support or oppose the following measures to deal with AIDS? 
A. Prohibit students with the AIDS virus from attending public school

Do you support or oppose the following measures to deal with AIDS? 
B. Develop a government information program to promote safe sex 
practices, such as the use of condoms

Do you support or oppose the following measures to deal with AIDS? 
C. Permit insurance companies to test applicants for the AIDS virus

Do you support or oppose the following measures to deal with AIDS? 
D. Have the government pay all of the health care costs of AIDS 
patients

Do you support or oppose the following measures to deal with AIDS? 
A. Conduct mandatory testing for the AIDS virus before marriage

Do you support or oppose the following measures to deal with AIDS? 
B. Require the teaching of safe sex practices, such as the use of 
condoms, in sex education courses in public schools

Do you support or oppose the following measures to deal with AIDS? 
C. Require people with the AIDS virus to wear identification tags 
that look like those carried by people with allergies or diabetes

Do you support or oppose the following measures to deal with AIDS? 
D. Make victims with AIDS eligible for disability benefits

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.

Was one of the partners your husband or wife or regular sexual 
partner?

If you had other partners, please indicate all categories that apply 
to them. 
A. Close personal friend

If you had other partners, please indicate all categories that apply 
to them. 
B. Neighbor, Co-worker, or long-term acquaintance

If you had other partners, please indicate all categories that apply 
to them. 
C. Casual date or pick-up

If you had other partners, please indicate all categories that apply 
to them. 
D. Person you paid or paid you for sex

If you had other partners, please indicate all categories that apply 
to them. 
E. Other (PLEASE SPECIFY)

Have your sex partners in the last 12 months been

About how often did you have sex during the last 12 months?

In the past month, have you engaged in sexual intercourse?

About how many times did you engage in intercourse during the month?

Now thinking about the time since your 18th birthday (including the 
past 12 months) how many female partners have you had sex with?

Now thinking about the time since your 18th birthday (including the 
past 12 months) how many male partners have you had sex with?

How many sex partners have you had in the last 12 months?

Now, think about the past five years--the time since February/March 
1986, and including the past 12 months, how many sex partners have 
you had in that five year period?

Now think about the past five years--the time since February/March 
[1999], and including the past 12 months, how many sex partners have 
you had in that five year period?

Have your sex partners in the last five years been

Thinking about the time since your 18th birthday, have you ever had 
sex with a person you paid or who paid you for sex?

Have you ever had sex with someone other than your husband or wife 
while you were married?

The last time you had sex, was a condom used? By "sex" we mean 
vaginal, oral, or anal sex.

The last time you had sex, was it with someone you were in an 
on-going relationship with, or was it with someone else? Remember 
that by "sex" we mean only vaginal, oral, or anal sex.