Sexual Pleasures: Tables 6a and 6b

Table 6a

The most recent experience of masturbation by the year of survey and gender (%)


                              Year of survey
                          1971              1992

Masturbation           Men    Women      Men    Women

In the last 24 hours     3       1         4       1
In the last week        11       6        20       9
In the last month       14       9        19      15
In the last year        14      12        19      21
1-10 year(s) ago        16      14        16      16
Over 10 years ago       16       9        12      15
Never                   26      49        10      23

                       100     100       100     100
(N)                   (701)  (1318)     (846)   (813)

Table 6b

The shares of those who had masturbated (%) of men and women by their notions of the health hazards caused by masturbation


Practising masturbation:

                         Men                         Women
Does not endanger
health                    1     2     3      (N)      1     2     3      (N)

Agree absolutely         49    45     6    (544)     28    55    17    (568)
Agree somewhat           31    61     8    (232)     16    52    32    (201)
Hard to say              12    50    38    (222)      6    29    65    (261)
Disagree slightly        28    44    28     (18)      -    23    77     (22)
Disagree entirely        23    36    41     (17)      5    32    63     (19)
                                                                   

1 = Masturbated during the last month
2 = Masturbated over a month ago
3 = Never masturbated