Men twice as promiscuous
 

Young men more likely to sleep around
Men in their early twenties are twice as likely as women to have slept with more than one partner in the past year, according to a new sexual health survey.

Some 42% of men and 20% of women aged 20 to 24 said they had enjoyed multiple sexual partners.

But men under 70 are more likely (15%) than women under 50 (12%) to have had no sexual partner over the past 12 months, according to the Office for National Statistics report.

Women under 50 are more likely to rely on the contraceptive pill (25%) than the male condom (20%). Less than 1% of women under 50 used the female condom.

The pill and condom are more popular with younger than older women.

Some 11% of women under 50 were sterilised and 18% of men under 70 said they had undergone a vasectomy.

Men were more likely to have had their sterilisation operation carried out privately, the survey, for the Department of Health, found.

During the last year, 5% of women aged under 50 used the morning after pill once, 1% used it twice, and 1% used it more often.

Figures for the survey on contraception and sexual health are similar to those seen each year since 1997-98. The survey sample was 5,129 adults interviewed between June 2002 and March 2003





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