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The British National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal) are some of the largest and most detailed studies of sexual attitudes and behaviour in the world. This teaching dataset contains data from Natsal-3, which interviewed 15,162 adults aged 16-74 in 2010-2012. The data all comes from the original study accessible via the UK Data Service (see SN 7799) but with changes to make it more accessible for teaching. Changes include reducing the number of variables and adding variables designed to support teaching and learning including a continuous numerical measure of sexual attitudes (derived using factor scores).

Further details about the main study can be found on the Natsal website.

The teaching dataset contains data on a wide of topics including:

• family background
• sources of sex education
• methods and sources of contraception
• sexual attraction and sex history
• fertility
• alcohol, smoking and other drug use
• relationships including relationship status and happiness
• attitudes towards sexual lifestyles and behaviours such as adultery, same sex relationships and sex in the media
• and many demographic variables