| Preventative measures |
| · | Of those people taking measures to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS, more than six in 10 (62%) stay faithful to one partner. |
| · | A quarter always use a condom with a regular partner, while 27% always use one with a new partner. |
| · | Seven per cent of people choose not to have sex, while 11% take a regular AIDS test or insist their partners take one. |
| · | Taking AIDS tests is most common with individuals in Germany (17%), France (16%), the USA and Canada (both 15%). |
| · | The number of people choosing not to have sex to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS and other STIs is highest in Malaysia (19%), the USA (16%), Turkey and India (both 15%). |
| Frequency of sex |
| · | On average, people across the world are having sex 97 times a year. |
| · | Those aged 21-34 are having sex the most - 113 times a year, compared with 70 for the over 45s. |
| · | People living together (145) have sex more often than those who are either married (100) or single (86). |
| · | The Americans have sex more than any other nation at an average of 124 times a year, followed by the Greeks (117), South Africans and Croatians (both 116) and New Zealanders (115). |
| · | People in Japan (36), Hong Kong (63), Taiwan (65) and China (72) have sex the least. |
| · | One in 10 people have never had sex. |
