title: Asexuality: prevalence and associated factors in a national probability sample.
abstract: I used data from a national probability sample (N > 18,000) of British residents to investigate asexuality, defined as having no sexual attraction to a partner of either sex. Approximately 1% (n = 195) of the sample indicated they were asexual. A number of factors were related to asexuality, including gender (i.e., more women than men), short stature, low education, low socioeconomic status, and poor health. Asexual women also had a later onset of menarche relative to sexual women. The results suggest that a number of pathways, both biological and psychosocial, contribute to the development of asexuality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Sciences, Department of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada. tbogaert@brocku.ca
authors.forename: Anthony F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Bogaert
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D012746:Sexual Abstinence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D019529:Sexuality / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology