Poll: Sexual Experiences

whoa.. i could explore this data for hours.

Great data!

FYI: Serious concerns have been raised about this data by researchers, specifically:

"* the survey is run online which doesn’t make it accessible and certainly not globally representative
* countries included in the survey are more likely to be Westernised, developing countries are less likely to be represented
* it is unclear how the questionnaire is put together and it doesn’t appear to be based around existing evidence
* the survey doesn’t appear to have any ethical approval
* the aim of the survey is to promote a product rather than an independent study of sexual behaviour, so there is a conflict of interest with the Durex research
* data from the survey are not analysed, only presented as lists of percentages
* although data is collected on a yearly basis, analysis is not completed across different years to measure any change
* results from the Durex study are only published on their website and in the press – not in any peer reviewed journals
* other academics, practitioners or researchers studying sexual health do not use data from the Durex study"

Additionally, Durex told Dr. Petra Boynton that "...the data was “good” in that “the media really like it” although they admitted “it is distinctly lacking in anything authoritative or credible”."

Source: Dr. Petra Boynton