Sex Survey
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Weighting description

The survey was found to be representative of the approximately 1.3 million South African metropolitan adults (aged 20+) who earn more than R2500 per month and who have a minimum educational qualification of matric.

 

We've separated the male and female responses so you can see how men and women have responded to each question differently.
Male % What is your biological sex? Female %
95.43 Male % 4.44
0.61 Intersex % 0.21
3.96 Female % 95.35
Children
Male % How old is your oldest child? Female %
37.41 Do not have children 34.18
4.03 <=1 3.08
12.57 2-5 years 11.91
11.34 6-9 years 8.81
8.90 10-13 years 9.09
7.87 14-17 years 9.03
17.88 18 or older 23.88
Male % To your knowledge, are any of your children under 16 sexually active? Female %
37.94 I don't have any children 35.42
58.93 No 61.72
3.13 Yes 2.86
Opinions on issues involving sex
Male % What do you believe the age of consent for girls having sex should be? Female %
0.12 12 0.04
0.29 13 0.12
0.58 14 0.36
0.89 15 0.63
21.23 16 15.52
3.59 17 3.71
33.45 18 29.01
39.71 over 18 50.61
Male % What do you believe the age of consent for boys having sex should be? Female %
0.33 12 0.09
0.33 13 0.19
0.89 14 0.29
0.82 15 0.85
22.14 16 15.02
3.39 17 3.61
32.73 18 29.73
39.00 over 18 50.20
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