Average relationship duration and likelihood of sex again by partnership progression type (PPTs), categorised by summary partnership type identified using the Tukey method*
| Duration (months) | Anticipate having sex again | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denominators† (unweighted, weighted) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Per cent | (95% CI) | ||
| All partnerships | 14048, 13387 | 73 (10–223) | 137.2 (157.5) | 79.4 | (78.4 to–80.3) | |
| Summary partnership type: cohabiting | 6493, 8008 | 171 (79–320) | 211.2 (160.0) | 96.8 | (96.4 to 97.2) | |
| Partnership progression type | ||||||
| Living together | Living together | 978, 1247 | 172 (51–386) | 226.4 (194.4) | 95.5 | (94.0 to 96.6) |
| Steady | Living together | 3047, 3840 | 228 (108–368) | 248.4 (162.3) | 97.3 | (96.7 to 97.8) |
| Ex-steady | Living together | 32, 37 | 115 (54–214) | 152.1 (123.2) | 97.8 | (85.6 to 99.7) |
| Known a while | Living together | 1159, 1351 | 131 (67–232) | 161.4 (123.0) | 96.9 | (95.8 to 97.7) |
| Recently met | Living together | 1138, 1376 | 126 (61–214) | 154.4 (118.9) | 96.8 | (95.8 to 97.9) |
| Just met | Living together | 139, 158 | 97 (42–170) | 123.8 (107.6) | 94.2 | (84.8 to 97.9) |
| Summary partnership type: now steady | 3816, 2635 | 15 (5–38) | 36.3 (61.6) | 73.3 | (71.4 to 75.1) | |
| Partnership progression type | ||||||
| Steady | Steady | 1785, 1247 | 12 (3–35) | 32.8 (60.8) | 69.3 | (66.5 to 71.9) |
| Ex-steady | Steady | 37, 29 | 10 (4–20) | 18.8 (30.7) | 66.9 | (48.6 to 81.2) |
| Known a while | Steady | 744, 522 | 22 (10–55) | 46.6 (66.6) | 83.4 | (79.9 to 86.3) |
| Recently met | Steady | 663, 486 | 18 (8–40) | 35.4 (52.3) | 79.7 | (75.9 to 83.0) |
| Recently met | Known a while | 311, 240 | 12 (4–30) | 38.2 (75.4) | 60.1 | (53.4 to 66.4) |
| Just met | Steady | 81, 57 | 16 (5–41) | 39.2 (60.5) | 76.2 | (64.0 to 85.2) |
| Just met | Known a while | 61, 54 | 13 (7–22) | 21.4 (34.3) | 65.8 | (50.3 to 78.5) |
| Summary partnership type: casual | 3111, 2339 | 0 (0–2) | 9.0 (35.1) | 31.1 | (29.1 to 33.2) | |
| Partnership progression type | ||||||
| Known a while | Known a while | 1662, 1263 | 1 (0–10) | 14.8 (42.3) | 37.7 | (34.9 to 40.6) |
| Recently met | Recently met | 817, 662 | 0 (0–0) | 3.2 (27.8) | 29.0 | (25.5 to 32.9) |
| Just met | Recently met | 66, 53 | 1 (0–4) | 4.2 (13.0) | 50.3 | (36.7 to 64.0) |
| Just met | Just met | 444, 362 | 0 (0–0) | 0.3 (3.4) | 9.0 | (6.6 to 12.2) |
| Summary partnership type: ex-steady | 628, 405 | 38 (16–89) | 70.7 (88.0) | 45.2 | (40.5 to 50.0) | |
| Partnership progression type | ||||||
| Steady | Ex-steady | 270, 174 | 38 (16–83) | 71.3 (92.2) | 44.1 | (37.3 to 51.1) |
| Known a while | Ex-steady | 167, 117 | 41 (15–117) | 80.1 (98.1) | 52.7 | (43.3 to 62.0) |
| Recently met | Ex-steady | 149, 114 | 35 (17–84) | 60.1 (86.2) | 39.7 | (30.3 to 49.0) |
*Excludes PPT ‘ex-steady–ex-steady’, as according to the Tukey method, this PPT does not fit within any one particular summary partnership type.
†Denominators correspond to the number of partnerships (not participants).