10453 | respondents |
| Sex of the respondents | | | male 80% (8454) | | | | female 17% (1792) | | | |
| Age group of the respondents | | | 18 - 20 years 11% (1161) | | | | 21 - 30 years 31% (3281) | | | | 31 - 40 years 29% (3081) | | | | 41 - 50 years 15% (1619) | | | | 51 - 60 years 7% (756) | | | | 61 - 70 years 2% (227) | | | | 71 or older 1% (118) | | | |
| How often have you viewed sexual images in the past month? | | | Not once, and I have never before 3% (315) | | | | Not once, but I have in the past 20% (2119) | | | | One or two times 16% (1768) | | | | Once a week 10% (1138) | | | | A few times a week 27% (2851) | | | | Once a day 9% (953) | | | | Several times a day 10% (1126) | | | |
| If you use pornography, how much time per week did you spend on it during the past month? | | | I did not use porn during the past month 11% (1195) | | | | Less than one hour 18% (1968) | | | | 1-5 hours 37% (3889) | | | | 6-15 hours 16% (1708) | | | | 16-25 hours 6% (690) | | | | 26-50 hours 3% (395) | | | | More than 50 hours 3% (337) | | |
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· The top five feelings expressed about porn |
86% | It can educate people |
72% | It offers a harmless outlet for unconventional or other private fantasies |
68% | It can lead to more open attitudes about (one's own) sexuality |
55% | It can improve relationships |
49% | It is offensive and degrading |
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· Why do you use porn? (top five answers) |
72% | To masturbate/for physical release |
69% | To sexually arouse myself and/or others |
54% | Out of curiosity |
43% | Because I can fantasize about things I would not necessarily want in real life |
38% | To distract myself |
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· Why do you think other people use porn? (top five answers) |
87% | Out of curiosity |
83% | To masturbate/for physical release |
82% | To sexually arouse themselves and/or others |
77% | To entertain themselves |
65% | Because they don't have a sexual partner |
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· If you used porn, how do you feel about this? |
80% | I am fine with my porn use |
30% | I feel bad while I'm using porn |
19% | I am fine with it, but my partner doesn't (or would not) like me using porn |
16% | I feel bad after using porn |
9% | I have tried to stop using it but I can't |
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· If you used pornography in the past, but not anymore, why do you not use it anymore? (top five answers) |
4% | Other reasons |
4% | I got bored with it |
2% | Change in life circumstances (new job, new relationship, children) |
2% | It led from bad to worse (e.g., I became "addicted") |
1% | It was starting to affect my relationships with others, my work, or other activities |
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· If you have never used pornography, why not? (top five answers) |
3% | It is offensive and degrading |
2% | I am not interested in it |
2% | It goes against my values |
1% | It violates my religious principles |
1% | It confirms stereotypes of men, women, and/or of what sex really is about |