Only 20 percent Russians happy with their sex life
April 7th, 2012 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANSMoscow, April 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Only 20 percent of Russians are happy with their sex life, says a survey conducted by Russia’s leading opinion pollster VTsIOM.
This was, however, 12 percent more than in 1999, the survey said.
A majority of single Russians living together with their partners expressed “satisfaction” with their sex life (55 percent) and 24 percent said they were sexually “happy”.
Russian men seem to be more satisfied with their sexual relationships than women (21 and 16 percent respectively), while only four percent of the respondents said they were displeased with sex and 12 percent are indifferent about it.
Among married men and women, 19 percent are happy with their spouse and 44 percent are satisfied.
None of surveyed people said they were unhappy with the sex life, while in 1999 there were two percent sexually-unhappy people.
Apart from sex, Russians have a strong emotional response from relations with friends and relatives. One-third of the respondents (38 percent) feel happy to see their nearest and dearest, up from 12 percent in 1999.
The survey of 1,600 people from 46 regions was conducted March 31-April 1.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
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