Juliet Richters

Sex in Australia: Sexual identity, sexual attraction and sexual experience among a representative sample of adults

Objective To describe the prevalence of same‐sex and opposite‐sex attraction and experience in Australia and the prevalence of different sexual identities.

Sex in Australia: The rationale and methods of the Australian Study of Health and Relationships

Objective: To describe the methods and process of the Australian Study of Health and Relationships.

Sex in Australia: Sexual difficulties in a representative sample of adults

Objectives : The Australian Study of Health and Relationships reports on sexual behaviours in a representative sample of Australian adults.

Sex in Australia: sexually transmissible infection and blood-borne virus history in a representative sample of adults.

Objective To describe the lifetime and recent history of STIs and BBV, including place of seeking treatment, in a representative sample of Australian adults.

Sex in Australia: heterosexual experience and recent heterosexual encounters among a representative sample of adults.

Objective To describe numbers of opposite‐sex partners, experiences of different heterosexual behaviours, and recent heterosexual experiences among a representative sample of Australian adults.

Sex in Australia: homosexual experience and recent homosexual encounters.

Objective To describe the prevalence and features of homosexual experience and recent homosexual encounters among a representative sample of Australian adults.

Sexual practices at last heterosexual encounter and occurrence of orgasm in a national survey

We analyzed data from the Australian Study of Health and Relationships, a national telephone survey (2001–2002) of sexual behavior and attitudes among a representative sample of 19,307 Australians aged 16 to 59. Respondents were asked whether at their last sexual encounter they gave or received manual stimulation and oral sex, had vaginal intercourse or anal intercourse, and whether they had an orgasm. Most encounters (95%) included vaginal intercourse. Of the 64 possible combinations of practices, 13 accounted for 93% of encounters: vaginal intercourse alone (12%), intercourse and manual stimulation of the mans and/or womans genitals (49%), and intercourse, manual, and oral (32%). Men had an orgasm in 95% of encounters and women in 69%. Women were more likely to reach orgasm in encounters including more practices, especially cunnilingus. Demographic and sexual history variables were comparatively weakly associated with orgasm.

Sex in Australia: contraceptive practices among a representative sample of women

Objectives : To document the use of contraception by a representative sample of Australian women aged 16–59 years.

Sex in Australia: Autoerotic, esoteric and other sexual practices engaged in by a representative sample of adults

Objectives : To describe the prevalence of a range of autoerotic and other non‐coital sexual practices among Australians.

Sex in Australia: Experiences of sexual coercion among a representative sample of adults

Objective To provide reliable estimates of the prevalence, correlates and consequences of sexual coercion among a representative sample of Australian adults.