Sociodemographic and sexual behaviour/attitudinal characteristics of British men by sexual (in)activity type (numbers are shown in per cent)
| Sexually active | Sexually inactive | |||
| Sexually inexperienced | In a relationship | Single | ||
| Age group | ||||
| 16–24 years | 15.4 | 71.6 | [[0.7]] | 9.4 |
| 25–34 years | 20.4 | [14.3] | [[2.1]] | 11.1 |
| 35–44 years | 21.4 | [[3.0]] | [[6.0]] | 11.8 |
| 45–54 years | 20.0 | [[3.6]] | [[10.8]] | 20.0 |
| 55–64 years | 14.7 | [[5.2]] | 30.7 | 24.0 |
| 65–74 years | 8.1 | [[2.4]] | 49.7 | 23.8 |
| Religion | ||||
| None | 54.5 | 45.0 | 35.7 | 50.6 |
| Christian | 38.7 | 31.8 | 59.5 | 42.3 |
| Other religion | 6.9 | 23.2 | [[4.8]] | [7.1] |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| White/White British | 88.3 | 67.9 | 92.5 | 93.7 |
| Other | 11.7 | 32.1 | [[7.5]] | (6.3) |
| Education* | ||||
| No academic qualification | 18.1 | 14.6 | 36.1 | 39.0 |
| Academic qualifications typically gained at age 16 y | 34.4 | 11.6 | 27.8 | 24.3 |
| Studying for/attained further academic qualification | 47.5 | 73.8 | 36.2 | 36.8 |
| National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification | ||||
| Managerial & professional occupations | 38.0 | [[7.2]] | 31.5 | 26.0 |
| Intermediate occupations | 17.6 | [[5.6]] | 16.5 | 12.1 |
| Semiroutine/routine occupations | 32.8 | [14.8] | 32.6 | 36.1 |
| Never worked and long-term unemployed | 4.5 | [11.8] | [18.5] | 21.4 |
| Student in full-time education | 7.2 | 60.6 | [[0.9]] | [[4.6]] |
| Quintile of Index of Multiple Deprivation | ||||
| 1 (least deprived) | 20.8 | 15.9 | 25.9 | 13.9 |
| 2 | 21.3 | 18.0 | 29.7 | 16.7 |
| 3 | 19.6 | 17.0 | [18.4] | 20.1 |
| 4 | 20.1 | 24.7 | [15.1] | 22.3 |
| 5 (most deprived) | 18.2 | 24.4 | [[10.9]] | 27.1 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | ||||
| <25 (underweight or normal weight) | 41.8 | 71.2 | 24.5 | 42.2 |
| 25 to <30 (overweight) | 39.6 | 17.9 | 43.8 | 35.0 |
| 30 or higher (obese) | 18.6 | [10.9] | 31.8 | 22.8 |
| Height | ||||
| Below average (<177 cm) | 41.2 | 44.9 | 53.8 | 50.3 |
| Average or above (≥177 cm) | 58.8 | 55.1 | 46.2 | 49.7 |
| Have felt sexual attraction | ||||
| Yes | 99.9 | 92.7 | 99.6 | 99.8 |
| No | [[0.1]] | [[7.3]] | [[0.4]] | [[0.2]] |
| Sexual identity | ||||
| Heterosexual | 97.3 | 95.3 | 99.1 | 95.3 |
| Other | 2.7 | [[4.7]] | [[0.9]] | [[4.7]] |
| Masturbated in past 7 days | ||||
| No | 50.7 | 50.9 | 74.7 | 56.1 |
| Yes | 49.4 | 49.1 | 25.3 | 43.9 |
| Number of lifetime sexual partners | ||||
| 0 | 0 | 100 | [[0.3]] | 0 |
| 1 | 12.9 | 0 | 24.1 | 15.5 |
| 2 to 4 | 23.1 | 0 | 27.8 | 33.1 |
| 5 or more | 64.1 | 0 | 47.8 | 51.4 |
| Ever paid for sex | ||||
| No | 89.0 | 100 | 88.8 | 85.9 |
| Yes | 11.0 | 0 | [[11.2]] | 14.1 |
| Denominators† | ||||
| Unweighted, n | 4888 | 406 | 235 | 516 |
| Weighted, n | 6090 | 304 | 384 | 467 |
[ ] Small numerator (between 30 and 50 participants).
[[ ]] Small numerator (<30 participants).
*Not defined when asked in interview.
†All participants (denominators vary across variables because of item non-response).