Table 1 Sampling and demographics for studies 1 to 3.

From: Sexual partner number and distribution over time affect long-term partner evaluation: evidence from 11 countries across 5 continents

Lab Location

n

Targeted countries

Recruitment methods

Survey language

Female (%)

Mean age (SD)

Ethnicity (%)

Sexual orientation (%)

Single (%)

Study 1

UK

347

None

GP, SM, NC

English

74 (21.3%)

35.6 (10.7)

White: 291 (83.9%)

Mixed: 20 (5.8%)

Heterosexual: 347 (100.0%)

137 (39.5%)

Study 2

UK

467

UK

Greece

GP, SM, NC

English

258 (55.2%)

23.2 (6.1)

White: 438 (93.8%)

Heterosexual: 369 (79.0%)

Homosexual: 61 (13.1%)

Bisexual: 36 (7.7%)

252 (54.0%)

Study 3

Australia

284

Australia

GP, RC, FC

English

141 (49.6%)

30.5 (8.4)

White: 179 (63.0%)

East Asian: 34 (12.0%)

South-east Asian: 27 (9.5%)

South Asian: 22 (7.8%)

Heterosexual: 212 (74.6%)

Bisexual: 45 (15.8%)

Homosexual: 17 (6.0%)

143 (50.4%)

Brazil

995

Brazil

GP, SM, NC

Brazilian Portuguese

696 (69.9%)

31.1 (10.5)

White: 651 (65.4%)

Mixed (Pardo): 237 (23.8%)

Black: 58 (5.8%)

Heterosexual: 691 (69.4%)

Bisexual: 183 (18.4%)

Homosexual: 93 (9.4%)

541 (54.4%)

China (Mainland)

541

China

GP, RC, FC

Chinese

253 (46.8%)

27.1 (5.0)

East Asian: 541 (100.0%)

Heterosexual: 476 (88.0%)

Homosexual: 34 (6.3%)

146 (27.0%)

Czechia

147

Czechia

GP, SM, NC

SP, UC, NC

Czech

125 (85.0%)

26.8 (7.2)

White: 146 (99.3%)

Heterosexual: 127 (86.4%)

Bisexual: 13 (8.8%)

47 (32.0%)

Greece

262

Greece

GP, SM, NC

Greek

186 (71.0%)

28.1 (9.5)

White: 253 (96.6%)

Heterosexual: 222 (84.7%)

Bisexual: 27 (10.3%)

142 (54.2%)

Italy

175

Italy

SP, UC, NC

Italian

100 (57.1%)

29.7 (10.3)

White: 164 (93.7%)

Heterosexual: 137 (78.3%)

Bisexual: 27 (15.4%)

76 (43.4%)

China (Macau)

129

China

SP, UC, CC

English

91 (70.5%)

20.1 (1.5)

East Asian: 124 (96.1%)

Heterosexual: 94 (72.9%)

Bisexual: 21 (16.3%)

104 (80.6%)

Norway

383

Norway

SP, UC, NC

Norwegian

219 (57.2%)

20.9 (2.3)

Not collected

Heterosexual: 341 (89.0%)

Bisexual: 27 (7.0%)

257 (67.1%)

Poland

279

Poland

GP, RC, FC

Polish

141 (50.5%)

25.2 (5.0)

White: 271 (97.1%)

Heterosexual: 238 (85.3%)

Bisexual: 30 (10.8%)

111 (39.8%)

UK

1322

China

Italy

Slovakia

UK

USA

GP, RC, FC

GP, RC, FC

GP, SM, NC

GP, SM, NC

GP, SM, NC

English

Italian

Slovakian

English

English

709 (53.6%)

29.8 (11.0)

White: 1018 (77.0%)

Southeast Asian: 95 (7.2%)

East Asian: 85 (6.4%)

Heterosexual: 1159 (87.7%)

Bisexual: 104 (7.9%)

602 (45.5%)

  1. GP General population, SP Student population, SM Social media, RC Recruitment company, UC University communication, NC No compensation, CC Course credit, FC Financial compensation.
  2. For ethnicity and sexual orientation, only categories representing more than 5% of the sample are displayed.