Irish Study of Sexual Health and Relationships (ISSHR), 2006

The Irish Study of Sexual Health and Relationships (ISSHR) was commissioned by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency. ISSHR (2006) surveyed the sexual knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of Irish adults between the ages of 18-64. The primary aim of the project, as set out in the tender document, was the collection of reliable nationally representative baseline information that would: build a representative and reliable national picture of sex and sexual behaviour in Ireland measure levels of sexual knowledge among people in Ireland reliably assess national attitudes toward important constructs related to sex, sexuality, service use, etc, to examine patterns (similarities and differences) among different cohorts and patterns underlying these variations examine, explore and reliably describe the interrelationships between knowledge, attitudes and behaviours in the context of theory, sexual health promotion and policy development Key variable areas Learning about Sex; Sexual knowledge, attitudes and beliefs; First Sexual Experience; Sexual attraction; Heterosexual partnerships and practices; Most recent sexual event; Sexual problems; Sexual experience outside of Ireland and the UK; STIs and use of health care services; Demographics and personal characteristics