St. Petersburg Sex Survey 1996

A survey of the lifestyles and sexual habits of persons living in St. Petersburg, Russia. The topics covered included occupational life: relations with co-workers, stressfulness and independence of work and the respondent's possibility to influence decisions in the workplace. Fringe benefits, changes in them and changes in the work generally during the past 5-10 years were surveyed. Respondents were also asked about property owned and sources of income. Social networks were also studied. Questions focused on who takes care of the household work (domestic responsibilities) in the family, how close respondents feel to their near relatives, did they meet their friends less often than five years earlier and why. Respondents were asked whether they had helped relatives, friends, colleagues or neighbours in the following matters: to get a job, find inexpensive food, acquire durable goods, get medicine or receive medical treatment, acquire or renovate a house/flat etc. Membership in groups, associations, voluntary organizations and church were charted, likewise political attitudes and political interest. Respondents were asked whether they had had problems with the authorities for political, ethnic or religious reasons. Respondents rated the importance of certain factors (e.g. hard work, wealthy family, good education) for succeeding in their society at the time of the survey and 10-15 years earlier. Lifestyles were covered with several questions about leisure time habits and readership of newspapers. Smoking, alcohol consumption, use of hygiene and beauty products, respondents' general state of health, satisfaction with life, exercise habits, height and weight were surveyed. One topic pertained to respondents' childhood home. The survey contained data on respondents' sexual life and sexual morality. Questions covered sex education, current steady relationship and its happiness. Respondents were asked whether it was easy to talk about sex with parter and friends and whether they loved or were loved by someone. The survey also carried a set of attitudinal statements relating to women's right to take sexual initiative, homosexuality, casual affairs, abortion, prostitution, sex between young people. Sexual harassment and affairs in the workplace (office affairs) and their consequences were studied. Some questions focused on contraception use at present and 5-10 year before and problems connected with acquiring and using contraception. Respondents were asked about their most recent sexual intercourse (time of occurrence, position), how satisfactory sex was on the whole and whether they would like to have more sex. The total number of sexual partners and the age of first intercourse were queried. Other questions pertained to reaching orgasm/climax, experiences of oral sex or masturbation, sexual interest in the same sex and casual affairs outside the steady relationship (extra-marital affairs). Background variables included, among other, respondents' sex, marital status, age, nationality, number of marriages/cohabiting unions, education, occupation, second job, main activity, employer sector, employment type, number and ages of children, children's school, housing tenure, household characteristics, duration of residence in St. Petersburg, occupation of parents and age, nationality and occupation of the spouse/live-in partner.

对居住在俄罗斯圣彼得堡的人们生活方式和性行为的调查。调查内容涵盖职业生活：与同事的关系、工作的压力与独立性以及受访者在工作场所影响决策的可能性。对过去5-10年间福利待遇的变化以及工作环境的一般变化进行了调研。受访者也回答了他们拥有的财产和收入来源。同时，对社交网络进行了研究。问题集中于家庭成员中谁负责家务（家庭责任），受访者对其近亲的亲近感，他们是否比五年前更少地与朋友见面以及原因。受访者还被问及他们是否在以下事项上帮助过亲戚、朋友、同事或邻居：找工作、寻找价格低廉的食物、购买耐用消费品、获取药品或接受医疗服务、购买或翻新房屋/公寓等。对加入团体、协会、志愿者组织和教堂的情况进行了记录，同样还有政治态度和政治兴趣。受访者还被问及他们是否因政治、种族或宗教原因与当局有过冲突。受访者对某些因素（例如：勤奋工作、富裕的家庭、良好的教育）在调查当时及其10-15年前对其社会成功的重要性进行了评估。生活方式部分通过关于休闲时间习惯和报纸阅读习惯的几个问题进行了探讨。对吸烟、酒精消费、卫生和美容产品的使用、受访者的整体健康状况、对生活的满意度、锻炼习惯、身高和体重进行了调查。有一个话题涉及受访者的童年家庭。调查还包含了受访者性生活及性道德方面的数据。问题涵盖了性教育、当前稳定关系及其幸福感。受访者还被问及是否容易与伴侣和朋友谈论性，以及他们是否被爱或爱着某人。调查还包括了一系列关于女性有权利采取性主动、同性恋、一夜情、堕胎、卖淫、青年间性行为的态度陈述。对职场性骚扰（办公室事务）及其后果进行了研究。一些问题集中在目前和5-10年前避孕的使用，以及获取和使用避孕的相关问题。受访者还被问及他们最近一次性行为（发生时间、姿势），总体上性是否令人满意，以及他们是否希望有更多的性行为。还询问了性伴侣的总数和首次性行为的年龄。其他问题涉及达到高潮/顶峰、口交或自慰的经历、对同性恋的兴趣以及稳定关系之外的一夜情（婚外情）。背景变量包括，但不仅限于，受访者的性别、婚姻状况、年龄、国籍、婚姻/同居伙伴数量、教育、职业、第二职业、主要活动、雇主行业、就业类型、子女的数量和年龄、子女的学校、住房租赁、家庭特征、在圣彼得堡的居住年限、父母的职业及其年龄、配偶/同居伴侣的国籍和职业。