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Natsal-1

Natsal-1 involved a probability sample of 18,876 people aged 16-59 who were interviewed between 1990 and 1991
  • Methodology
  • Data and tables
  • Outputs

The Natsal-1 methodology is described in two books:

  • Wellings, K., Field, J., Johnson, A.M., Wadsworth, J. & Bradshaw, S. (1994) Sexual Behaviour in Britain: The National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles. London: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Johnson, A.M., Wadsworth, J., Wellings, K. & Field, J. (1994) Sexual Attitudes & Lifestyles. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications

You can download a report from a qualitative study carried out by NatCen Social Research (then SCPR) before the first Natsal survey, exploring the best language to use in the questionnaire. Links to the different sections of this report are listed below.

The Natsal-1 questionnaire is also available to download in 3 parts: (1) the CAPI (used with all participants); (2) the CASI used with men; and (3) the CASI used with women

Title page & Intro
Methodology
Methodology continued
Language and meaning
Sexual histories and current lifestyles
Sex and health
Attitudes to sex
Natsal-1 CAPI
Natsal-1 CASI for men
Natsal-1 CASI for women

The Natsal-1 results are available from two books:

  • Wellings, K., Field, J., Johnson, A.M., Wadsworth, J. & Bradshaw, S. (1994) Sexual Behaviour in Britain: The National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles. London: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Johnson, A.M., Wadsworth, J., Wellings, K. & Field, J. (1994) Sexual Attitudes & Lifestyles. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications
Papers:
Johnson AM, Wadsworth J, Field J, Wellings K, Anderson RM. Surveying sexual lifestyles. Nature 1990; 343: 109.
Wellings K, Field J, Wadsworth J, Johnson AM, Anderson RM, Bradshaw SA. Sexual lifestyles under Scrutiny. Nature, 1990: 348; 276-78. Johnson AM, Wadsworth J, Wellings K, Field J, Bradshaw S. Sexual lifestyles and HIV risk. Nature 1992; 360: 410-412