The Kinsey data: Marginal tabulations of the 1938-1963 interviews conducted by the Institute for Sex Research

Abstract

The 580 tables in this volume present data collected by Dr. Alfred Kinseys Institute for Sex Research in the years 1938-63. In addition to marginal tabulations the volume includes text on the history of the Institute interviewing and sampling techniques and anticipated differences between these results and those obtained in 2 earlier volumes: Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. The present publication was prepared for 4 purposes: 1) to make the scientific community aware of the type of data the Institute possesses 2) to more adequately define the human sexuality samples used in Kinseys research on sexuality 3) to encourage secondary analyses and facilitate new approaches and 4) to clean earlier samples and more accurately process the data. Tabulations are based on a sample comprised of 6 groupings: white college-educated males (N = 4694); white non-college-educated males (N = 766) white college-educated females (N = 4358); white non-college-educated females (N = 1028); black college-educated males (N = 177); and black college-educated females (N = 223). All of these groups have been cleaned by removing individuals who were recruited from sources with known sexual bias (e.g. an organization for homosexuals). In addition data are presented from a delinquent sample a homosexual sample and a sample of those excluded from other analyses. Only the homosexual sample shares members with the other 3 categories. The data were derived from a basic interview aimed at obtaining information on demographic factors physical factors early sexual knowledge prepubertal sexual activity masturbation orgasm in sleep heterosexual petting coitus reproductive items homosexual activity animal contact and sexual responses to nontactile stimuli. Although adding to and cleaning the samples used in the 2 earlier volumes has increased the value of the data the major findings of the previous work in terms of age gender marital status socioeconomic class and sexuality remain intact.

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