Multi-Partner Sex

• Bombay and Lucknow lead in the acceptance of multi-partner sex as a part of modern day living
• The 30-plus age group is more open to multi-partner sex, especially if they are without children
• Friends, relatives and neighbours are the most common partners for sexual escapades
• 34 per cent agree with the concept of multi-partner sex
• 53 per cent multi-partner sex encounters see spouse participation
• One’s own house and that of the partner are the two most favoured venues for extra-marital sexual encounters

If proximity leads to extra-marital sexual encounters, then the figure below shows that it is friends, relatives, family members, and neighbours who become willing partners for sex outside matrimony. While 14 per cent of these sexual encounters are carried on in one’s own house, three per cent happen in offices and four per cent in parks and gardens.

Attitude towards multi-partner sex
Agree : 34%
Disagree : 45%
Neutral : 12&
No responsse : 9%

Possible partners for sexual relationships
Friends : 18%
Relative/family members : 13%
Neighbours : 12%
Casual aquaintances : 9%
Office colleagues- junior level : 8%
Commercial sex workers : 8%
Friend's spouse : 7%
Office colleague - same level : 6%
Spouse's friends : 6%
Office colleagues - senior level : 4%

Who initiated multi-partner sex

Venues of sexual relations with someone other than spouse

Whether spouse participated in multi-partner sex ?
Yes : 53%
No : 34%
No response : 13%

Spouse participation in multi-partner sex centrewise
Delhi : 64%
Bombay : 54%
Calcutta : 39%
Madras : 53%
Ahmedabad : 45%
Cochin : 30%
Bangalore : 38%
Lucknow : 66%