70: percent of college students who report engaging in intercourse with non-romantic partners52: percent of men who report engaging in intercourse with someone they do not consider a romantic partner36: percent of women who report doing the same
3.8: average number of sexual partners that 20- to 24-year-old men report2.8: average number of sexual partners for 20- to 24-year-old women
65: percent of students who report using drugs or alcohol before or during their last casual sex experience
57: percent of men who thought their last casual sex encounter was just a "one time thing"52: percent of women who thought so
3: percent of men who thought their last casual sex encounter was the beginning of a romance18: percent of women who thought so
44: percent of women in their twenties who have talked to a doctor or nurse about their sexual history in the previous three years
- compiled by Arianne Baker using data from the Kaiser Family Foundation and "No strings attached: the nature of casual sex in college students," by Grello, Welsh and Harper.
