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Kinsey data on the number of people who declare themselves "poly" shows the number expands until about the age of 30, and then contracts sharply from then on. Why do you suppose this is so? What might it say about the motivations of the polyamorous?

Date: 2011-09-27 03:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maggiedacatt.livejournal.com
I would be interested in whether this is static or longitudinal data.

If it's cross-sectional data, the data could be due to aging (all 30 year olds go through this), or it could be generational (THESE 30-year-olds go through this, as a function of the cultural milieu in which they grew up/find themselves). You could expect this pattern if, say, sexual norms became more liberal over time, peaked in the late 70s / early 80s, then something (*coughAIDScough*) caused them to start swinging back toward the conservative end of the spectrum.

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