SEX - A serious investigation into the relationship between scrapbooking and the quality of the sex life of scrapbookers and their partners

Ok - seriousness was hardly my aim. For some reason the Survey Monkey controls are not working at I have OVER 100 responses (Hoorary) but since I promised to report once I got to 100 I will now provide a preliminary report of the survey.

There have been 120 responses to the survey so far.

There were:

• 102 Scrapbookers
• 16 Partners
• 2 Nosy buggers who like to answer surveys

Of the 120 respondents:

• 102 were female
  
• 16 were male
  
• 2 Skipped the question
  

70% responded to the age question with my ambiguous response of "Didn't you know it is rude to ask a lady her age?" and I may be wrong here, but I am going to interpret this as: 70% of scrapbookers are over the age of 30.

SO we have a group, largely female over the age of 30 - a group for which we already have extensive research about sex for later comparison. What fun.

I'll be a little more formal in detailing the rest of the responses.



Scrapbooking and Sex

How long have you been a scrapper or hpw long has your partner been a scrapper

		Response Percent	Response Total
One month - I'm so confused!		0%	0
6 months - tools are accumulating		4.7%	5
12 months - I need a scrap room		14%	15
2 years - I have a scrap room		27.1%	29
3-4 years - I need another scrap room		23.4%	25
Longer (Oh dear god it's been that long?)		30.8%	33
Total Respondents			107
(skipped this question)			13

A fairly even spread across the medium to long term scrapping categories - an experienced group of scrappers you might say.


Frequency of sexual intercourse

How often did you engage in sexual intercourse with your partner before scrapbooking commenced?

		Response Percent	Response Total
Many times a day		4.7%	5
At least once a day		5.7%	6
Several times a week		37.7%	40
Several times a month		25.5%	27
About as often as we get a bill from the electricty company		3.8%	4
We have children		22.6%	24
Total Respondents			106
(skipped this question)			14

REALLY interesting is the 14 people who skipped this question! Perhaps I needed a 'singles' category.


How often do you engage in sexual intercourse with your partner since you (or they) started scrapbooking?

		Response Percent	Response Total
Many times a day (please provide photographs of layouts as proof you are ACTUALLY a scrapbooker/scrapper's partner)		0%	0
At least once a day (same evidence as above)		0.9%	1
Several times a week		20.8%	22
Several times a month		32.1%	34
Only when there is no product left in the house to scrap with		46.2%	49
Total Respondents			106
(skipped this question)			14

Quality of sexual intercourse

Scrapbookers Only: Are you satisfied with your sexual relationship since you started scrapbooking?

		Response Percent	Response Total
Yes		88.4%	84
No		11.6%	11
Total Respondents			95
(skipped this question)			25

Scrapbookers Partners Only: Are you satisfied with your sexual relationship since your partner started scrapbooking?

Response Percent Response Total Yes 31% 13 No 7.1% 3 oh god I can't even remember the last time we had a 'lay down' instead of a 'layout'. 61.9% 26 Total Respondents 42 (skipped this question) 78

It's pretty obvious that some scrapbookers were answering on behalf of their partners here - naughty naughty!

Intensity of Sexual Intercourse (Lovemaking)

9. When you do have sexual intercourse to you find it is more intense if: Response Percent Response Total A great new layout has just been finished 13% 12 There is some scrapper's block going on and sex might be the solution 33.7% 31 The scrapbooking room is finally finished 7.6% 7 The scrapbooking room has just been tidied 15.2% 14 You've just purchased a new 10 megapixel digital camera for the scrapper of the house 16.3% 15 The non-scrapping partner has just paid for a scrapbookers cruise for the scrapping partner 15.2% 14 Other (please specify) 19.6% 18 Total Respondents 92 (skipped this question) 28

Now the 'Other' category had some great responses, but we'll cover those in another post - for now I'll let you drink in the uninterpreted data before I go to work on the analysis of what it all means.