@article{doi:10.1080/00224490409552235, title = {Asexuality: Prevalence and associated factors in a national probability sample}, author = {Anthony F. Bogaert}, year = 2004, journal = {The Journal of Sex Research}, publisher = {Taylor & Francis}, volume = 41, number = 3, pages = {279--287}, doi = {10.1080/00224490409552235}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/00224490409552235}, note = {PMID: 15497056}, eprint = {https://doi.org/10.1080/00224490409552235}, abstract = { I used data from a national probability sample (N > 18,000) of British residents to investigate asexuality, defined as having no sexual attraction to a partner of either sex. Approximately 1\%(n = 195) of the sample indicated they were asexual. A number of factors were related to asexuality, including gender (i.e., more women than men), religiosity, short stature, low education, low socioeconomic status, and poor health. Asexual women also had a later onset of menarche relative to sexual women. The results suggest that a number of pathways, both biological and psychosocial, contribute to the development of asexuality. } }