Table of Contents

List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Prologue 1: Theoretical Background 2: The Study Design 3: Sexual Practices and Profiles of Sexual Expression 4: The Social Organization of Subjective Sexual Preferences 5: The Number of Partners 6: Sexual Networks 7: Epidemiological Implications of Sexual Networks 8: Homosexuality 9: Formative Sexual Experiences 10: Sex, Health, and Happiness 11: Sexually Transmitted Infections 12: Sex and Fertility 13: Sex, Cohabitation, and Marriage 14: Normative Orientations toward Sexuality Epilogue Appendix A: Sampling Procedures and Data Quality Appendix B: Comparisons of the NHSLS with Other Data Sets Appendix C: Text of the NHSLS Questionnaire References Author Index Subject Index

About the Author

Edward O. Laumann is the George Herbert Mead Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. He is coauthor of The Social Organization of Sexuality and coeditor of Sex, Love, and Health in America, both published by the University of Chicago Press.