Survey on Women's Intimate Apparel Use as Sexual Signals in Relationships

353 women in the United States aged 25-45 in committed, heterosexual relationships completed a survey on intimate apparel use. The study by Lyndsey K. Craig examines the relationship between underwear choices, anticipated sexual activity, mate value, and relationship factors. Findings suggest women use intimate apparel to feel sexy and prepare for sex with partners.

Use Cases

• Analyzing correlations between anticipated sexual activity and intimate apparel choices based on survey responses.
• Modeling the relationship between self-reported mate value and reported underwear 'sexiness'.
• Investigating the role of relationship commitment and satisfaction on proceptive or receptive behaviors.
• Studying demographic factors (age 25-45, U.S. location) in relation to intimate apparel use.

Strengths

• Survey includes 353 participants, providing a substantive sample size.
• Data focuses on a specific demographic: women aged 25-45 in committed, heterosexual relationships in the U.S.
• 88.7% of the sample reported a history of wearing 'sexy underwear', indicating high relevance of the topic to the cohort.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the underlying dataset is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and demographic bias inherent to the specific survey sample.

Provenance

Source

Lyndsey K. Craig via paperswithcode

Collection Method

Survey data collection

Geography

United States