Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/333978 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 1698
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
Using representative data from Germany, this study compares the role of the Big Five personality traits in the sex life of single and partnered individuals. While extraversion has a positive influence on the sex life of both single and partnered individuals, the influence is much stronger for singles. By contrast, the positive role of conscientiousness in sexual fulfillment is stronger for partnered than for single individuals. Openness to experience and agreeableness play a positive role only in the sex life of partnered individuals. Neuroticism has a detrimental impact on people's sex life with the impact being stronger for singles than for partnered individuals. The empirical findings fit our theoretical considerations. Personality traits play different roles in the sex life of single and partnered individuals as the sexual relationships of these individuals are characterized by different time horizons.
Subjects: 
Big Five Personality Traits
Casual Sex
Singlehood
Romantic Relationship
Sexual Well-Being
Frequency of Intercourse
Family Economics
JEL: 
D91
I31
J10
J12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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