French people meeting Internet acquintances for sex, during the lockdown France 2020

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 14, 2022

From the French population who spent their time without a sexual partner during the confinement period in France in 2020, due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, 30 percent of people aged 18 to 24 had met up for a sexual encounter with someone they had met on the Internet and that they did not know previous to the confinement. Only 10 percent of French people aged 35 and older reported doing so.

Percentage of French people meeting with their Internet acquintances to have sex, during the confinement period in April 2020, by age group

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Release date

May 2020

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Region

France

Survey time period

April 24-27, 2020

Number of respondents

3,045 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

French people confined without a sexual partner

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Depuis la mise en place du confinement en France le 17 mars 2020, vous est-il arrivé d’avoir des échanges avec des personnes rencontrées sur Internet et que vous ne connaissiez pas ou presque avant le confinement ?"