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

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Stacy Jo Dixon,
May 21, 2025

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, ** 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 ** percent of French people aged 35 and older reported doing so.

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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

Region

France

Survey time period

April 24-27, 2020

Number of respondents

3,045 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

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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 ?"

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