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1. During this last month, how often would you have liked to engage in sexual activity with a partner (for example, touching each other’s genitals, giving or receiving oral stimulation, intercourse, etc.)?1. During this last month, how often would you have liked to engage in sexual activity with a partner (for example, touching each other’s genitals, giving or receiving oral stimulation, intercourse, etc.)?

Not all all

Once a month

Once every two weeks

Once to twice a week

3 to 4 times a week

Once a day or more

2. During this last month, how often have you had sexual thoughts involving a partner?2. During this last month, how often have you had sexual thoughts involving a partner?

Not at all

Once a month

Once every two weeks

Maybe once or twice a week

At least 3 times a week

Once a day or more

3. When you have sexual thoughts, how strong is your desire to actually engage in sexual activity with a partner?3. When you have sexual thoughts, how strong is your desire to actually engage in sexual activity with a partner?

I'm actually not very interested in that

I could take it or leave it

If my partner was here, I'd probably go for it

I really wish my partner was here so we could get going

4. When you see a person that you find sexually attractive , how strong is your desire to act on it?4. When you see a person that you find sexually attractive , how strong is your desire to act on it?

I really don't feel any sexual desire

I might think about sex fleetingly, but it quickly disappears

I will think about it on and off for a day or two

I will often fantasize about the person and sometimes masturbate thinking about them

5. When you are in romantic situations (such as a candle-lit dinner, a walk on the beach, etc.), how strong is your sexual desire?5. When you are in romantic situations (such as a candle-lit dinner, a walk on the beach, etc.), how strong is your sexual desire?

I like the romance, but I don't particularly want sex

I get turned on and hope it will lead to a sexual encounter

6. Compared to other people of your age, how would you rate your desire to behave sexually with a partner?6. Compared to other people of your age, how would you rate your desire to behave sexually with a partner?

Very low

Maybe a bit lower than others

I think I am probably about the same as other people

I think I’m more interested in sex

7. During the past 2 months, how often have you masturbated (including touching your genitals for pleasure, inserting something into your vagina, or attempting to have an orgasm)?7. During the past 2 months, how often have you masturbated (including touching your genitals for pleasure, inserting something into your vagina, or attempting to have an orgasm)?

Not at all

Once a month

Once every two weeks

Once to twice a week

3 to 4 times a week

Once a day or more

8. How strong is your desire to engage in sexual behavior by yourself?8. How strong is your desire to engage in sexual behavior by yourself?

I rarely/never think about masturbating or touching myself pleasurably

I think about masturbating quite a lot

9. How long could you go comfortably without having sexual activity of some kind, either by yourself or with a partner?9. How long could you go comfortably without having sexual activity of some kind, either by yourself or with a partner?

Probably a year

Maybe a few months

About a month

Not longer than 2 weeks

I’d like to have sexual activity at least once a week

I’d like to be sexual a few times a week

10. When I see a sexy movie or read a sexy book, I...10. When I see a sexy movie or read a sexy book, I...

Skip through the sex scenes--I think they are boring

I find them fun to read but they don’t turn me on

I have a fleeting sense of being turned on, but it doesn’t last

I get turned on and I like to revisit those scenes to turn myself on more at other times

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Source: This inventory was originally published in “The Sexual Desire Inventory: Development, Factor, Structure, and Evidence of Reliability,” by I. P. Spector, M. P. Carey, and L. Steinberg. 1996, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 22, 175-190.

Last updated: April 2021