Sex & Relationships

Fewer US men paying for sex

Fewer US men have paid for or been paid for sex than in years past, polls show.

In a string of surveys between 1991 and 1996, nearly 17 percent of men said they had ever paid for or received payment for sex; that fell to 13.2 percent between 2006 and 2012, the Los Angeles Times reported. Last year, that number hit the lowest point since the question was first asked — 9.1 percent — though statisticians caution the unusually small number could be a fluke.

It was unclear wither the results were because fewer men were paying for it — or fewer were willing to admit they paid for it.