Only 42 percent of Chinese who took part in an international survey said they were satisfied with their sex life, according to annual research released by condom maker Durex yesterday.

The 10th such survey about sexual attitudes and behavior covered more than 26,000 people from 26 countries, the Information Times reported today. There was no information about the total number of Chinese taking part in the survey.

The research revealed that Chinese men were more satisfied with their sex lives than were women -- 46 percent of men said they were happy but only 35 percent of women agreed.

The survey also found that the frequency of sex for Chinese people was about 122 times a year, higher than the global average of 103, the report said.

Greece is the most sexually active country in the world reporting they have sex on an average of 138 times a year. Japan is the least active with an average of 48 times, the report said.

The duration of sex among all the surveyed Chinese was 20 minutes, two minutes longer than global average.

However, only about 24 percent of the surveyed Chinese said they usually reached orgasm when having sex, only half the global average of 48 percent, the report said.

Sixty percent of the Chinese in the survey said that they were longing for more love and care and 44 percent hoped to spend more time with their partners alone.

To improve their sex life, almost half of the surveyed Chinese said they needed to communicate better with their partners and 45 percent said they were considering adding some fun to their sex lives.

Durex, the world's biggest condom maker, said it will release more statistics about the worldwide research over the next 18 months.

(Shanghai Daily April 19, 2007)