Editing Polyamory (section)

==Prevalence==
[[File:Polyamory Pride at CSD Parade Graz 03.jpg|thumb|Preparations for Polyamory Pride at CSD Parade in [[Graz, Austria]], in June 2017]]

Research into the prevalence of polyamory has been limited. A comprehensive government study of sexual attitudes, behaviors, and relationships in [[Finland]] in 1992 (age 18–75, around 50% female and male) found that around 200 out of 2250 (8.9%) respondents "agreed or strongly agreed" with the statement "I could maintain several sexual relationships at the same time" and 8.2% indicated a relationship type "that best suits" at the present stage of life would involve multiple partners. By contrast, when asked about other relationships simultaneously as a steady relationship, around 17% stated they had had other partners while in a steady relationship (50% no, 17% yes, 33% refused to answer).<ref>[http://www.fsd.uta.fi/english/data/catalogue/FSD1243/cbF1243e.pdf Finnish Sex Survey 1992] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910170542/http://www.fsd.uta.fi/english/data/catalogue/FSD1243/cbf1243e.pdf |date=September 10, 2008 }} (PDF)</ref>

The article ''What Psychology Professionals Should Know About Polyamory'' (by Geri Weitzman), based on a paper presented at the 8th Annual Diversity Conference in March 1999 in [[Albany, New York]], states that while openly polyamorous relationships are relatively rare, there are "indications that private polyamorous arrangements within relationships are actually quite common."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polyamory.org/~joe/polypaper.htm#Demographic|title=What Psychology Professionals Should Know About Polyamory|work=polyamory.org|access-date=March 26, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050409084841/http://www.polyamory.org/~joe/polypaper.htm#Demographic|archive-date=April 9, 2005|url-status=live}}</ref> They also note, citing 1983 study of 3,574 married couples in their sample that "15–28% had an understanding that allows nonmonogamy under some circumstances," with percentages are higher among "cohabitating couples (28%), lesbian couples (29%) and gay male couples (65%)." According to Jessica Fern, a psychologist and the author of ''Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy'', as of September 2020, about 4% of Americans, nearly 16 million people, are "practising a [[Non-monogamy|non-monogamous]] style of relationship".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/building-bridges-how-polyamory-made-me-a-better-friend-lover-and-person-1.4358418 |title=Building bridges: How polyamory made me a better friend, lover and person |last=Kavanagh |first=Jess |date=September 19, 2020 |website=[[Irish Times]] |access-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003180651/https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/building-bridges-how-polyamory-made-me-a-better-friend-lover-and-person-1.4358418?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Flife-and-style%2Fpeople%2Fbuilding-bridges-how-polyamory-made-me-a-better-friend-lover-and-person-1.4358418 |archive-date=October 3, 2020 }}</ref> A study by Amy C. Moors, Amanda N. Gesselman and Justin R. Garcia published on 23 March 2021 and using a sample of 3,438 individuals has shown that 10.7% of the sample were engaged in a polyamorous relationship at some point in their life, and 16.8% reported a desire to try or be in one. The study also revealed a correlation between educational background and polyamory, showing that lesser-educated male individuals were more likely to engage in or have been involved in polyamorous relationships. These findings indicate that the number of Americans who have engaged in polyamorous relationships is significantly higher than previously thought.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Desire, Familiarity, and Engagement in Polyamory: Results From a National Sample of Single Adults in the United States|last=Moors|first=Amy|journal=Frontiers in Psychology|date=March 23, 2021 |volume=12|page=619640|doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.619640|pmid=33833712|pmc=8023325|doi-access=free}}</ref>