Britons may be turning to sex as a cheap way to pass the time

As the credit crunch bites, Britons may be turning to sex as a cheap
way to pass the time, a charity says.

A YouGov survey of 2,000 adults found sex was the most popular free
activity, ahead of window shopping and gossiping.

The Scots were most amorous with 43% choosing sex over other pastimes,
compared with 35% in South England.
Aids charity the Terrence Higgins Trust, which published the survey,
also welcomed recent figures showing an increase in condom sales.

Around 10% respondents to the survey, carried in November, said their
favourite free activity was window shopping and 06% chose going to a
museum as the cheapest way to pass the time.

But, the sexes differed on their priorities, with women preferring to
gossip with friends while men had sex firmly at the top of their list.

Publishing the results to coincide with World Aids Day, the Terrence
Higgins Trust reminded people to practice safe sex and pointed out
that a packet of condoms costs a fraction of the cost of a night out.

Lisa Power, head of policy, said:
We're glad that people are finding ways of relieving some of their
credit crunch woes, but if there's one thing it's worth forking out
for, it's condoms.