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A study--known as the 1991 National Survey of Men--was based on what its authors describe as a "nationally representative" sample of 3,321 US males ages 20 to 39. The survey was conducted through interviews done in 1991. It is one of just a few large-scale studies on the topic. The study's most controversial aspect was its finding that only 2 percent of the men it surveyed reported having had sex with other males during the past 10 years, and that just 1 percent indicated that over this time their sexual partner(s) had been exclusively male. Many reacting to the study pointed out that this finding places the survey at odds with other estimates. For example, one study has placed the percentage of men who engage in sexual behavior exclusively with other men as high as 10 percent