Do older adults really have more sex?

Contrary to what many young people think, older adults are having sex and, according to recent studies, plenty of it. For those of us of a certain age, this isn’t new information.

Are married women more likely to be sexually active?

Women who were married or living with a partner were eight times as likely to be sexually active than those who were not. But what may come as a surprise to some is that 59 percent of partnered women over 60 said they were sexually active.

How many women in their 50s and 60s are sexually active?

Many women surveyed were in their 50s and 60s. Around 62 percent of the women said they’d been sexually active in the six months before the survey. Women who were married or living with a partner were eight times as likely to be sexually active than those who were not.

How often do men and women over 70 have sex?

• 54\% of men and 31\% of women over age 70 reported they were still sexually active, with a third saying they have sex at least twice a month. These figures complement earlier research in The New England Journal of Medicine that surveyed 3,005 men and women, between the ages of 57 and 85 and living in the US, about their sex lives.

What is the average age of sexual activity among older adults?

It found that the majority of older adults who were married or had intimate partners remained sexually active well into their 80s. In general, sexual activity tended to decline with age, but a significant number of men and women reported engaging in intercourse, oral sex and masturbation even in their eighth and ninth decades.

Are ‘sexual survivors’ the healthiest people in older age?

Sexually active older people are considered a curiosity, but a new survey suggests that lovemaking is often more fulfilling for ‘sexual survivors’ than those in middle age Dr David Lee says ‘sexual survivors’ are probably ‘the healthiest people in older age’.