How often do married couples in their 70s make love?

How often do married couples in their 70s make love?

Frequency of Sex Among Married People in their 60s and 70s According to the National Poll on Healthy Aging, University of Michigan: About 40 percent of married and single adults in this demographic report being sexually active (sexually active adults were identified as having sex at least several times a year).

How many 70 year old men are sexually active?

Men have to accept many changes as they age — less hair, less muscle — but less sex doesn't have to be one of them. In fact, 54% of men over age 70 are still sexually active, according to research in the January 2016 issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior.

How often do 75 year olds make love?

They found that 53 percent of participants ages 65 to 74 had sex at least once in the previous year. In the 75-to-85 age group, only 26 percent did. (Lindau notes that a major determinant of sexual activity is whether one has a partner or not — and many older people are widowed, separated or divorced.)

How often do 75 year old married couples make love?

The researchers found that almost a third of these older men were sexually active at least once a year -- including about 1 in 10 men aged 90 to 95. What's more, many older men who are sexually active say they'd love to be having more sex.

How many times a week do 70 year olds make love?

In the New England Journal of Medicine study, though just over a quarter of participants ages 75 to 85 said they had sex in the last year, more than half that group had sex at least two to three times a month. And almost one-quarter of those having sex were doing it once a week — or more.

How often do 70 year old married couples make love?

Similar findings emerged in a survey conducted by the National Council on the Aging (NCOA). The study found that nearly half of all Americans age 60 or over have sex at least once a month and that nearly half also wanted to have sex more frequently.