How many people over 70 years of age are still having sex? How often and is it still good?

Answer 1

hi there I seen a show where the woman wanted more out of her husband but he could not gave her more cause 3 times a week was too much for him. another couple married for 50 years again a woman he could not please her desires the lady said I am old but still am spice up.it has no limites unless it is cause by some type of illness.



How Often?
If you're having sex about once a week, you're right in there with most of us. The GSS indicates that most U.S.adults are having sex about once a week—58 episodes per year to be exact. In Smith's own analysis, titled "American Sexual Behavior", it appears that this number has been fairly consistent since 1988. And we aren't wasting much time either—the average encounter lasts about 30 minutes.

The research confirms what we might already guess: the number of sexual encounters declines with age. Fairly consistent frequency is the case when we're in our 20s and early 30s. Then, it drops about 20% a decade through age 64. Once we can start collecting social security, it really plummets. Americans aged 65–74 have a 60% drop, followed by another 50% for those over 75.

In terms of numbers, Smith's analysis suggests that the average frequency for Americans aged 18–39 is 84 times per year, declining steadily to about 63 times per year for those in their 40s. And for those over 70, it's about 10 times per year.

So, Who's Having the Most Sex?
Who's having the most sex? This survey indicates that it's 25-year old, high-school educated, married, extremely left- or right-leaning, Catholic jazz fans, who earn $10,000 a year and smoke and drink regularly. Robinson and Godbey's analysis shows that membership in any of these groups is correlated with above average sexual frequency.

Their analysis also shows that 15% of adults are having half of the sexual encounters. And slightly more than 40% are having over 85% of them. A small, but active, 5% report having sex at least three times a week. And it isn't just the people with lots of spare time and energy. Those people who work a 60-hour (or more) week have about 10% more sex on average.

Guessing that married people, particularly those with pre-school children, have less sex on average? Wrong. They still report more sex than single people or those who work fewer hours. Not surprisingly, the report suggests that the regular availability of a partner explains why married people have more sex than singles. But Smith points out another demographic truth, "Unmarried people accumulate more sexual partners than married people do."

Know a devoted jazz fan? Chances are that person is having more sex than the rest of us. Robinson and Godbey's report finds that jazz aficionados are 30% more sexually active than other people. Even better if you're Jewish or agnostic: both of these groups are 20% more active than their Christian counterparts.

Extreme liberals are having more sex than extreme conservatives. But the GSS indicates they are both having more sex than political moderates and much more than those who classify themselves as conservative or slightly conservative.

Americans with the lowest income don't let the lack of money get in the way: this survey suggests that they have more sex to compensate. Joining them, but at the other extreme of the income curve, are those whose incomes are in the top one-tenth: they average about 5% more sexual frequency.

Those who participate in the extracurriculars of life report more sex, too. So, even if you're working more than 60 hours a week, when you throw in participation in social and sporting activities, sexual frequency is still above average. And this is true even when the favored activity is watching TV!

Engaging in either smoking or drinking is linked to more sex. Smokers report a 10% increase in activity; drinking 20%. And those who do both have twice as much sex as someone who does neither.

Who Isn't?
Twenty percent of American adults—one in five—have been celibate for over a year. Most of the people in this group are widows or older women. Women especially seem to be less sexual active with age. After 55, women report a 50% drop in activity. After 75, activity falls 90% or more. A very small group of people over 75 are having most of the sex in their age-group: 8% have 85% of all activity.

The more education one has, the fewer the sexual episodes. While it isn't a drastic reduction—on average about 50 encounters a year—Robinson and Godbey's analysis indicates that those with high school diplomas and a few years of college have the most sex.

Those who attend church regularly report less sexual activity, too. But Catholics are more sexually active than Protestants on average (with Presbyterians and Lutherans reporting less sex than Baptists).

American Sexual Behavior , Smith's own analysis, which is drawn on GSS data and the work of other social scientists, provides other findings:


Frequency is greatest among the currently married. The never-married and divorced have lower rates. The widowed have by far the lowest rates.
The frequency among married people is about 111 times/year for those under 30 to about 15 times/year for those 70 and older.
While 7% of married couples haven't had sex within the last year, about 16% haven't in the last month.
Even among couples who rate their marriages as very happy, frequency of intercourse declines with age.

Scientific studies suggest that extramarital relations (affairs) are less prevalent than pop and pseudo-scientific accounts contend. His work estimates that 3-4% of currently married people have had an affair in the last year; and about 15-17% ever have. Those aged 40–49 have the highest rate: 21% report ever having an affair.

Smith points out another demographic fact, "Among married people, men do report a higher level of extramarital relationships than women do." The rate is twice as high for men as women. In 1996, about 5% of men and 2.5% of women reported having an affair within the last year. The figures for ever having an affair are 22% vs. 14%.

Answer 2

If your wife ever did have an interest in sex with you, you CAN get it back, so forget about looking elsewhere. That is just asking for major trouble. There are many possible reasons why she is not interested. Some could be because of you and some could have nothing to do with you. But you are going to have to take the initiative here and find out what the problem is and either fix it or help her fix it.Believe me: it CAN be fixed. Here are just SOME of the POSSIBLE reasons: she is depressed. She is run-down and exhausted and over-worked. She is taking some kind of medication, such as an SSRI which as a side effect takes away her libido (there are other meds she could take instead). She no longer finds you attractive because you have gained weight or no longer attend to personal grooming, or you no longer pay attention to dressing in style. You know long act stud and decisive around her, you allow her to push you around, rather than taking a stand. You no longer pay attention to her, noticing the things she tries to do to look good (or maybe stopped doing because you didn't notice). You lay around watching TV instead of doing fun things with her and the kids. You spend all your time with the guys. You are a mean bully and you boss her around. You are rough and scary to her and the kids, in other words, abusive, a bully in the physical sense, and ought to be arrested, only she is dependent on you and so she doesn't call the cops. She is involved with some other guy at work. She is just too busy and interested in other things. You and she have gone down divergent roads and have turned out to be different people than who you thought you were when you married. In that case, the answer would be divorce, but NOT CHEATING!!!

Answer 3

Sex Over 60

Answer 4

Sex Frequency By Age

Answer 5

I can't answer that question, since I am not yet 60.

However the largest retirement community in the USA is called the Villages, which are located about an hour or so north of Orlando.

And the clinics there report a very high incidence of STD's.

The highest in the country in fact.

Its worse than Las Vegas on a per capita basis.

So I trust that answers your question.

Pastor Art

Answer 6

Some of you think that sex is just for the young & beautiful. I say...........GROW UP! In real life sex & hopefully romance has no restrictions. And remember...you too will not remain young forever. You are old longer than you are young. And some of you young people are real prude's. Plus, you're not all pretty.

Answer 7

I am 62 and my partner is 71, we make love 3 to 5 times a day We have fun.

Answer 8

It's still good at 55..I'll let ya know when I hit 70!!

Answer 9

75 and still going strong .we **** or suck about once a week...had a third man who used to have sex with mmf he has moved miss the good threesomes she still very good at sex.

Answer 10

I AM STILL HAVING SEX AND ENJOYING MASTURBATION IN BETWEEN.

Answer 11

well for sure they are a few out there in that age that still do it. but rarely only a few do it. as in Rarelyyyyyy Rarellyyyyy out there.