2008
Seniors Report Having Satifsying Sex Lives After 70
Sex after 70 is better than ever, according to a group of Swedish researchers. Contrary to popular belief, there are an increasing number of people age 70 and older that are having good quality sex more often, with senior women particularly satisfied with their sex lives.
Nils Beckman and colleagues from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden studied four groups of men and women totaling more than 1,500 people aged 70 and older about their attitude toward sex later in life. Study participants were surveyed in the periods of 1971-1972, 1975-1977, 1992-1993 and 2000-2001 regarding information about their sex lives such as sexual dysfunction, marital satisfaction, and sexual activity.
Participants who reported having sex within the past year were considered sexually active and more seniors interviewed in the latest survey were reporting being sexually active and having a happy relationship with a positive attitude toward sex compared those interviewed in earlier surveys. According to Beckman and his colleagues, “Most elderly people consider sexual activity and associated feelings a natural part of later life.”