Fascinating facts about sex

[Judy39 145]

The average adult has sex 54 times a year.

The average sexual encounter lasts about 30 minutes.

About 5 percent of people have sex at least three times a week.

People in their 20s have sex more than 80 times per year.

People in their 40s have sex about 60 times a year.

Sex drops to 20 times per year by age 65.

After the age of 25, sexual frequency declines 3.2 percent annually.

After controlling for age and time period, those born in the 1930s had sex the most often; people born in the 1990s (millennials) had sex the least often.

About 20 percent of people, most of them widows, have been celibate for at least a year.

The typical married person has sex an average of 51 times a year.

“Very Happy” couples have sex, on average, 74 times a year.

Married people under 30 have sex about 112 times a year; single people under 30 have sex about 69 times a year.

Married people in their 40s have sex 69 times a year; single people in their 40s have sex 50 times a year.

Active people have more sex.

People who drink alcohol have 20 percent more sex than teetotalers.

On average, extra education is associated with about a week’s worth of less sex each year.

 

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From https://www.nytimes.com/guides/well/how-to-have-a-better-relationship

[SW_PA_Couple 4,024]

After controlling for age and time period, those born in the 1930s had sex the most often; people born in the 1990s (millennials) had sex the least often.

Wow! Who could have guessed?

[Judy39 145]

Must be due to mobile phones!

 

I find the last statement about education the most fascinating! Not necessarily surprising but still!

[cplnuswing 4,713]

I find the last statement about education the most fascinating! Not necessarily surprising but still!

 

Me too. I'm going to go with more demanding (hours wise) occupations???

[JandKinBoise 858]

When we were young, sex had this taboo, secret aspect of it that made it exciting. Constant access to porn makes sex more 'regular' to the young.

My brother conducted an experiment on his sons, who were born in the early 70s. He provided a constant supply of sexual material like Playboy and Penthouse around the house like they were the Reader's Digest. They graduated high school virgins, never married, never had kids, never thought of sex as more than an aspect of a relationship. They are also very well adjusted and successful. This thing where sex is so repressed is such a life killer. I can only imagine what I may have accomplished if I had even a fraction of the time I wasted thinking of and looking for pussy. Sex ed for me in the 60s...dont ask, dont tell.

[adamgunn 1,460]

"Sex drops to 20 times per year by age 65."

 

Yea, I'm still way above average . . .

[Numex 2,416]

Wow! Who could have guessed?

There wasn't much good on television and they couldn't afford to go out.

[GoldCoCouple 4,065]

On average, extra education is associated with about a week’s worth of less sex each year.

 

...because they have other things that they can talk about.

[Billygoat 443]

Then there are those of us who enjoy sex daily. Most times more than once a day. And then live the lifestyle....so that sex and sex play is a recreational sport. I am sure none of us are included in those statistics. It would be interesting to run the same study and age groups of those active in the lifestyle. Curious.