Sex-Over-60 Poll Paints Romantic Sunset
More than a third of American married men and women over age 60 and 10% of those over age 70 make love at least once a week, a study said Tuesday.
“The empty nest may actually be a love nest,” said the Rev. Andrew Greeley, a sociologist and novelist who wrote the report from the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.
The study found that 37% of married people over 60 make love at least once a week and 16% several times a week.
It also found that 40% of those in their 60s and 20% of those in their 70s said they enjoy undressing for their spouses.
The findings were based on two national opinion polls: a telephone survey of 1,314 people conducted by the Gallup polling organization and the annual General Social Survey by the National Opinion Research Center, in which 4,424 people were interviewed in person.
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