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Sex, health and years of sexually active life gained due to good health
— evidence from two US population based cross sectional surveys of ageing | | Author(s) | Stacy Tessler Lindau, Natalia Gavrilova |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 340, no 7746, 13 March 2010 |
| Pages | p 580 |
| Source | www.bmj.com doi: 10.1136/bmj.c810 |
| Keywords | Sexual activity ; Middle aged ; Older people ; Good Health ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | What is the relation between health and several dimensions of sexuality, and on average, how many years of sexually active life are gained as a result of good health in midlife and later life? Sexual activity, a good quality of sex life and interest in sex were found to be positively associated with self rated health in midlife and later life, and were higher for men than for women, with the gender gap widening with age. Sexually active life expectancy (average remaining years of sexually active life) is higher for men, but men lose more years of sexually active life than women because of poor health. This study was of cross sectional design and used two samples representative of the US population: the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS, 1995-96); and the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project (NSHAP, 2005-06). There were 3032 adults aged 25 to 74 in the MIDUS cohort, and 3005 adults aged 57 to 85 in the NSHAP cohort. This a summary of a paper published on bmj.com. Professor Patricia Goodson provides editorial comment about this research elsewhere in this issue of BMJ. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100325202 A |
| Classmark | BIU: SE: B: CD: 3F * |
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