Stats – Elderly & Sex

1. Britain – Sex, Health Status & Older Adults 55 to 74

‘A mixed method study integrating data and analyses from the third British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles’ – 3,343 aged 55 to 74 (no gender/sex specified) published on PLoS One online March 2019 (added December 2020) 

2. Dating App Survey of Sex & U.S. Adults 50 to 80

A Lumen (dating app designed for singles over 50) survey of 2,003 adults from 50 to 80 (no gender/sex specified) in the U.S. published in usatoday.com May 2019 (added December 2020) 

3. England – Sexual Health & Well-being – 50 to 90-plus

Sexual Health and well-being of 6,201 core English Longitudinal Study of Ageing participants (women/men) age 50 to over 90 published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior January 2016 (added December 2020) 

4. Israel – Sex & Quality of Life – Older Adults 65 to 87

Study of 203 Israeli Jews, age range 65-87; 102 men, 101 women, 136 married, 15 cohabitating, 16 divorced, 7 single, published in the online Journal of Aging Science in 2019 (added December 2020) 

5. Burkina Faso – Sex & Men – 60 to 89

Research from “Elderly Men Sexuality in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)” on the sex lives of 200 men 60 to 89 (97.71% heterosexual, 1.53% bisexual, 0.76% gay) published in the Open Journal of Urology March 2019 (added December 2020) 

6. Sexuality & Cognitive Status – 62 to 91

Some results from a study to ‘determine patterns and prevalence of sexual behavior, problems, and attitudes in individuals with different cognitive status’ of 1,682 women & 1,514 men 62 to 91 published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society September 2018 (added December 2020) 

7. Sex Lives of Women – aged 25 to 55

Healthista sex survey, in association with natural female libido enhancer Lady Prelox, of 1,300 women aged 25 to 55 on their sex lives published on healthista.com August 2018 (added December 2020) 

8. Faking Orgasms & Talking About Sex

An Archives of Sexual Behavior September 2019 study on responses from 1,008 U.S. adult women ages 18–94 (added November 2020)

9.  Sex & Older Women

A University of California-San Francisco June 2009 study of nearly 2,000 women 45 to 80 years old, published in a psychcentral.com article updated May 2019 (added June 2020)

10. Sex & Adults 65 to 80

The National Poll On Healthy Aging by the University of Michigan of 1,002 adults aged 65 to 80 in usnews.com May 2018 (added June 2020)