Stats – Generations & 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. Britain – Frequency of Sex – 1991, 2001, 2012

Sex frequency of residents of Britain based on three multi-decade National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles surveys (1991: 18,876 aged 16-59; 2001: 11,161 aged 16-44 years; 2012: 15,162 aged 16-74 years) published on bmj.com May 2019 (added December 2020)

8. Britain – Women Over 40 & Sex

YOU magazine survey of 2,000 women over 40 conducted by ResearchNow and published on you.co.uk July 2018 (84% straight, 12% bisexual or bi-curious in some way, 4% acted on that curiosity and had some kind of same-sex encounter) (added December 2020)

9. India – Millennials & Sex – 2018

Video content platform Vitamin Stree October 2018 online survey among 2,500 individuals (no gender/sex specified) (235 bisexual / 66 gay) (added December 2020) 

10. 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) 

11. Sexual Imagery & Advertising

University of Georgia study of 3,232 full-page ads published in 1983, 1993 and 2003 from the February 2020 “Why Sex Sells…More Than Ever” article in businessnewsdaily.com (added November 2020)

12. Sex Trends for 2020

“Sex and the State of the Union” December 2019 survey of 1,000 U.S. adults by Lovers Family of Stores (added November 2020)

13. Sex & Intimacy

A SKYN Condom January 2020 Sex and Intimacy Survey of 2,000 nationally representative adults in the U.S. ages 18-39 (added November 2020)

14. Sexual Inactivity Among Men – 2000 to 2018

“Trends in Frequency of Sexual Activity and Number of Sexual Partners Among Adults Aged 18 to 44 Years in the US, 2000-2018” on jamanetwork.com June 2020, with more than 4,000 male respondents (added November 2020)

15. Sex and Millennials – Five Stats

A SKYN Condoms April 2018 Millennial Sex Survey of 3,938 adults ages 19 – 36 (added November 2018)