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What the 1999 AARP/Modern Maturity Sex Study Found…
Modern Maturity, September-October 1999
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1. "Less stress" and "more free time" are the top things
45- to 59-year-olds say would most improve their sex life; "better
health" heads the list for men 60 and older, "better health for
partner" for women 60-74, and "finding a partner" for women
75-plus.
2. Men and women 45 and older cited "close ties with friends and
family" as very important to their quality of life—more important
than "a satisfying sexual relationship."
3. Nearly 36 percent of women 45-59 (but only 10 percent of women 75 and
older) say they take hormone replacement therapy.
4. Books—not health professionals—are the number one source of
sex information reported by people 45 and older.
5. Twenty percent of all respondents report having a chronic health problem
that restricts their sexual activity, yet an alarming number (half of those
diagnosed with arthritis or rheumatism, for example) say they are not getting
treatment for it.
6. Among women with sex partners, those 75 and older more frequently
describe their partners as "romantic" than women 45-59.
7. Men think about sex more than women do: 58 percent of men say they have
sexual thoughts at least two or three times per week, but less than 20 percent
of women say they do.
8. Men and women who are free of illness and are not taking medication
report feeling sexual desire more than those who are being treated for illness
or are taking medication.
9. Men are more apt to seek treatment for problems related to their sexual
functioning than are women.
10. Of those men (one in ten) who say they tried sex-enhancement treatments,
nearly 50 percent tried Viagra, 8 percent yohimbine/yohimbe, and 7 percent
testosterone patches.
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