Associations among Sexual Activity, Relationship Types, and Health in Mid and Later Life.

ABSTRACT: Despite a growing amount of research on sexuality in mid and later life, relatively little is known about the associations among sexual activity, relationship types, and health. This paper analyzes data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) for the subpopulation of respondents residing in the Czech Republic (N = 1304, 49% women; M_age = 69.1, SD_age = 8.0). Hierarchical ordinal regression models showed that persons who stayed in newly formed or less traditional relationship types, such as dating, Living-Apart-Together (LAT) relationships, and cohabitation, reported a higher frequency of sexual activity than married people. Overall, the dating and LAT relationship group displayed the highest sexual frequency and the lowest incidence of chroni

SUBMITTER: Sevcikova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8383927 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature