Over 60s get more than you might think

• August 23, 2007
  
  
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  Contrary to popular belief, a high proportion of over 60s still enjoy an active sex life, new research reveals.
  
  A survey of 3,005 Americans aged 57 to 85 suggests that it is health rather than age that proves the largest obstacle to sex.
  
  Some 73 per cent of those aged 57 to 64 said that they were still sexually active, with 53 per cent of those aged 64 to 75 and 26 per cent of those aged 75 to 85 claiming that they still regularly make love.
  
  Of those respondents who said that they were sexually active, most said that they had sex at least two or three times a month.
  
  "There are a lot of people who feel that age is very tightly correlated with sexual activity or interest," Professor Edward Laumann of the University of Chicago, one of the report's authors, told the BBC.
  
  "But it turns out that healthy people are sexually active if they have a partner, and that this is an important part of the quality of life."
  
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