Almost 60% of those aged over 50 are sexually active

Love is in the air and it’s not just the young ones who are at it, as a groundbreaking study has found most adults aged over 50 in Ireland are sexually active.

Almost 60% of those aged over 50 are sexually active

Love is in the air and it’s not just the young ones who are at it, as a groundbreaking study has found most adults aged over 50 in Ireland are sexually active, writes Evelyn Ring, Irish Examiner.

Latest findings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (Tilda) at Trinity College Dublin, released for St Valentine’s Day, reveals that almost 60% of adults aged over 50 are sexually active. One third (33%) of sexually-active adults have sex once or twice a week, and more than one third (36%) are sexually active once or twice a month.

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