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

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F21%3A00119153" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/21:00119153 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-021-02040-6" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-021-02040-6</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02040-6" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10508-021-02040-6</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Associations among Sexual Activity, Relationship Types, and Health in Mid and Later Life
Original language description
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; Mage = 69.1, SDage = 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 chronic diseases. People in marriages and cohabitation were comparable with respect to the number of chronic diseases. The findings suggest that sexual activity is intertwined with later-life relationships and sexual frequency may vary according to the relationship type. Future research may benefit from probing the extent to which partnered sex is important for maintaining bonds between older partners with separate households.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50100 - Psychology and cognitive sciences

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-25752S" target="_blank" >GA20-25752S: Partnership changes in older age</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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