Older couples in the West more satisfied with sex

A study by the University of Chicago, billed as the first of its kind, has documented and compared sexual behaviour and related satisfaction amongst middle-aged and older people worldwide.

Here are the main points it draws out:

• Survey of 27,500 men and women aged 40-80 from 29 countries.
• Greatest sexual satisfaction in Western countries including Austria, Canada, the US, France, Sweden, and Mexico.
• Least sexual satisfaction in Taiwan and Japan.
• Somewhere in the middle are Italians, Mexicans, Brazilians, Israelis and Turkish.
• Research concluded that greater physical and emotional sexual satisfaction is achieved in countries closer to male and female equality.
• This is not true in male-dominated cultures.

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