American adults are having less sex, according to an analysis in JAMA Network Open.
June 12 (UPI) — American adults — particularly younger singles — are having less sex, according to an analysis published Friday by JAMA Network Open.
In 2018,31 percent of men and 19 percent of women between ages 18 and 24 reported no sexual activity in the previous year, researchers said. In 2001,19 percent of men and 15 percent of women in the same age group had no sexual activity during the previous year.
“These findings deserve attention because sexually intimate relationships are important for many — though certainly not all — people’s well-being and quality of life,” study co-author Dr. Peter Ueda, a post-doctoral researcher at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, told UPI.
The declines in sexual activity could be related to rising rates of depression and anxiety in the United States, the authors said.
