How often do married couples have sex? – healthmag.gr

While it’s usually not a good idea to compare your sex life to what other people’s sex statistics say, it can be interesting to see how often other couples have sex. For example, sometimes people believe that they have less sex than their peers, but the results of scientific studies may prove them wrong.

Other statistics can provide information about the sexual satisfaction of married couples, even relationship satisfaction and how it relates to sex.

How often do married couples have sex?

Americans in their 20s (partnered or not) have sex about 80 times a year or more than once a week, according to study of 2017. While that number decreases with age, it turns out there’s no such thing as too much sex.

While frequency of sex is linked to happiness, couples who have sex more than once a week are no happier than those who have sex every weekaccording to an analysis of three research studies studies to over 30,000 people.

Having sex once a week may be ideal, according to science. But the real ideal is what works for you and your partner.

More research looking at this sex-frequency-happiness connection noted that boosting frequency past once a week can “lead to reduction of the desire and enjoyment of sex’. In other words, it measures quality as well as quantity.

Additionally, a study of heterosexual couples published in 2017 linked husbands’ “positive attitudes” toward their wives to frequency of sex. 4 So, if you want more in bed, you can try to be more generous and offer your partner “outside the bedroom”.

A research that conducted by Durex (a condom company) in 2013 looked at some of the ways sex can promote connection and satisfaction in couples. Some results included:

• 96% of respondents said emotional connection leads to better sex
• 92% are turned on by their partner and look vulnerable
• 90% believe it is possible for sex to improve after years of being together
• 61% of women and 80% of men say “sex is very good”.

Satisfaction and interpersonal warmth matter more in a marriage than frequency of intercourse, according to sex researchers. And there is a strong connection between sex, well-being, affection and positive affect (or mood), according to research published in 2017.

Mutual respect is also important. When partners feel respected, they also report being sexually satisfied. When it comes to how their sex lives could improve, people say they are looking for more love and romance, more quality time alone with their partner, more joy and laughter, and less stress.

Couples also say they could communicate better with their partner. The answer to “what should we do to make our sex life better/have sex more often/make sex more satisfying” often starts with whether they talk to each other.

A study, published in 2019, linked better sexual communication with greater sexual satisfaction – and even fewer fake orgasms. Women who continued to fake orgasms were more likely to report embarrassment talking to their partners about sex. Additionally, more than half of the women reported that while they wanted to talk to their partner about sex, they ultimately did not, with the most common reasons being that they did not want to hurt him/her, that they did not feel comfortable sharing details, or that they were ashamed.