Americans are having sex notably less often than they did 25 years ago, across both sexes, all ages, the country, education levels, and work statuses, finds a new study that analyzes General Social Survey data. It says in 2014, the latest data available, the average American adult had sex nine times fewer per year than the average American adult did in 1989.
Baby boomers, the highly educated, parents of school-age children, and people who do not use pornography saw the biggest declines in sex frequency. The study also finds the “marriage effect,” the pattern of much higher sexual frequency and enjoyment for married folks compared to single counterparts, seems to have diminished over the past 25 years.