YONKERS, N.Y., Feb 9, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Seventy-nine percent of sexually
active people responding to a survey said the financial downturn hasn't hurt
their sex lives, the U.S. survey indicates.
However, the nationally representative sample of 1,000 adults age 18-75,
conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center in January, also says
81 percent of the respondents said they avoided or delayed sex with their
partner in the past year. Fifty-three percent say they were too tired for sex
and 49 percent say they felt too sick.
Nearly 60 percent of the men in the survey said they thought about sex at least
once a day, compared with 19 percent of the women. Sixty-four percent of the men
said sex is highly important to them vs. 47 percent of the women.
Taking care of children was a slightly more common excuse among women for not
having sex -- 34 percent vs. 27 percent among men, but 30 percent of men said
work got in the way of sex, vs. 28 percent of women.
To make sure there is time for sex, some schedule it in advance. Nearly half of
the respondents say they a schedule sex, with 7 percent saying they schedule sex
using a calendar, smart phone or personal digital assistant.
No margin of error was reported.
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