Frequency of sexual activity

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The frequency of sexual activity of humans is determined by several parameters, and varies greatly from person to person, and within a person's lifetime.

The frequency of sexual intercourse might range from zero (sexual abstinence) for some to 15 or 20 times a week.^[1] It is generally recognized that postmenopausal women experience declines in frequency of sexual intercourse.^[2]. The average frequency of sexual intercourse for married couples is 2 to 3 times a week. ^[3]

Sexual frequency often falls off in relationships when the initial period of limerence ends, and a common belief is that frequency of sexual intercourse often falls after marriage. However, recent evidence shows that 43% of married couples have sex a few times a month, as compared with 36% of cohabiting couples.

References

1. ↑ Sexual health: An interview with a Mayo Clinic specialist
2. ↑ ACOG 2003 Poster, Sociosexual Behavior in Healthy Women
3. ↑ Varcarolis, E.M. (1990). Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. New York: W.B. Saunders Company, p. 787. ISBN 0-7216-1976-2. 

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