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Sexuality: Measures of Partnerships, Practices, Attitudes, and Problems in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Study
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Objectives The National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) was designed to examine the relationship between sexual behavior, sexual problems, and health among older women and men. We describe measures of sexual partnerships, sexual practices, sexual problems, attitudes toward sex, and nonsexual intimacy in the first wave of NSHAP. Methods We compare measures of sexuality for those 57-85 years old, by age, separately for men and women. We construct scales of sexual mores, sexual interest, and relationship satisfaction and discuss properties of each scale. Results Sexuality among older adults tends to vary with age and gender. At all ages in this study, men are more likely than women to have a partner, more likely to be sexually active with that partner, and tend to have more positive and permissive attitudes toward sex. The proportions in a sexual partnership, behavior, problems, and attitudes all differ substantially by age. And these age patterns often differ for men and women. Discussion Data obtained in the NSHAP can be used to construct key measures of sexuality among older adults; to examine sexuality itself; and to explore the link between sexuality, health, well-being, and other dimensions of the lives of older adults.
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- Authors
- Waite, L. J., Laumann, E. O., Das, A., & Schumm, L. P.
- Affiliations
- University of Chicago (US)
- Venue
- The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2009-06-04
- Volume
- 64B
- Issue
- Supplement 1
- Pages
- i56-i66
- ISSN
- 1079-5014 (ISSN-L)
- 1758-5368
- PMC
- PMC2763521
- OpenAlex
- W2159010740
- Cited by
- 278
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 6.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- The Journals of Gerontology Series B (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (P30AG012857, R01AG033903, R37AG030481, R01AG021487)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Marriage and Sexual Relationships
- Keywords
- sexuality, older adults, sexual partnerships, sexual practices, sexual dysfunction, sexual attitudes, sexual mores, sexual interest, relationship satisfaction, gender differences, age differences, scale development
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Attitude, Cross-Sectional Studies, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Female, Health Status, Health Surveys, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Sexual Behavior, Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological, Sexual Partners, Social Behavior, Social Change, Social Values, United States
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