{"id":701,"date":"2012-04-20T16:22:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T16:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=701"},"modified":"2012-04-29T21:17:55","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T21:17:55","slug":"a-dream-job-for-65-try-sex-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=701","title":{"rendered":"A DREAM JOB FOR 65+. TRY SEX, STUDY FINDS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I had the opportunity to attend\u00a0 The Gerontological Society of America\u2019s (GSA) 64th Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston last week, and, believe me, the four-day event was packed with smart academics, scientists, and experts in the field of aging from all over the world to the tune of more than 4,000 attendees. I will share lots of good material gleaned from that heady time once I process it all. I couldn\u2019t resist, however, sharing\u00a0 this titillating study right off the bat.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Sure jobs matter and finding work that is engaging and gives purpose in one\u2019s post-retirement career is something I have spent hours interviewing people about over the last five years. I have reported and studied ways to make that transition a success, and passed along my advice. But perhaps I\u2019ve been remiss, narrow-minded.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0There\u2019s more to happiness in our next act, than meaningful work and enough retirement savings. The more often older married individuals engage in sexual activity, the more likely they are to be happy with both their lives and marriages, according to new research presented in Boston at (GSA) meeting.<\/div>\n
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This finding is based on the 2004\u20132008 General Social Surveys, a public opinion poll conducted on a nationally representative sample of non-institutionalized English and Spanish-speaking person 18 years of age or older living in the U.S. The data analysis was conducted by Adrienne Jackson,PhD, an assistant professor at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.<\/div>\n
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What\u2019s her mission? \u201cThis study will help open the lines of communication and spark interest in developing \u2018outside the box\u2019 approaches to dealing with resolvable issues that limit or prevent older adults from participating in sexual activity,\u201d Jackson says. \u201cHighlighting the relationship between sex and happiness will help us in developing and organizing specific sexual health interventions for this growing segment of our population.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Nope. We\u2019re not talking older worker job-training for new careers.<\/div>\n
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Based on the survey responses of 238 married individuals age 65 years or older, Jackson discovered that frequency of sexual activity was a significant predictor of both general and marital happiness. The association even remained after accounting for factors such as age, gender, health status, and satisfaction with financial situation.<\/div>\n
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Her findings:<\/div>\n
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