Sexual frequency decline from midlife to later life

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 66 B, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 502-512

  Karraker, Amelia ^a   DeLamater, John ^a   Schwartz, Christine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort analysis; Gender; Health; Linear decomposition; Sexual activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; WIDOW;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 80052627448     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbr058     Document Type: Article

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