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Sex KeepsElderly Happier in Marriage

对于生活和婚姻而言，保持爱爱的已婚老年人比不再爱爱的夫妻更幸福。   

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The key to a happy marriage and a happylife in retirement? According to a recent study, one answer is sex.

Researchers mined a national dataset called the 2004 General Social Surveys. They analyzed the responses of 238married seniors, 65 and older, about happiness and sex. They did not examinethe responses of non-married seniors, a growing sexually active group.

Some of the married individualsreported no sex at all in the previous year. For those, only 40 percent werevery happy with life in general. Almost 60 percent were very happy in theirmarriage. But for the seniors who had sex more than once a month, the numbersjumped. Sixty percent were very happy with life, and 80 percent were very happyin their marriage.

The researchers say the correlationheld even when accounting for other factors that might keep seniors smiling,such as good health and financial stability. The findings were presented at theGerontological Society of America’s annual meeting in Boston.

The researchers say the informationcould help showcase the need for sexual health interventions for older Americans.So they can stay active – and active – throughout the golden years.

—Cynthia Graber

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gerontological:adj. 老年学的，老年医学的

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退休后幸福婚姻和幸福生活的关键是什么呢？研究表明，性生活就是其中一个答案。

研究人员对“2004年综合社会调查”的全国性数据集进行了深入探讨，分析了238名65岁及以上已婚老年人对幸福和性生活的反馈。他们并未调查未婚老年人的相应反馈，而这是一个不断扩大的性活跃群体。

一些已婚人士反馈，他们在接受调查前的一年内完全没有性生活，这些人中只有40%的人对生活总体上很满意，近60%的人觉得婚姻非常幸福。但对于那些每个月“啪啪啪”超过一次的老年人来说，这一比例大幅上升：60%的人对生活很满意，80%的人觉得婚姻非常幸福。

研究人员说，即使考虑了其它可能让老年人幸福的因素，比如健康和稳定的经济状况，这种相关性也依然存在。该研究结果在波士顿举行的美国老年学学会（Gerontological Society ofAmerica）年会上公布。

研究人员表示，这些信息或能体现对美国老年人性生活健康进行干预的必要性，这样他们就能在迟暮之年里始终保持活力。

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