US EditionStudy: Adults Having Less Sex Than Ever, Gen Z Shows Steepest Decline
Weekly sexual activity among U.S. adults fell from 55% in 1990 to 37% in 2024, linked to less cohabitation and more screen time, researchers reported.
- Based on 2024 GSS data analyzed by the Institute for Family Studies, weekly sexual activity among U.S. adults aged 18 to 64 fell from 55% in 1990 to 37% in 2024.
- Researchers point to falling cohabitation and social time, noting young adults aged 18 to 29 living with partners dropped from 42% to 32% between 2014 and 2024, while average weekly social time fell from 12.8 hours in 2010 to 6.5 hours in 2019, then to just over 5 hours by 2024.
- Married adults aged 18 to 64 report weekly sex at 46%, higher than 34% of unmarried peers, while about 24% of adults 18-29 had no sex in the past year, doubling since 2010.
- Public-health and demographic markers indicate falling sexual activity occurs amid fertility trends below replacement fertility level and a Congressional Budget Office fertility projection of about 1.6 births this year, while health outcomes linked to sexual activity suggest declines may affect wellbeing.
- The pandemic in 2020 intensified declines in sexual activity amid a 'hockey stick' pattern post-2010 linked to the Great Rewiring; researchers say the trend's continuation is uncertain.
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