In countries enjoying high levels of gender equality, the over 40 say they are most satisfied with their sex lives. In the global study of sexual attitudes and behaviours, people in long term relationships report having the best sex.
Austrians aged 40 to 80 claim having the highest satisfaction in love and in the bedroom. They are closely followed by the Canadians and the Swedes. Asian countries such as Japan, Taiwan and China rank the lowest. In Japan only 15% of respondents were happy with their relationships.

Respondents who changed their partners after their 40's reported having more active sexual lives than their married counterparts. According to the urologist Clive Gingell,'a majority of men and women have sex up to their 80's'Almost 80% of respondents answered that they had sex in the previous 12 months.
The doctor asserted that the social changes pushed by baby-boomers had greatly changed people's attitude to sex. As a result their sex lives had greatly improved.