This statistic illustrates results from a survey among 40 to 70 year olds from the United Kingdom (UK) in January 2017 on how their sexual desire has changed in comparison to when they were younger. In total, 58.6 percent of respondents believed that their sexual drive has become lower.
Compared to when you were in your 20’s and 30’s, would you say that your sexual drive now is...?
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Daily Mirror, & Survation. (January 26, 2017). Compared to when you were in your 20’s and 30’s, would you say that your sexual drive now is...? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 24, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/673056/united-kingdom-uk-survey-sexual-desire-with-old-age/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Daily Mirror, und Survation. "Compared to when you were in your 20’s and 30’s, would you say that your sexual drive now is...?." Chart. January 26, 2017. Statista. Accessed January 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/673056/united-kingdom-uk-survey-sexual-desire-with-old-age/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Daily Mirror, Survation. (2017). Compared to when you were in your 20’s and 30’s, would you say that your sexual drive now is...?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/673056/united-kingdom-uk-survey-sexual-desire-with-old-age/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Daily Mirror, and Survation. "Compared to When You Were in Your 20’s and 30’s, Would You Say That Your Sexual Drive Now Is...?." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jan 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/673056/united-kingdom-uk-survey-sexual-desire-with-old-age/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Daily Mirror & Survation, Compared to when you were in your 20’s and 30’s, would you say that your sexual drive now is...? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/673056/united-kingdom-uk-survey-sexual-desire-with-old-age/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited January 24, 2025)
Compared to when you were in your 20’s and 30’s, would you say that your sexual drive now is...? [Graph], Daily Mirror, & Survation, January 26, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/673056/united-kingdom-uk-survey-sexual-desire-with-old-age/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
