All those impulses and desires, for physical touch, for sex, for companionship, they're all the same. Research shows many women in their 60s, 70s and 80s have more time for sex than ever before. Credit: Getty images. Maybe it's morphed into something a bit more subtle.

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The happiest men and women in America are married couples who have sex frequently after age 60, says a report by the Rev. Andrew M. Greeley, the sociologist, priest and novelist. Thirty-seven percent of married people over 60 make love once a week or more, and 16 percent make love several times a week, Father Greeley noted in his report, based on two previous surveys involving a total of 5, people.