Is intimacy or sex missing in your relationship.
There has been a rapid increase of people reporting/getting divorced in sexless relationships/marriages:
📉 Broad trends over time (especially in U.S. / Western contexts)
According to the Institute for Family Studies (IFS), using data from the General Social Survey (GSS), the share of U.S. adults aged 18–64 who report having sex weekly dropped from 55 % in 1990 to 37 % in 2024.
Among married adults (18–64), frequency also fell: in 1996–2008 about 59% had sex once a week or more; in 2010–2024 that dropped to about 49%.
For young adults (18–29), the proportion reporting no sex in the last year reportedly rose: by 2024 around 24 % said they had not had sex in the past year — roughly double the rate from 2010.
These declines have led some social scientists to coin the term “sex recession” to describe a broad drop in sexual frequency across age groups and relationship statuses.
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📊 Estimates of “sexless marriage/relationship” prevalence
Depending on the survey, age group, and definition:
Some U.S.-based sources estimate that about 15–20% of married couples report being in a sexless marriage at a given time.
According to one 2017 study cited in a health-oriented summary: among adults 18–89, 15.2% of men and 26.7% of women reported no sex in the past year; and 8.7% of men and 17.5% of women reported no sex for five years or more.
Another frequently cited (but more informal) threshold — couples having sex fewer than 10 times per year — is used to classify “sexless.” Under that, estimates often fall in the ~20% range.
📉 Broad trends over time (especially in U.S. / Western contexts)
According to the Institute for Family Studies (IFS), using data from the General Social Survey (GSS), the share of U.S. adults aged 18–64 who report having sex weekly dropped from 55 % in 1990 to 37 % in 2024.
Among married adults (18–64), frequency also fell: in 1996–2008 about 59% had sex once a week or more; in 2010–2024 that dropped to about 49%.
For young adults (18–29), the proportion reporting no sex in the last year reportedly rose: by 2024 around 24 % said they had not had sex in the past year — roughly double the rate from 2010.
These declines have led some social scientists to coin the term “sex recession” to describe a broad drop in sexual frequency across age groups and relationship statuses.
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📊 Estimates of “sexless marriage/relationship” prevalence
Depending on the survey, age group, and definition:
Some U.S.-based sources estimate that about 15–20% of married couples report being in a sexless marriage at a given time.
According to one 2017 study cited in a health-oriented summary: among adults 18–89, 15.2% of men and 26.7% of women reported no sex in the past year; and 8.7% of men and 17.5% of women reported no sex for five years or more.
Another frequently cited (but more informal) threshold — couples having sex fewer than 10 times per year — is used to classify “sexless.” Under that, estimates often fall in the ~20% range.
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