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Three waves of panel data from a sample of urban U.S. couples in which the wife was under 30 years of age at the first interview show that frequency of intercourse declined about 25% in a 4-year period. Declines were greatest among those with the shortest length of marriage.
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The data for the analysis were collected under a grant from the Center for Population Research, NICHD, Grant N01-HD-42804.
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Udry, J.R. Changes in the frequency of marital intercourse from panel data. Arch Sex Behav 9, 319–325 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01541357
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01541357