The NORC General Social Survey provides a sufficient sample base to examine the correlates of sex among the aged. The data for the older groups are put in perspective by comparison with data for younger groups, and the analysis is reported in abbreviated form. A model for controlling for important background and experience variables is applied in a standard way.
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