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A happy foreign couple
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With pressure from families and careers, a staggering 30 percent of middle-aged couples give up on sex, according to a new survey.
The survey, the first of its kind to measure intimacy between middle-aged couples in China, was conducted by American pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly Company and China Population Communication Center.
Interviewing 32,906 people in 10 big cities including Beijing and Guangzhou, the poll found that middle-aged couples in the Chinese mainland seldom communicate in their daily life, and often rate their sex lives poorly.
The survey suggests that the major problems affecting marriages are lack of communication, arguments and unsatisfactory sex.
While 46 percent of respondents said they believe a satisfactory sex life promotes intimacy between couples, most couples admitted that their sex life has deteriorated since their wedding.
Around 45 percent of couples said that the husband has sexual dysfunction. Of those, 76 percent said they feel frustrated.
Specifically, 30 percent of middle-aged couples and 25 percent of couples younger than 30 have given up sex altogether as a result of physical or psychological problems related to stress.
Many couples also said they were frustrated at the lack of day-to-day intimacy in their lives.
According to the survey, 41 percent of middle-aged couples only kiss and cuddle at home when their children are not around.
About 25 percent only want to mind their own business when they are left alone, either just talking or not communicating at all.
The older the couples are, the less likely they are to communicate or act intimately, found the survey.
Another notable finding was that family responsibilities often lead to a decrease in communication - 37 percent of respondents said pressure from concerns over their children's education, caring for parents or finances had led to less communication with their spouse.
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(China Daily)
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一項最新調查顯示，竟有30%的中年夫婦因家庭和工作的壓力，而放棄了性生活。
這項針對我國中年夫妻親密狀況的首次調查是由美國禮來藥物制造商和中國人口宣傳教育中心聯合開展的。
此調查對北京、廣州等10個大城市的共32906人進行了訪問，結果發現，大陸的中年夫婦缺乏日常交流，而且對性生活的滿意度也較低。
調查表明，影響婚姻質量的主要問題在于缺乏溝通、爭吵以及性生活不和諧。
46%的受訪對象認為令人滿意的性生活能夠使夫妻倆更加親密，而大多數夫妻則坦言婚后性生活越來越糟糕。
約45%的受訪者說丈夫患有性功能障礙，其中76%的人稱對此感到很失落。
30%的中年夫婦以及25%年齡在30歲以下的夫婦因由壓力所導致的生理和心理問題，完全不過性生活。
此外，很多夫婦說他們對日常生活中缺乏親密行為感到失望。
據調查，41%的中年夫婦僅在孩子不在家的時候接吻或擁抱。
約25%的夫婦在這種時間里各做各的事，要么互相說說話，要么根本不交流。
調查發現，年齡越大的夫婦互相交流的越少，而且所做的親密行為也越少。
另一個重要發現是家庭責任通常是導致溝通減少的主要原因。37%的受訪者稱教育孩子、照顧老人以及經濟問題等造成的壓力是導致和伴侶之間交流減少的主要原因。
（英語點津姍姍編輯）
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