London – The better your sex life, the more you’ll earn, according to a study.
Employees who have sex two or three times a week earn 4.5 percent more than those who have sex less often.
And workers with health problems who are sexually active earn 1.5 percent more than those with similar ailments who are not sexually active.
Researchers looked at responses from 7,500 people to a behavioural study by universities in Greece to analyse the effect of sexual activity on wages.
Study leader Dr Nick Drydakis, of Anglia Ruskin University, said: ‘Celibacy results in lower wages, as well as lower wages leading to less sex… the happier and more fulfilled individuals are in their lives, the more productive and successful they will be in their work, translating to higher wages.
‘People need to love and be loved, sexually and non-sexually... In the absence of these elements, people may become susceptible to loneliness, social anxiety and depression – all factors that can affect their working life.’
The study, to be published in the International Journal of Manpower, also found those with health problems had less sex.
Workers taking medication were 5.4 percent less sexually active, those with diabetes 2.4 percent less and those with arthritis and rheumatism 3.9 percent less.
Daily Mail