Couples Who Use Contraception May Have More Sex

Want a better sex life? Could the secrets be contraception?

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health examined national health surveys in 47 countries. The data was composed of information on 210,000 women. Findings showed that about 90 percent of women who used contraception said they had had sex over the last month, compared with 72 percent when not using contraception, according to Reuters. 

"Contraception is a tool that can separate sex from pregnancy," said study author Suzanne Bell. "That can transform the role of sex in a relationship from just procreation to also enjoyment."

Women who were more likely to have sex during those four weeks were between the ages of 20 and 29, had more education, and wanted to wait to have children in the next two years, according to Bustle. 

"If women are not using contraception because they are having infrequent sex, my hope is that these women still have access to quality information, counseling, and commodities for the full range of contraceptive methods," Bell says. "Family planning is not one-size-fits-all, and women's preferences or willingness to accept the risk associated with unprotected sex may vary across time and partners. I would hope women have access to quality family planning counseling and services to ensure that they can meet their sexual and contraceptive needs."

The findings were presented at the International Conference on Family Planning in Nusa Dua, Indonesia.

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