Sex and Money: More Time in the Sack Equals More Money in the Bank

First Posted: Aug 16, 2013 03:19 PM EDT
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Who would have guessed it that people who are having more fun in the sack are also making more money in the office?

According to a recent study, researchers analyzed data from 7,500 people ages 26 to 50 in Greece who had sex at least four times a week. Findings showed that these Casanova's made up to 5 percent more earnings than those with a lack-luster love life, according to CBS News.

In fact, study results showed that people who weren't having sex made 3.2 percent less money than those who were.

"People need to love and be loved (sexually and non-sexually) by others. In the absence of these elements, many people become susceptible to loneliness, social anxiety, and depression that could affect their working life," said study author Nick Drydakis, an economics lecturer at Angila Ruskin University in Cambridge, England in an email, via CBS News.

Drydakis adds, via an interview with the New York Daily News that "People need to love and be loved, sexually and non-sexually."

Aw, schucks. Isn't that sweet? And so scientific.  

But seriously. Making love can have a great impact on your mood and how you're feeling--whether you're banking more bulks from the effort or not. Just take a listen to what psychologist and sex therapist Robert Hatfield, PhD, of the University of Cincinnati and a spokesman for the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality has to say, via WebMD. "Many studies confirm that people who are depressed have less sex," he said. "Conversely, if you're not depressed -- 'happy,' as some might say -- you're more likely to have more frequent sex."

Ain't that the truth. 

More information regarding the study can be found in the Institute for the Study of Labor, an economic research institution in Germany.

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