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Abstract

This study revealed the prevalence of married older persons experienced physical contact satisfaction was 73.4% while 59.6% of them also reported emotionally satisfied with their sexual life. This study also provided evidence of both physical contact and emotional sexual satisfaction were higher in respondents with good self-rated health compared to respondents with fair health status. The findings indicated physical contact sexual satisfaction is significantly associated with self-rated health among married older persons. The findings from this study highlighted the important of having satisfaction from sexual activity with partner to improve health in later life.