A new study has revealed that single parents' sex lives are same as their non-childrearing counterparts.
The study states that single parents of young children are expected to invest in less mating effort, specifically devoting less time and energy to seeking, finding, and maintaining a sexual relationship (which can be assessed by dating and sexual behavioral measures), in part because single parents of young children are investing in more parenting effort, the Huffington Post reported.
The study added that both single male and single female parents with children younger than five years of age reported more first dates during the past three months and a higher frequency of actual sexual activity than singles with older children.
The study is published in the Journal of Sex Research.
