Here at the results of a TER poll from awhile back:

WHAT AGE DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A PROVIDER
23%   18 - 21
27%   22 - 25
20%   25 - 30
18%   30 +
10%   Don't Care

-- Modified on 5/11/2007 9:03:00 PM

First, let me state that I freely admit to being a numbers geek from time to time. I also suspect that sometimes I perhaps have too much time on my hands.

But I digress. A few weeks ago, the tail end of a lenghty discussion thread brought up the notion that mature providers tended to provide poorer service. Others on the thread disagreed. Out of curiosity, I did some searches of reviews, and came up with some numbers about it. I never did reply on the thread though, because by that time the discussion had gone way past the point of being useful. So I let it go.

At any rate, I searched for all profiles for ladies aged 18-30, and then did a search for ladies aged 31 to 45 and up. Then I searched among each age group for reviews averaging from 1-4, and reviews averaging from 7-10. I left out 5's and 6's, since I was looking for a comparison of positive versus negative reviews, and 5-6 could arguably be labelled neither bad nor good.

Anyways, here is what I found:

18-30: 52,935 total reviews
18-30: 6,252 reviews averaging 1-4: 11.8%
18-30: 30,021 reviews averaging 7-10 56.7%

31-45+: 11,972 total reviews
31-45+: 1,267 reviews averaging 1-4: 10.6%
31-45+: 7,082 reviews averaging 7-10: 59.1%

So basically, mature ladies have a slight edge over younger providers, but the margin isn't huge, and probably wouldn't work out to a significant variation.

So, to answer your question, there is clearly much to be said for the eagerness of the young, but there is clearly also much to be said for the experience of maturity. At 33 years old, there is no doubt in my mind that I know comsiderably more today than I did when I was 20-something - but I'm certain that even then enthusiasm filled whatever gaps experience had yet to bridge.