Table 3.
Accumulated number of sexual problems among of men and women who have had sexual activity in the past year and experienced sexual problems for a period of 3 months or longer in the last year, by age group.
| Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 30 years |
30–44 years |
45–59 years |
60+ years |
p | < 30 years |
30–44 years |
45–59 years |
60+ years |
p | |||||||||
| % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | |||
| Accumulated number of sexual problems | .000 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||
| None | 32.6 | (79) | 48.5 | (231) | 50.0 | (180) | 40.5 | (135) | 33.4 | (130) | 39.8 | (180) | 44.6 | (132) | 46.2 | (86) | ||
| 1 | 29.3 | (71) | 23.9 | (114) | 29.2 | (105) | 39.3 | (131) | 23.7 | (92) | 27.0 | (122) | 28.0 | (83) | 31.7 | (59) | ||
| 2 | 14.9 | (36) | 14.7 | (70) | 10.8 | (39) | 15.6 | (52) | 16.7 | (65) | 13.5 | (61) | 15.2 | (45) | 11.8 | (22) | ||
| 3 | 12.4 | (30) | 6.7 | (32) | 6.9 | (25) | 3.9 | (13) | 11.1 | (43) | 9.3 | (42) | 7.4 | (22) | 7.5 | (14) | ||
| 4 | 7.4 | (18) | 3.4 | (16) | 2.5 | (9) | 0.3 | (1) | 9.3 | (36) | 6.2 | (28) | 3.7 | (11) | 1.6 | (3) | ||
| 5 | 1.2 | (3) | 1.7 | (8) | 0.6 | (2) | – | (−) | 3.9 | (15) | 2.9 | (13) | 0.7 | (2) | 0.5 | (1) | ||
| 6 | 0.8 | (2) | 0.4 | (2) | – | (−) | 0.3 | (1) | 2.1 | (8) | 1.1 | (5) | 0.3 | (1) | 0.5 | (1) | ||
| 7 | 1.2 | (3) | 0.6 | (3) | – | (−) | – | (−) | – | (−) | 0.2 | (1) | – | (−) | – | (−) | ||
| Percent with at least one sexual problem | 67.4 | 51.5 | 50.0 | 59.5 | .000 | 66.6 | 60.2 | 55.4 | 53.8 | .005 | ||||||||
| (n =) | 242 | 476 | 360 | 333 | 389 | 452 | 296 | 186 | ||||||||||
Note. Chi-square test of differences among age groups. Missing values excluded. Range 0–7 (lacked interest in having sex, lacked enjoyment in sex, felt anxious during sex, felt no excitement or arousal during sex, did not reach a climax (experience an orgasm) or took a long time to reach a climax despite feeling excited, reached a climax (experienced an orgasm) more quickly than you would like, had trouble getting or keeping an erection if men and vaginal dryness if women).