Table 5.
Prevalence of Primary Reasons for Not Having Sex, by Age and Gender
| Women |
Men |
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| Percentagea |
Percentagea |
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| Age 57–64 | Age 65–74 | Age 75–85 | Trend testb | Age 57–64 | Age 65–74 | Age 75–85 | Trend testb | |
| Sample with partners | ||||||||
| Not interested | 23.8 (5.0) | 25.0 (4.6) | 24.9 (4.4) | 0.799 | 13.5 (3.7) | 11.7 (2.8) | 19.1 (3.7) | 0.174 |
| Partner not interested | 19.2 (4.2) | 19.8 (4.5) | 15.8 (4.1) | 0.384 | 29.5 (8.5) | 10.3 (2.5) | 16.8 (3.6) | 0.127 |
| Health problems/limitations | 16.8 (4.0) | 16.7 (3.9) | 24.8 (4.7) | 0.310 | 40.3 (7.3) | 56.6 (4.3) | 61.4 (5.5) | 0.018 |
| Partner’s health problems/limitations | 63.2 (6.3) | 63.4 (6.9) | 64.8(6.3) | 0.815 | 20.1 (5.8) | 31.3 (4.7) | 22.7 (5.0) | 0.920 |
| Sample without partners | ||||||||
| Not interested | 43.0 (5.1) | 47.0 (4.3) | 60.3 (3.4) | 0.002 | 18.3 (8.5) | 22.0 (5.7) | 32.1 (5.6) | 0.221 |
| Have not met the right person | 47.0 (5.8) | 35.9 (5.4) | 28.8 (4.4) | 0.021 | 23.8 (8.6) | 52.1 (9.0) | 24.6 (5.5) | 0.879 |
| Religious beliefs prohibit sex outside marriage | 20.3 (4.8) | 22.6 (3.3) | 14.6 (1.8) | 0.134 | 12.3 (6.2) | 10.1 (4.4) | 12.1 (4.0) | 0.745 |
| Have not had an opportunity | 15.5 (3.5) | 20.3 (3.8) | 7.7 (1.5) | 0.016 | 28.1 (6.3) | 16.7 (5.1) | 17.3 (5.0) | 0.414 |
Notes: These questions were asked only for participants reporting no sex in the preceding 3 months.
a
All estimates are weighted to account for differential probabilities of selection and differential nonresponse. Design-based standard errors are given in parentheses.
b
p Value for a Wald test (using design-based SE) of the age coefficient for logistic regression on age (in years).