Table 4.
Estimates of OLS Models on Sexual Satisfaction among Married Individuals Ages 57–85
| Pleasure (N=1221) |
Emotional Satisfaction (N=1234) |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |
| Healthy Couple | 0.265*** (0.068) |
0.258*** (0.063) |
0.112* (0.056) |
0.270*** (0.047) |
0.266*** (0.046) |
0.109*** (0.035) |
| Age | −0.017*** (0.004) |
−0.014*** (0.004) |
−0.004 (0.004) |
−0.011** (0.004) |
−0.009* (0.004) |
0.000 (0.003) |
| Female | −0.378*** (0.057) |
−0.450*** (0.059) |
−0.310*** (0.053) |
−0.339*** (0.051) |
−0.384*** (0.054) |
−0.252*** (0.043) |
| Black | −0.245 (0.149) |
−0.199 (0.144) |
−0.093 (0.099) |
−0.218 (0.137) |
−0.189 (0.133) |
−0.046* (0.091) |
| Number of Friends | 0.039 (0.032) |
0.019 (0.032) |
−0.018 (0.027) |
0.064* (0.026) |
0.051 (0.026) |
0.005 (0.019) |
| Function Limitations | 0.004 (0.129) |
−0.002 (0.125) |
0.065 (0.091) |
0.087 (0.085) |
0.083 (0.085) |
0.095 (0.080) |
| Catholica | −0.178 (0.102) |
−0.140 (0.106) |
−0.092 (0.104) |
−0.164* (0.075) |
−0.140 (0.076) |
−0.086 (0.076) |
| Mainline Protestant | −0.025 (0.095) |
−0.007 (0.094) |
−0.018 (0.081) |
−0.013 (0.094) |
0.024 (0.094) |
0.016 (0.074) |
| Other | −0.116 (0.074) |
−0.093 (0.074) |
−0.116 (0.074) |
−0.069 (0.077) |
−0.053 (0.079) |
−0.080 (0.071) |
| Moderate Religious Attendance | −0.030 (0.074) |
−0.040 (0.073) |
−0.001 (0.060) |
−0.016 (0.078) |
−0.022 (0.079) |
0.026 (0.062) |
| High Religious Attendance | −0.033 (0.082) |
−0.057 (0.080) |
−0.122* (0.060) |
0.034 (0.077) |
0.019 (0.075) |
−0.049 (0.062) |
| Religious Integration in Daily Life | 0.090* (0.045) |
0.080 (0.045) |
0.074 (0.038) |
0.051 (0.036) |
0.044 (0.036) |
0.040 (0.028) |
| Social Support | -- | 0.193*** (0.041) |
0.118** (0.036) |
-- | 0.125** (0.039) |
0.021 (0.030) |
| Positive Spousal Support | -- | -- | 0.150** (0.049) |
-- | -- | 0.272*** (0.032) |
| Negative Spousal Support | -- | -- | −0.058** (0.022) |
-- | -- | −0.110*** (0.017) |
| Relationship Happiness | -- | -- | 0.255*** (0.040) |
-- | -- | 0.265*** (0.035) |
| Frequency of Sex | -- | -- | 0.142*** (0.023) |
-- | -- | 0.086*** (0.021) |
| Constant | 3.942*** (0.328) |
3.864*** (0.321) |
0.872* (0.411) |
3.558*** (0.249) |
3.510 (0.250)*** (0.250) |
0.117*** (0.327) |
| R Squared | 0.101 | 0.119 | 0.325 | 0.093 | 0.101 | 0.421 |
a
Evangelical Protestants serve as the reference category.
Note:
*
p ≤.05,
**
p ≤.01,
***
p ≤.001.