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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2011 Aug;18(8):839–844. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31820befca

TABLE 2.

Participation in any partnered sexual activity in the last 6 months, engagement, and enjoyment-Longitudinal multivariable analysis; time varying except as noted. Significant associations in bold.

Characteristic Participation Engagement Enjoyment
Coefficient P value Coefficient P value Coefficient P value
Social support 1.90 0.06 4.74 <0.001 3.99 <0.001
Menopausal status 0.27 0.20 0.82
 On OCPs −0.59 0.56 −.01 0.90 −.027 0.79
 Pre (ref) 1 1 1
 Early peri −0.39 0.70 −0.96 0.34 −1.16 0.24
 Late peri −0.00 0.99 −0.28 0.78 −0.57 0.57
 Early post −0.81 0.42 −1.62 0.11 −0.55 0.58
 Late post −2.16 0.03 0.54 0.59 −0.82 0.42
 Hysterectomy −1.03 0.30 0.18 0.86 −1.45 0.15
Difficulty paying for basics 0.40 0.20 0.76
 Very hard (ref) 1 1 1
 Somewhat hard −0.84 0.40 1.92 0.06 1.07 0.29
 Not hard at all −0.24 0.81 1.89 0.06 1.04 0.30
 Don’t know −2.43 0.02 1.45 0.15 0.28 0.78
Vaginal Dryness <0.01 <0.01
 Not at all (ref) 1 1 1
 Rarely 2.88 <0.01 0.62 0.54
 Some of the time 3.15 <0.01 0.04 0.97
 Most of the time 3.29 <0.01 −2.65 0.01
 All of the time 2.89 <0.01 −2.61 <0.01
HT use (yes) 1.99 0.05
Age (baseline) −4.16 <0.001 −3.99 <0.001 −1.76 0.08
BMI (baseline) −2.95 <0.01
Marital status (married) 11.96 <0.001
Educational Attainment (baseline) 0.81
 ≤ High School (ref) 1 1 1
 Some College 0.74 0.50
 Completed College 0.66 0.51
 Graduate Degree −0.06 0.95
Emotional well-being a 2.55 0.01 3.54 <0.001 3.89 <0.001
LET (year 3) 0.49 0.63 1.00 0.32 2.89 <0.01
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From RAND-36

LET, Life Engagement Test

All variables were entered simultaneously into the regression model. Blank cells indicate associations not tested in multivariate model due to lack of significance in univariable model.