Table 1.
Characteristics | Total Respondents (n=806) | Sexual activity in last 4 wks | ||||||||
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No (n=405) | Yes (n=401) | |||||||||
n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | p-value | |
Age at Mailer | 806 | 66.9 | 15.3 | 405 | 74.9 | 13.0 | 401 | 58.7 | 13.0 | <.0001 |
Yrs post-menopausal | 503 | 24.6 | 13.0 | 301 | 28.4 | 12.9 | 202 | 18.9 | 11.1 | <.0001 |
BMI ** | 383 | 25.9 | 4.6 | 232 | 26.0 | 4.7 | 151 | 25.8 | 4.5 | n.s. |
n | % | n | % | n | % | |||||
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Over age 65 | 442 | 54.8 | 314 | 77.5 | 128 | 31.9 | <.0001 | |||
Marital Status ** | ||||||||||
living w/ spouse/partner | 232 | 60.1 | 112 | 47.4 | 120 | 79.5 | <.0001 | |||
widowed | 109 | 28.2 | 92 | 39.1 | 17 | 11.2 | ||||
other | 45 | 11.7 | 31 | 13.2 | 14 | 9.3 | ||||
Some college | 413 | 57.0 | 218 | 63.7 | 195 | 51.0 | <.001 | |||
Occupation | ||||||||||
executives/professionals | 663 | 91.3 | 305 | 89.2 | 358 | 93.2 | n.s. | |||
skilled/semi-skilled | 45 | 6.2 | 26 | 7.6 | 19 | 5.0 | ||||
other | 18 | 2.5 | 11 | 3.2 | 7 | 1.8 | ||||
Bilateral oopherectomy | 173 | 22.4 | 92 | 23.9 | 81 | 21.0 | n.s. | |||
Ever HRT | 469 | 58.9 | 241 | 60.7 | 228 | 57.1 | n.s. | |||
Current HRT | 238 | 30.3 | 90 | 22.8 | 148 | 37.8 | <.0001 | |||
Self-Reported Physical | ||||||||||
Health | ||||||||||
excellent | 131 | 16.6 | 42 | 10.7 | 89 | 22.3 | <.0001 | |||
very good | 321 | 40.6 | 142 | 36.1 | 179 | 45.0 | ||||
good | 251 | 31.7 | 148 | 37.7 | 103 | 25.9 | ||||
fair/poor | 88 | 11.1 | 61 | 15.5 | 27 | 6.8 | ||||
Self-Reported Emotional | ||||||||||
Health | ||||||||||
excellent | 155 | 19.6 | 58 | 14.6 | 97 | 24.4 | <.0001 | |||
very good | 314 | 39.6 | 150 | 38.2 | 164 | 41.2 | ||||
good | 242 | 30.6 | 132 | 33.5 | 110 | 27.6 | ||||
fair/poor | 81 | 10.2 | 54 | 13.7 | 27 | 6.8 | ||||
Satisfaction w/ sex life | ||||||||||
very satisfied | 203 | 34.2 | 72 | 34.3 | 131 | 34.2 | <.0001 | |||
moderately satisfied | 158 | 26.6 | 30 | 14.3 | 128 | 33.3 | ||||
equal satisf/dissatisfied | 93 | 15.7 | 40 | 19.0 | 53 | 13.8 | ||||
moderately dissatisfied | 72 | 12.1 | 30 | 14.3 | 42 | 10.9 | ||||
very dissatisfied | 68 | 11.4 | 38 | 18.1 | 30 | 7.8 |
obtained from a sub-sample of women who attended a clinic visit in 1999–2002