Table 1.

Characteristics of 2002 Mailer Respondents who answered question about sexual activity with or without a partner (FSFI_3)

Characteristics	Total Respondents (n=806)			Sexual activity in last 4 wks
				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	%
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