Table 5.

Association of frequency of sexual touching with lack of pleasure from sex, without and with controls for psychological factors and emotional relationship satisfaction

	Men lack of pleasure from sexa			Women lack of pleasure from sexa
Sexual touching
Sometimes, rarely or never	3.8** (1.6–9.1)	3.6** (1.4–9.2)	2.2 (0.8–6.2)	4.4*** (2.2–8.8)	3.9** (1.8–8.4)	2.8* (1.3–6.3)
Usually	1.6 (0.6–4.5)	1.5 (0.5–4.4)	1.4 (0.5–4.0)	1.9 (0.9–4.1)	1.8 (0.8–3.9)	1.5 (0.7–3.2)
Always	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Stress		0.9 (0.5–1.5)	0.9 (0.5–1.6)		1.1 (0.7–1.8)	1.1 (0.7–1.7)
Anxiety symptoms		1.2 (0.5–2.7)	1.0 (0.4–2.4)		1.7* (1.0–2.8)	1.6+ (1.0–2.8)
Depressive symptoms		1.2 (0.5–2.9)	1.3 (0.5–3.2)		1.6+ (0.9–2.7)	1.5 (0.9–2.6)
Taking SSRI antidepressant		2.5 (0.5–12.3)	3.0 (0.6–15.8)		1.4 (0.6–3.3)	1.4 (0.6–3.3)
How emotionally satisfying is relationship
Not, slightly, or moderately			2.4 (0.9–6.4)			2.4* (1.0–5.5)
Very			0.8 (0.3–1.9)			1.3 (0.7–2.6)
Extremely			Ref			Ref

All models control for age, race-ethnicity, education, relationship type, and physical health. Male models control for taking erectile dysfunction medication

^aOdds (95% CI) from logistic regression models of experiencing the condition for several months or more during the past 12 months

Ref reference category

⁺p<.1;

^*p<.05;

^**p<.01;

^***p<.001