Table 4. Importance of sexual activity and affection at MP 74 years (second follow up); total sample by gender.
| M (SD) [95% CI] | ||||
| Importance of… | Total N = 194 | Men n = 132 | Women n = 62 | U-Testc (Men-Women) z-value (p-value) |
| sexual activitya | 3.23 (1.04) [3.08; 3.38] | 3.50 (0.95) [3.34; 3.66] | 2.66 (0.99) [2.41; 2.91] | −5.12 (<.001 *** ) |
| affectionb | 4.21 (0.77) [4.10; 4.32] | 4.32 (0.68) [4.20; 4.44] | 3.98 (0.90) [3.76; 4.20] | −2.48 (.013 * ) |
a
Importance of sexual activity on a five-point-scale: 1 = not important at all, 2 = hardly important, 3 = fairly important, 4 = quite important, 5 = very important.
b
Importance of affection on a five-point-scale: 1 = not important at all, 2 = hardly important, 3 = fairly important, 4 = quite important, 5 = very important.
c
Results of Mann-Whitney-U-Test, 2-Tail-Sig.
*p<.05;
***p<.001.
M: mean; SD: standard deviation.