Table 1.

Characteristics of Sexually Inactive and Sexually Active Women in MIDUS II (n = 2,116)

Variable	Sexually Inactive		Sexually Active		P Valueb
	No.	Weighted %a	No.	Weighted %a
All women in MIDUS II	771	38.2	1,345	61.8	—
Age, mean (SD), y	62.0 (11.8)		51.8 (10.9)		<.001
Sexual orientation					.002
Heterosexual	771	95.2	1,313	97.5
Homosexual or bisexual	28	4.9	22	2.5
Race					.20
White	692	87.6	1,240	88.9
Black and/or African American	38	8.9	49	7.4
Other	36	3.6	51	3.7
Hispanic					.60
No	748	96.8	1,298	95.7
Yes	21	3.2	42	4.3
Total annual household income, mean (SD), $c	42,749 (44,753)		79,874 (61,201)		<.001
Highest education completed					<.001
Some high school or less	65	17.9	55	7.9
Completed high school or GED	257	34.9	370	38.0
Some college	167	19.7	306	20.1
Completed college degree	155	15.9	386	20.2
Graduate or postgraduate professional school	125	11.6	226	13.8
Married or cohabitating					<.001
No	480	67.5	135	12.9
Yes	268	32.5	1,202	87.1
Romantic partner age, mean (SD), y	66.3 (11.9)		54.7 (11.8)		<.001
Chronic conditions, mean (SD), No.	3.3 (3.1)		2.3 (2.2)		<.001
Menopausal status					<.001
Premenopausal	58	8.3	331	29.6
Perimenopausal	40	6.9	213	18.4
Postmenopausal	347	41.8	352	24.2
Hysterectomy, one or both ovaries intact	116	19.8	161	13.9
Bilateral oophorectomy	169	23.2	208	13.9

GED = General Educational Development test completion; MIDUS = Survey of Midlife Development in the United States.

Note: There were 531 women in MIDUS II who did not answer the questions regarding sexual activity.

^aWeighted percentages use information regarding age, race, and education to estimates for the general US population.

^bFor sexually inactive vs active women, using the t test, χ², or Fisher exact test, as appropriate.

^cAssessed in 2004–2006.