Table 4.

Factors Associated With Current Sexual Satisfaction Among Sexually Active Women in MIDUS II, Multivariate Model (n = 1,334)

Variable	OR (95% CI)	P Value	Overall P Value
Age, y	1.00 (0.98–1.03)		.79
Relationship with romantic partner			<.001
Excellent	1.00 [Referent]
Very good	0.38 (0.23–0.61)	<.001
Good	0.22 (0.11–0.44)	<.001
Fair or poor	0.16 (0.05–0.48)	.001
How much can you open up to romantic partner			.011
A lot	1.00 [Referent]
Some	1.07 (0.68–1.69)	.78
A little	0.88 (0.38–2.02)	.76
Not at all	0.01 (0.00–0.15)	.001
Importance of sex			.040
A lot	1.00 [Referent]
Some	0.67 (0.41–1.11)	.124
A little	0.43 (0.22–0.84)	.013
Not at all	0.22 (0.06–0.83)	.025
Frequency of sex			.040
Two or more times a week	2.93 (1.63–5.27)	<.001
Once a week	1.30 (0.78–2.17)	.32
Two or three times a month	1.00 [Referent]
Once a month	0.29 (0.14–0.59)	.001
Less often than once a month	0.13 (0.06–0.27)	<.001
Previous sexual satisfaction			<.001
0–3	1.00 [Referent]
4–7	1.00 (0.49–2.01)	.99
8–10	2.25 (1.11–4.54)	.024
Pain with intercourse (yes)	0.53 (0.36–0.78)		.001
Antidepressant use (yes)	0.57 (0.35–0.92)		.021
Menopausal status			.44
Premenopausal	1.00 [Referent]
Perimenopausal	0.64 (0.35–1.16)	.138
Postmenopausal	1.08 (0.55–2.14)	.82
Hysterectomy, one or both ovaries intact	0.77 (0.38–1.56)	.47
Hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy	1.05 (0.51–2.17)	.89

OR = odds ratio; MIDUS = Survey of Midlife Development in the United States.

Note: MIDUS II adjusted for history of sexual assault, respondent physical and mental health, body mass index, romantic partner’s physical and mental health.

^aBased on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 indicates the lowest level of sexual satisfaction.