Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population stratified by self-reported lack of interest in sexual activity in the months prior to pregnancy (n = 360).
| Characteristic | Almost always or often lacked interest in sexual activity (n = 46)
|
Rarely or never lacked interest in sexual activity (n = 314)
|
p-Valuea | All (n = 360)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N | ||
| Age (years) | ||||
| <20–30 | 24 (14) | 149 (86) | 0.63 | 173 |
| >30–42 | 22 (12) | 165 (88) | 187 | |
| Race | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 44 (15) | 258 (85) | 0.02 | 302 |
| Non-white | 2 (3) | 56 (97) | 58 | |
| Educational attainment | ||||
| Less than college | 2 (8) | 24 (92) | 0.55 | 26 |
| College or more | 44 (13) | 290 (87) | 334 | |
| Employment status | ||||
| Employed | 38 (13) | 257 (87) | 1.00 | 295 |
| Not employed | 8 (12) | 57 (88) | 65 | |
| Parity | ||||
| Parous | 30 (18) | 141 (82) | 0.01 | 171 |
| Nulliparous | 16 (8) | 173 (92) | 189 | |
| Life stressors during pregnancy | ||||
| 0–1 | 38 (13) | 248 (87) | 0.69 | 286 |
| 2+ | 8 (11) | 66 (89) | 74 | |
| Current use of anti-depressants | ||||
| Yes | 4 (24) | 13 (76) | 0.25 | 17 |
| No | 42 (12) | 301 (88) | 343 | |
a
Two-sided Fisher’s Exact Test examining lack of interest in sexual activity in relation to subject demographics.