Table 2.

Characteristics of study participants and comparison of Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS) scale and Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) score based on descriptive characteristics

Characteristics	n	%	GRISS total Mean ± SD	p	DAS total Mean ± SD	p
Age (years)
≤ 50	25	28.1	5.1 ±1.9	0.044a	93.3 ±13.1	0.234
51-60	34	38.2	5.4 ±1.7		93.9 ±11.2
> 60	30	33.7	6.2 ±1.4		89.1 ±11.3
Menopause duration (years)
≤ 4	36	40.5	5.0 ±1.8	0.249	93.2 ±13.3	0.035b
5-10	24	26.9	6.0 ±1.8		94.1 ±12.6
> 10	29	32.6	5.6 ±1.7		89.1 ±8.9
Employment status
Employed	35	39.3	5.4 ±1.7	0.643	93.4 ±9.5	0.514
Unemployed	35	39.3	5.6 ±1.9		92.3 ±14.5
Retired	19	21.4	5.8 ±1.5		89.5 ±10.4
Education status
Primary	33	37.1	5.9 ±1.7	0.139	93.1 ±17.3	0.643
High School	26	29.2	5.0 ±1.7		92.8 ±6.7
University	30	33.7	5.7 ±1.7		90.5 ±7.3
Place of settlement
Town	34	38.2	5.6 ±1.9	0.964	92.2 ±13.2	0.938
City centre	55	61.8	5.6 ±1.6		92.1 ±11.1
Smoking					92.2 ±12.7
Yes	31	34.8	5.7 ±1.9	0.688	92.0 ±10.5	0.923
No	58	65.2	5.5 ±1.6
Spouse’s education level
Primary	24	26.9	6.3 ±1.7	0.024c	93.0 ±19.3	0.553
High school	19	21.3	4.9 ±1.7		94.2 ±8.3
University	46	51.8	5.0 ±1.7		90.9 ±7.3
Spouse’s employment status
Employed	33	37.0	5.5 ±1.9	0.217	90.5 ±9.2	0.302
Unemployed	10	11.2	4.8 ±0.6		89.1 ±4.6
Retired	46	51.8	5.8 ±1.8		94.0 ±14.3

^aAge ≤ 50 vs. 51-60 vs. > 60 years;

^bMenopause duration ≤ 4 and 5-10 vs. > 10 years;

^cPrimary vs. high school and university