Table 5.
Gender differences in the general evaluation of the confinement impact on sexual life
| Total (n = 1448) |
Men (n = 471) |
Women (n = 977) |
χ2 | p | V | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |||||
| General evaluation of the confinement impact | Sexual life has improved | 14.4 | 10.4 | 16.3 | 12.640 | 0.002 | 0.093 |
| Sexual life has not altered | 47.7 | 53.3 | 45 | ||||
| Sexual life has made worse | 37.9 | 36.3 | 38.7 | ||||
| If improved: aspects in which has improved | I have more frequency of sexual activity | 76.4 | 71.4 | 78 | 0.895 | 0.344 | 0.066 |
| I have not had pressure to have sex (because my partner was not or was not privacy) | 8.7 | 12.2 | 7.5 | 1.046 | 0.307 | 0.071 | |
| I have broadened the type of sexual practices in couples | 30.8 | 30.6 | 30.8 | 0.001 | 0.978 | 0.002 | |
| I have explored myself more by masturbating | 24.5 | 14.3 | 27.7 | 3.627 | 0.057 | 0.132 | |
| I have invested more time on fantasizing | 33.7 | 34.7 | 33.3 | 0.031 | 0.860 | 0.012 | |
| I have explored other sexual orientations | 1.4 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.162 | 0.688 | 0.028 | |
| I have had sex with a person I would never have done with before | 2.9 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 0.328 | 0.567 | 0.040 | |
| Other | 2.9 | 2 | 3.1 | 0.163 | 0.686 | 0.028 | |
| If worsened: aspects in which has worsened | The frequency of sexual activity has decreased | 82 | 71.9 | 86.5 | 16.928 | <0.001 | 0.176 |
| The frequency of sexual activity has increased | 3.5 | 7.6 | 1.6 | 12.750 | <0.001 | 0.152 | |
| I have received pressure by other people to have sex | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 0.140 | 0.709 | 0.016 | |
| I have not privacy to have sexual relations | 21.3 | 20.5 | 21.7 | 0.105 | 0.745 | 0.014 | |
| I have not been privacy to masturbate calmly | 26 | 25.7 | 26.2 | 0.013 | 0.910 | 0.005 | |
| I have had sexual fantasies that have made me feel bad | 6.7 | 8.8 | 5.8 | 1.632 | 0.201 | 0.055 | |
| I have been sexually attracted to a new person and I have felt discomfort | 5.3 | 7 | 4.5 | 1.495 | 0.222 | 0.052 | |
| I have had same-sex intercourse and I have felt discomfort (for heterosexual people) | 0.2 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.453 | 0.501 | 0.029 | |
| I have had sex with someone of the other sex and I have felt discomfort (for homosexual people) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | |
| I have been unfaithful to my regular partner | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.007 | 0.935 | 0.003 |
Hyphens indicate that the analysis could not be performed