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. 2020 Dec 16;33(8):815–823. doi: 10.1038/s41443-020-00378-4

Table 2.

Changes of sexual behaviors during COVID-19 pandemic.

Variables Total (n = 245) Female (n = 97) Male (n = 148) Female vs. male p value
Spending more time with partner, n (%) 186 (75.9) 74 (76.3) 112 (75.7) 0.913
Effect of restrictions and limitations on your daily and emotional relationships, n (%) 0.910
 No difference 122 (49.8) 47 (48.5) 75 (50.7)
 Positively 78 (31.8) 31 (32) 47 (31.8)
 Negatively 45 (18.4) 19 (19.6) 26 (17.6)
Sexual avoidance behaviors towards your partner, n (%) 66 (26.9) 37 (38.1) 29 (19.6) 0.001a
Considering that you could be infected during intercourse, n (%) 55 (22.0) 31 (32.0) 23 (15.5) 0.002a
Considering that partner has sexual avoidance behaviors, n (%) 38 (15.5) 15 (15.5) 23 (15.5) 0.987
Being insightful of partners sexual avoidance behaviors, n (%) 128 (52.2) 49 (50.5) 79 (53.4) 0.883
Taking precautions during intercourse, n (%) 24 (9.8) 14 (14.4) 10 (6.8) 0.048a
Increase in solitary sexual satisfaction approach (masturbation, video etc), n (%) 23 (9.4) 4 (4.1) 19 (12.8) 0.022a
New onset of solitary sexual satisfaction approach, n (%) 10 (4.1) 5 (5.2) 5 (3.4) 0.492

aSignificant at 0.05 level. Chi-square test.