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. 2021 Mar 3;9(2):100316. doi: 10.1016/j.esxm.2020.100316

Table 2.

Sexual satisfaction of 60- to 96-year-old participants from the SNAC-B sample, in accordance with demographic characteristics, both in total and stratified by sex

Characteristic Not sexually satisfied n (%) Sexually satisfied n (%) P-value
Individuals 246 (23%) 803 (77%) .009
 Male 163 (31%) 356 (69%)
 Female 83 (16%) 447 (84%)
Age cohort
60–66 years 127 (25%) 382 (75%) .127
 Male 78 (31%) 170 (69%)
 Female 49 (19%) 212 (81%)
72–78 years 56 (25%) 167 (75%) .315
 Male 37 (32%) 77 (68%)
 Female 19 (17%) 90 (83%)
81–87 years 55 (21%) 213 (79%) .026
 Male 44 (31%) 99 (69%)
 Female 11 (9%) 114 (91%)
≥90 years 8 (17%) 41 (83%) .217
 Male 4 (29%) 10 (71%)
 Female 4 (11%) 31 (89%)
Cohabiting 131 (23%) 438 (77%)
 Male 103 (31%) 225 (69%)
 Female 28 (12%) 213 (88%)
Low education 151 (21%) 559 (79%)
 Male 52 (18%) 241 (82%)
 Female 99 (24%) 318 (76%)
Mid education 26 (32%) 56 (68%)
 Male 18 (36%) 32 (64%)
 Female 8 (25%) 24 (75%)
High education 66 (28%) 171 (72%)
 Male 44 (36%) 78 (64%)
 Female 22 (19%) 93 (81%)
PADL score 45 (20%) 176 (80%)
Dependent
 Male 23 (30%) 54 (70%)
 Female 22 (15%) 122 (85%)
Independent 197 (24%) 618 (76%)
 Male 139 (32%) 297 (68%)
 Female 58 (15%) 321 (85%)
Low household economic status 36 (24%) 116 (76%)
 Male 20 (36%) 35 (64%)
 Female 16 (16%) 81 (84%)
High household economic status 205 (23%) 674 (77%)
 Male 140 (31%) 315 (69%)
 Female 65 (15%) 359 (85%)
Poor self-reported health 110 (27%) 296 (73%)
 Male 65 (39%) 103 (61%)
 Female 45 (19%) 193 (81%)
Good self-reported health 122 (20%) 474 (80%)
 Male 94 (28%) 244 (72%)
 Female 28 (11%) 230 (89%)

P values < 0.05 represent the significance level for differences by sex using chi-square test. PADL score = personal activities of daily life, including dressing, bathing, toilet use, personal appearance, continence, transfer, and feeding.