Table 3.
Masturbation frequency in men during the past month, by sociodemographic factors, health factors, sexual behavior, satisfaction, and attitudes toward sexuality, separately for each country (weighted data)
| Norway (n = 567) | Denmark (n = 449) | Belgium (n = 413) | Portugal (n = 178) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | SE | β | B | SE | β | B | SE | β | B | SE | β | |
| Sociodemographic factors | ||||||||||||
| Age | − .06 | .01 | − .17*** | − .06 | .02 | − .17*** | − .06 | .02 | − .17*** | .01 | .03 | .02 |
| Education | .21 | .09 | .09* | .29 | .08 | .16*** | − .07 | .11 | − .03 | − .35 | .15 | − .18* |
| Religiosity | .03 | .04 | .04 | − .02 | .04 | − .02 | − .05 | .03 | − .07 | .01 | .05 | .01 |
| Relationship status | − .26 | .17 | − .06 | − .19 | .20 | − .04 | − .09 | .21 | − .02 | − .12 | .42 | − .02 |
| Health factors | ||||||||||||
| Self-perceived health | − .08 | .07 | − .05 | − .14 | .07 | − .09* | − .35 | .09 | − .21*** | − .34 | .13 | − .22** |
| Depression | .36 | .13 | .12** | .28 | .15 | .09 | .43 | .13 | .19*** | − .11 | .26 | − .04 |
| Sexual behavior and satisfaction | ||||||||||||
| Satisfaction with sexual activity | − .27 | .08 | − .19*** | − .30 | .06 | − .23*** | − .16 | .07 | − .13* | − .32 | .14 | − .22* |
| Intercourse activity past month | .00 | .06 | .00 | − .16 | .06 | − .14** | .02 | .06 | .02 | .25 | .08 | .25** |
| Attitudes towards sexuality | ||||||||||||
| Sex is for love | − .34 | .07 | − .20*** | − .20 | .06 | − .14** | − .18 | .06 | − .14** | − .19 | .10 | − .15 |
| Sexualized society | − .22 | .09 | − .11* | − .13 | .09 | − .07 | − .09 | .08 | − .05 | .08 | .13 | .05 |
| Sexuality decreases with age | − .13 | .07 | − .08 | − .21 | .08 | − .12** | .08 | .07 | .06 | − .00 | .09 | − .00 |
| Sexuality is beneficial | .09 | .08 | .04 | .41 | .09 | .21*** | .24 | .09 | .13** | .06 | .15 | .03 |
| R2 | .23 | .28 | .18 | .13 | ||||||||
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001