Table 4.
Masturbation frequency in women during the past month, by sociodemographic factors, health factors, sexual behavior, satisfaction, and attitude towards sexuality, separately for each country (weighted data)
| Norway (n = 536) | Denmark (n = 399) | Belgium (n = 361) | Portugal (n = 179) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | SE | β | B | SE | β | B | SE | β | B | SE | β | |
| Sociodemographic factors | ||||||||||||
| Age | − .02 | .01 | − .08 | − .03 | .01 | − .13** | − .01 | .01 | − .02 | − .01 | .02 | − .03 |
| Education | .07 | .07 | .04 | .03 | .06 | .03 | .08 | .09 | .05 | .00 | .11 | .00 |
| Religiosity | − .02 | .03 | − .03 | − .00 | .03 | − .00 | − .02 | .03 | − .04 | .00 | .03 | .01 |
| Relationship status | − .36 | .11 | − .16*** | − .22 | .13 | − .09 | − .39 | .12 | − .19*** | − .27 | .19 | − .12 |
| Health factors | ||||||||||||
| Self-perceived health | .01 | .05 | .01 | .05 | .05 | .05 | − .01 | .07 | − .01 | − .04 | .10 | − .03 |
| Depression | .15 | .09 | .08 | − .05 | .11 | − .02 | − .02 | .09 | − .01 | − .12 | .13 | − .08 |
| Sexual behavior and satisfaction | ||||||||||||
| Satisfaction with sexual activity | − .11 | .05 | − .12* | − .20 | .05 | − .25*** | − .18 | .05 | − .19*** | .05 | .10 | .05 |
| Intercourse activity past month | .10 | .04 | .14* | .02 | .04 | .03 | .21 | .05 | .26*** | .09 | .07 | .14 |
| Attitudes toward sexuality | ||||||||||||
| Sex is for love | − .15 | .05 | − .13** | − .07 | .05 | − .08 | − .05 | .05 | − .06 | − .12 | .06 | − .16* |
| Sexualized society | − .01 | .07 | − .01 | − .06 | .07 | − .05 | − .12 | .07 | − .09 | − .05 | .09 | − .04 |
| Sexuality decreases with age | − .04 | .05 | − .04 | − .06 | .05 | − .07 | − .08 | .05 | − .08 | − .04 | .07 | − .05 |
| Sexuality is beneficial | .10 | .06 | .07 | .16 | .06 | .14** | .13 | .06 | .12* | .07 | .09 | .06 |
| R2 | .10 | .14 | .15 | .09 | ||||||||
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001