Table 3.

Subgroups of individuals that represent different combinations of masturbation frequency and sexual satisfaction, separately for women and men

Clusters		Women (%)				Men (%)
		1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
		High M satisfied	Low/no M satisfied	High M dissatisfied	Low/no M dissatisfied	High M Satisfied	Low/no M satisfied	High M dissatisfied	Low/no M dissatisfied
		25.6	40.7	21.6	12.0	35.8	27.9	16.5	19.8
n		445	707	375	209	731	570	336	405
		M(SD)				M(SD)
Masturbation frequency a		3.9 (.95)	1.4 (.48)	3.8 (.92)	1.7 (.72)	4.9 (.73)	1.9 (.88)	5.3 (.70)	2.6 (.90)
Sexual satisfactionb		4.3 (.47)	3.9 (.76)	2.4 (.63)	1.6 (.50)	3.9 (.67)	4.2 (.63)	1.6 (.50)	2.2 (.69)

M = masturbation frequency during the past month; Cluster 1 = HmS, cluster 2 = LmS, cluster 3 = HmD, cluster 4 = LmD

^a 1 = none, 2 = once, 3 = 2 or 3 times, 4 = once a week, 5 = 2 or 3 times a week, 6 = once a day, 7 = more than once a day;

^b 1 = very dissatisfied, 2 = somewhat dissatisfied, 3 = neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, 4 = quite satisfied, and 5 = very satisfied