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Sexual activity of middle‐aged women coupled with a male partner in Japan
Author(s) -
Mita Koji,
Kakehashi Masayuki,
Matsubara Akio
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2009.02394.x
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , human sexuality , age groups , sexual desire , sexual behavior , clinical psychology , gender studies , sociology
Objective: To assess the sexual activity of women with male partners in Japan. Methods: An original web‐based questionnaire was conducted. A total of 2593 women in five age groups (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s or older) were randomly invited to participate. Of the 1077 (41.5%) respondents, data for 883 women with partners were evaluated. Age and 15 items related to sexual activity and social background were analyzed. Women who stated that they neither had sexual activity with a partner nor had frustration with a partner's erectile dysfunction (ED) were defined as low sexuality (LS) subjects. Some subjects in the LS group were psychologically serious cases who did not feel the importance of a sexual relationship with their partner. These subjects were selected and defined as high‐risk LS (HLS) subjects. Results: Of the participants, 36.6% ( n = 323) stated that they did not have sexual activity with their partner, and 30.7% ( n = 271) and 21.7% ( n = 192) were categorized as LS and HLS subjects, respectively. The percentage of HLS subjects increased significantly with age: 2.0%, 5.6%, 18.6%, 36.1% and 41.8% in the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s or older age groups, respectively. Age and unemployment status were independent predictors of HLS behavior. Conclusion: A high proportion of Japanese middle‐aged women with a male partner have low sexual activity.