TY - JOUR
T1 - Sexual functioning and practices in a multi-ethnic study of midlife women
T2 - Baseline results from SWAN
AU - Cain, Virginia S.
AU - Johannes, Catherine B.
AU - Avis, Nancy E.
AU - Mohr, Beth
AU - Schocken, Miriam
AU - Skurnick, Joan
AU - Ory, Marcia
N1 - Funding Information:
National Institutes of Health Catherine B. Johannes Ingenix Pharmaceutical Services Nancy E. Avis Wake Forest University School of Medicine Beth Mohr New England Research Institute Miriam Schocken University of California, Los Angeles Joan Skurnick UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School Marcia Ory Texas A&M University
Funding Information:
The Study of Women Across the Nation (SWAN) was funded by the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Nursing Research of the National Institutes of Health to the following participating centers: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (U01 NR04061, U01 AG12495); Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (U01 AG12531); Rush University, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL (U01 AG12505); University of California, Davis (U01 AG12554); University of California, Los Angeles (U01 AG12539); University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark (U01 AG12535); University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (U01 AGI2546); and New England Research Institutes, Watertown, MA (U01 AGI 2553).
PY - 2003/8
Y1 - 2003/8
N2 - This study examined the sexual practices and function of midlife women by ethnicity (African American, Caucasian, Chinese, Hispanic, Japanese) and menopausal status. Sexual behavior was compared in 3,262 women in the baseline cohort of SWAN. Participants were 42 to 52 years old, premenopausal or early perimenopausal, and not hysterectomized or using hormones. Analysis used multivariate proportional odds regression. In our sample, 79% had engaged in sex with a partner in the last 6 months, and a third considered sex to be very important. Common reasons for no sex (n = 676) were lack of partner (67%), lack of interest (33%), and fatigue (16%). Compared with Caucasians, Japanese and Chinese women were less likely, and African Americans more likely, to report sex as very important (p < 0.005). Significant ethnic differences were found for frequency of all practices. Perimenopause status was associated only with higher frequencies of masturbation and pain during intercourse.
AB - This study examined the sexual practices and function of midlife women by ethnicity (African American, Caucasian, Chinese, Hispanic, Japanese) and menopausal status. Sexual behavior was compared in 3,262 women in the baseline cohort of SWAN. Participants were 42 to 52 years old, premenopausal or early perimenopausal, and not hysterectomized or using hormones. Analysis used multivariate proportional odds regression. In our sample, 79% had engaged in sex with a partner in the last 6 months, and a third considered sex to be very important. Common reasons for no sex (n = 676) were lack of partner (67%), lack of interest (33%), and fatigue (16%). Compared with Caucasians, Japanese and Chinese women were less likely, and African Americans more likely, to report sex as very important (p < 0.005). Significant ethnic differences were found for frequency of all practices. Perimenopause status was associated only with higher frequencies of masturbation and pain during intercourse.
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U2 - 10.1080/00224490309552191
DO - 10.1080/00224490309552191
M3 - Article
C2 - 14533021
AN - SCOPUS:0141813565
VL - 40
SP - 266
EP - 276
JO - Journal of Sex Research
JF - Journal of Sex Research
SN - 0022-4499
IS - 3
ER -