Sexual activity of middle-aged women coupled with a male partner in Japan.
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.


CONCLUSIONS
A high proportion of Japanese middle-aged women with a male partner have low sexual activity.
Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan. mita@plum.ocn.ne.jp
Koji
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Mita
Masayuki
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Kakehashi
Akio
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Matsubara
D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007989:Libido; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult