A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Importance of and satisfaction with sex life in a large Finnish population
Authors: Ansa Ojanlatva, Hans Helenius, Päivi Rautava, Jari Ahvenainen, Markku Koskenvuo
Publisher: KLUWER ACADEMIC/PLENUM PUBL
Publication year: 2003
Journal: Sex Roles
Journal name in source: SEX ROLES
Journal acronym: SEX ROLES
Volume: 48
Issue: 11-12
First page : 543
Last page: 553
Number of pages: 11
ISSN: 0360-0025
eISSN: 1573-2762
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023579313434
Abstract
This paper describes five sex life issues in a Finnish population-based random sample (n = 21,101) between 20 and 54 years of age. The associations were studied with the following demographic variables: gender, age, marital status, graduation from the 3 upper classes of high school, vocational education, degree of urbanization, and province or area of the country. Men considered sex life more important than women did. Women were more satisfied with their sex lives, found it easier to talk about sex life with an important other, had had a spouse or steady partner more often, but were also less satisfied with their present marriages or marriage-like relationships. The above findings were most consistently shown in the Northern Province.
This paper describes five sex life issues in a Finnish population-based random sample (n = 21,101) between 20 and 54 years of age. The associations were studied with the following demographic variables: gender, age, marital status, graduation from the 3 upper classes of high school, vocational education, degree of urbanization, and province or area of the country. Men considered sex life more important than women did. Women were more satisfied with their sex lives, found it easier to talk about sex life with an important other, had had a spouse or steady partner more often, but were also less satisfied with their present marriages or marriage-like relationships. The above findings were most consistently shown in the Northern Province.
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