Religiosity, Sex Frequency, and Sexual Satisfaction in Britain: Evidence from the Third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal)

Figures & data

Table 1. Distribution of sociodemographic characteristics.

	Men		Women
	n /mean (non-weighted)	% weighted^a	n /mean (non-weighted)	% weighted^a	Pearson χ^2/t- test for gender differences^b
Total	4,313	100	6,370	100
Age in years	34.0 (SD = 11.9)		34.2 (SD = 11.5)		t = 0.96 Pr = 0.336
Religious importance:					χ^2 =141.15 Pr<0.001
Not important at all	1,734	38	1,902	27
Not very important	1,265	29	1,985	30
Fairly important	886	22	1,581	27
Very important	428	11	902	16
Religious service attendance:					χ^2 = 58.47 Pr<0.001
Never/ almost never	3,361	75	4,544	68
Yearly	440	11	867	15
Monthly	512	14	959	17
Religious denomination:					χ^2 =97.22 Pr<0.001
None	2,593	56	3,300	48
Anglicans (C of E)	382	11	830	16
Roman Catholic	365	9	681	11
Other Christian	677	16	1,168	19
Non-Christian	296	8	391	6
Ethnicity:					χ^2 =3.27 Pr = 0.352
White	3,798	86	5,603	88
South Asian	231	7	306	5
Black	142	4	224	4
Other	142	3	237	3
Relationship status:					χ^2 =16.20 Pr = 0.001
Unpartnered	1,355	22	1,777	22
Living apart together	753	12	1,130	12
Cohabiting	768	17	1,190	17
Married	1,437	49	2,273	49
Children aged 0–1 in household	284	6	432	5	χ^2 =0.16 Pr = 0.689
Children aged 2–11 in household	756	22	2,048	29	χ^2 =284.05 Pr<0.001
Children aged 12+ in household	516	22	1,175	31	χ^2 =81.10 Pr<0.001
Trying to conceive	372	9	378	5	χ^2 =28.53 Pr<0.001
Education:					χ^2 =49.66 Pr<0.001
Degree	1,165	30	1,786	29
Upper secondary	1,437	32	1,731	26
Lower secondary	1,412	31	2,340	37
None	299	7	513	8
Health status					χ^2 =1.62 Pr = 0.654
Very good	1,841	42	2,730	43
Good	1,840	43	2,667	41
Fair	496	12	748	12
Bad or very bad	136	3	225	4
Taking anti-depressants	184	4	593	9	x^2=96.98 Pr<0.001

^aWeights account for sample design and non-response.

^bThe test for gender differences was based on non-weighted data.

Table 2. Distribution of sexual attitudes and behaviors.

	Men		Women
	n /mean (non-weighted)	% weighted^a	n /mean (non-weighted)	% weighted^a	Pearson χ^2/t- test for gender differences^b
Total	4,313	100	6,370
Sex occurrences in the past 4 weeks	4.4 (SD = 6.6)		4.0 (SD = 5.3)		t = 3.26 Pr = 0.001
Feel satisfied with sex life
Disagree strongly	157	3	235	3
Disagree	612	14	677	11	χ^2 =38.69
Neither	806	19	1,373	22	Pr<0.001
Agree	1,687	40	2,465	39
Agree strongly	1,051	24	1,620	25
Number of life-time sexual partners
0	131	2	141	2
1	481	12	1,004	18	χ^2 =189.40
2–4	949	22	1,760	29	Pr<0.001
5–9	1,077	25	1,725	27
10+	1,675	39	1,740	24
It’s OK to have sex without love
Disagree strongly	753	5	680	8
Disagree	2,118	11	2,595	16	χ^2 =275.87
Neither	849	20	1,690	26	Pr<0.001
Agree	423	48	965	40
Agree strongly	170	16	440	10
Opinion on one night stands
Always wrong	887	24	1,863	32
Mostly wrong	665	17	1,288	21	χ^2 =266.11
Sometimes wrong	1,301	28	1,797	26	Pr<0.001
Rarely wrong	446	9	452	6
Not wrong at all	860	18	733	11
Depends/ don’t know	154	4	237	4
Lower sexual function^c	699	19	1,031	20	χ^2 =0.03 Pr = 0.871

^aWeights account for sample design and non-response.

^bThe test for gender differences was based on non-weighted data.

^cThis measure was only available for sexually active respondents (3,846 men and 5,632 women).

Table 3. Negative binomial multiple regression for sex frequency in the past four weeks among men aged 18–59.

	1. All men			2. Unpartnered		3. LAT		4. Cohabiting		5. Married
	Coefficient [95% CI]		Median sex freq’[IQR]	Coefficient [95% CI]	Median sex freq’[IQR]	Coefficient [95% CI]	Median sex freq’[IQR]	Coefficient [95% CI]	Median sex freq’[IQR]	Coefficient [95% CI]	Median sex freq’[IQR]
Age	−.018** [−.022, −.014]		3 [0–6]	−.024** [−.037, −.012]	0 [0–2]	−.007 [−.013, −.000]	5 [3–10]	−.020** [−.029, −.012]	4 [2–9]	−.026** [−.033, −.020]	3 [1–6]
Religious importance:
Not imp at all	Ref.		3 [0–7]	Ref.	0 [0–2]	Ref.	6 [3–12]	Ref.	5 [2–10]	Ref.	3 [1–6]
Not very imp	−.074 [−.167, .019]		3 [1–6]	.093 [−.239, .424]	0 [0–2]	−.125 [−.281, .032]	6 [3–10]	−.185 [−.349, −.020]	4 [2–8]	−.046 [−.187, .096]	3 [1–6]
Fairly important	−.190* [−.308, −.073]		2 [0–5]	−.328 [−.743, .087]	0 [0–1]	−.360* [−.578, −.142]	5 [2–8]	.032 [−.179, .243]	4 [2–10]	−.114 [−.285, .057]	3 [1–5]
Very important	−.229* [−.392, −.065]		2 [0–6]	−.874* [−1.430, −.318]	0 [0–0]	−.410 [−.780, −.040]	3 [2–8]	.229 [−.203, .661]	6 [2–10]	−.065 [−.275, .146]	3 [1–7]
Religious denomination:
None	Ref.		3 [0–6]	Ref.	0 [0–2]	Ref.	6 [3–10]	Ref.	4 [2–10]	Ref.	3 [1–6]
Anglicans	−.016 [−.156, .125]		2 [0–5]	−.587 [−1.206, .032]	0 [0–0]	.454* [.155, .753]	5 [3–10]	−.065 [−.327, .198]	4 [1–10]	−.107 [−.284, .069]	2 [1–5]
Roman Catholic	.184 [.037, .330]		3 [0–7]	.691 [.142, 1.240]	0 [0–2]	.258 [.001, .514]	6 [3–12]	−.117 [−.408, .174]	4 [2–8]	.017 [−.225, .190]	3 [1–6]
Other Christian	.100 [−.018, .219]		2 [0–6]	.260 [−.150, .670]	0 [0–2]	.102 [−.112, .315]	6 [3–10]	−.082 [−.314, .151]	5 [2–9]	.092 [−.077, .262]	3 [1–6]
Non-Christian	.046 [−.170, .262]		2 [0–5]	.019 [−.777, .814]	0 [0–0]	.002 [−.478, .482]	2 [1–5]	.023 [−.498, .545]	6 [3–12]	.170 [−.101, .441]	4 [2–7]
Trying to conceive	.233** [.103, .362]		4 [2–8]	1.169* [.322, 2.017]	1 [0–5]	−.313 [−.669, .044]	5 [2–7]	.149 [−.044, .341]	5 [2–10]	.077 [−.077, .230]	4 [2–7]
Children aged 0–1	−.047 [−.200, .106]		3 [1–6]	1.322 [.296, 2.349]	3 [1–6]	.034 [−.548, .617]	4 [1–16]	−.266* [−.487, −.044]	4 [2–9]	−.331* [−.517, −.144]	3 [1–5]
Children aged 2–11	−.065 [−.172, .042]		3 [2–6]	.168 [−.960, 1.296]	2 [0–5]	−.061 [−.540, .419]	6 [3–9]	−.114 [−.292, .065]	4 [2–9]	−.160* [−.276, −.043]	3 [2–6]
Children aged 12+	.089 [−.036, .213]		3 [1–6]	1.027 [.127, 1.927]	0 [0–3]	.449 [−.154, 1.052]	7 [4–8]	.087 [−.192, .366]	3 [1–8]	.050 [−.074, .174]	3 [1–5]
Taking anti-depressants	−.090 [−.292, .112]		1 [0–4]	.066 [−.550, .681]	0 [0–0]	−.086 [−.439, .266]	4 [2–8]	−.149 [−.601, .302]	3 [1–6]	−.070 [−.413, .273]	3 [1–5]
Education:
Degree	Ref.	2 [0–6]		Ref.	0 [0–1]	Ref.	5 [2–10]	Ref.	4 [2–8]	Ref.	3 [1–6]
Upper secondary	.208** [.113, .304]	3 [0–6]		.334 [−.031, .699]	0 [0–2]	.084 [−.097, .265]	6 [3–10]	.237 [.053, .422]	6 [2–10]	.186* [.056, .316]	3 [1–6]
Low secondary	.147* [.049, .244]	3 [0–6]		.339 [−.036, .714]	0 [0–2]	.140 [−.046, .327]	6 [3–10]	.153 [−.028, .333]	4 [2–10]	.043 [−.090, .175]	3 [1–6]
None	.114 [−.049, .277]	1 [0–5]		.003 [−.521, .527]	0 [0–0]	−.012 [−.362, .337]	4 [2–8]	.259 [−.066, .584]	5 [2–9]	.051 [−.183, .285]	2 [0–5]
Health status:
Very good	Ref.	3 [1–7]		Ref.	0 [0–2]	Ref.	6 [3–10]	Ref.	5 [2–9]	Ref.	4 [2–6]
Good	−.104 [−.183, −.025]	2 [0–6]		−.273 [−.555, .009]	0 [0–2]	−.052 [−.197, .092]	6 [3–10]	−.008 [−.155, .138]	4 [2–10]	−.143 [−.255, −.031]	3 [1–5]
Fair	−.182* [−.310, −.053]	2 [0–5]		−.375 [−.799, .049]	0 [0–1]	−.176 [−.423, .071]	5 [2–10]	−.119 [−.371, .133]	4 [2–9]	−.177 [−.362, .007]	2 [1–4]
Bad/very bad	−.274 [−.514, −.035]	0 [0–2]		−.626 [−1.321, .070]	0 [0–0]	−.181 [−.618, .257]	3 [1–10]	−.118 [−.630, .395]	2 [0–9]	−.253 [−.678, .171]	1 [0–4]
Ethnicity:
White	Ref.	3 [0–6]		Ref.	0 [0–2]	Ref.	6 [3–10]	Ref.	4 [2–9]	Ref.	3 [1–6]
South Asian	−.095 [−.330, .140]	2 [0–5]		−.642 [−1.548, .263]	0 [0–0]	−.914 [−1.627, −.202]	2 [1–3]	.079 [−.649, .807]	6 [2–13]	−.027 [−.294, .239]	4 [2–7]
Black	.130 [−.083, .344]	2 [0–5]		.590 [−.116, 1.296]	0 [0–2]	−.339 [−.760, .083]	4 [1–7]	.099 [−.387, .585]	6 [2–7]	.329 [.025, .633]	2 [1–4]
Other	.111 [−.097, .318]	2 [0–6]		.246 [−.367, .858]	0 [0–3]	−.135 [−.497, .227]	5 [2–10]	.410 [−.016, .836]	6 [3–20]	−.172 [−.527, .183]	3 [1–6]
Relationship status:
Unpartnered	−1.136** [−1.255,-1.017]	0 [0–2]
LAT	.377** [.252, .502]	5 [3–10]
Cohabiting	.232** [.119, .345]	4 [2–9]
Married	Ref.	3 [1–6]
Constant	2.136** [1.943, 2.329]			1.077** [.536, 1.619]		2.270** [2.018, 2.523]		2.439** [2.144, 2.735]		2.595** [2.285, 2.906]
Pseudo R^2	0.04			0.02		0.01		0.01		0.02
N	4,313			1,355		753		768		1,437

*p < .01, **p < .001

Table 4. Negative binomial multiple regression for sex frequency in the past four weeks among women aged 18–59.

	1. All women		2. Unpartnered		3. LAT			4. Cohabiting		5. Married
	Coefficient [95% CI]	Median sex freq’[IQR]	Coefficient [95% CI]	Median sex freq’[IQR]	Coefficient [95% CI]	Median sex freq’[IQR]		Coefficient [95% CI]	Median sex freq’[IQR]	Coefficient [95% CI]	Median sex freq’[IQR]
Age	−.034** [−.037, −.031]	2 [0–6]	−.058** [−.071, −.046]	0 [0–1]	−.025** [−.031, −.019]	5 [2–10]		−.028** [−.035, −.021]	4 [2–8]	−.031** [−.037, −.026]	3 [1–6]
Religious importance:
Not imp at all	Ref.	3 [0–6]	Ref.	0 [0–2]	Ref.	6 [3–10]		Ref.	4 [2–8]	Ref.	3 [1–6]
Not very imp	−.004 [−.072, .079]	3 [0–6]	.022 [−.276, .320]	0 [0–1]	.015 [−.119, .149]	5 [3–10]		−.110 [−.238, .018]	4 [2–7]	.077 [−.043, .197]	3 [1–6]
Fairly important	−.117 [−.211, −.023]	2 [0–5]	−.178 [−.556, .200]	0 [0–1]	−.227* [−.399, −.056]	4 [2–8]		−.149 [−.322, .023]	4 [2–6]	−.036 [−.175, .103]	3 [1–5]
Very important	−.186* [−.308, −.065]	2 [0–4]	−.878* [−.092, −1.144]	0 [0–0]	−.344* [−.601, −.086]	2 [0–8]		−.231 [−.505, .044]	3 [2–6]	.078 [−.086, .242]	3 [1–6]
Religious denomination:
None	Ref.	3 [0–6]	Ref.	0 [0–1]	Ref.	5 [2–10]		Ref.	4 [2–8]	Ref.	3 [1–6]
Anglicans	.052 [−.048, .152]	2 [0–5]	−.376 [−.795, .044]	0 [0–0]	.131 [−.074, .336]	4 [2–8]		.040 [−.175, .255]	4 [2–6]	.099 [−.033, .231]	3 [1–5]
Roman Catholic	.108 [−.001, .216]	3 [0–6]	.291 [−.161, .743]	0 [0–2]	.225 [.027, .423]	5 [2–10]		.033 [−.169, .236]	4 [2–7]	.004 [−.153, .161]	3 [1–6]
Other Christian	.013 [−.080, .107]	2 [0–6]	−.144 [−.507, .219]	0 [0–1]	.040 [−.131, .212]	5 [2–8]		.077 [−.100, .255]	4 [2–8]	.059 [−.077, .196]	3 [1–6]
Non-Christian	.169 [−.008, .346]	2 [0–5]	.526 [−.092, 1.144]	0 [0–0]	−.016 [−.391, .360]	3 [1–6]		−.036 [−.423, .351]	2 [1–4]	−.006 [−.263, .251]	3 [1–6]
Trying to conceive	.325** [.209, .442]	4 [2–8]	.903 [.009, 1.797]	1 [0–5]	.292 [.013, .571]	5 [3–12]		.332** [.156, .509]	6 [3–10]	.267* [.116, .417]	5 [2–8]
Children aged 0–1	−.331** [−.450, −.211]	3 [1–5]	−1.142* [−1.859, −.425]	0 [0–0]	−.191 [−.535, .154]	3 [2–7]		−.236* [−.411, −.061]	4 [2–6]	−.329** [−.496, −.162]	2 [1–5]
Children aged 2–11	−.032 [−.097, .034]	3 [1–6]	.224 [−.055, .502]	0 [0–2]	.085 [−.048, .217]	5 [2–10]		−.176* [−.304, .-047]	4 [2–7]	−.086 [−.184, .013]	3 [1–6]
Children aged 12+	.144* [.061, .227]	2 [0–5]	−.101 [−.479, .277]	0 [0–0]	.184 [−.006, .375]	4 [1–8]		.144 [−.060, .347]	3 [1–6]	.209** [.111, .306]	3 [1–6]
Taking anti-depressants	−.146 [−.256, −.035]	2 [0–4]	−.026 [−.425, .372]	0 [0–0]	.012 [−.185, .208]	4 [2–8]		−.254 [−.474, −.035]	3 [2–5]	−.195 [−.367, −.023]	2 [0–5]
Education:
Degree	Ref.	2 [0–5]	Ref.	0 [0–1]	Ref.	5 [2–10]	Ref.		4 [2–8]	Ref.	3 [1–5]
Upper secondary	.073 [−.005, .151]	3 [0–7]	−.125 [−.450, .201]	0 [0–1]	.030 [−.117, .178]	5 [3–10]	.081 [−.070, .232]		4 [2–8]	.173* [.061, .284]	3 [1–6]
Low secondary	.100* [.025, .175]	3 [0–6]	.270 [−.046, .586]	0 [0–1]	−.060 [−.216, .096]	5 [2–9]	−.008 [−.151, .136]		4 [2–7]	.121 [.019, .222]	3 [1–6]
None	.102 [−.019, .223]	2 [0–4]	.077 [−.401, .556]	0 [0–1]	−.189 [−.433, .055]	3 [1–8]	.057 [−.168, .282]		4 [2–6]	.152 [−.028, .332]	2 [0–5]
Health status:
Very good	Ref.	3 [0–6]	Ref.	0 [0–2]	Ref.	5 [3–10]	Ref.		4 [2–8]	Ref.	3 [1–6]
Good	−.014 [−.077, .048]	2 [0–6]	.042 [−.220, .303]	0 [0–1]	−.044 [−.162, .073]	5 [2–10]	.017 [−.097, .131]		4 [2–8]	−.035 [−.125, .055]	3 [1–6]
Fair	−.005 [−.106, .097]	2 [0–4]	−.116 [−.516, .283]	0 [0–0]	−.022 [−.222, .178]	3 [2–10]	.069 [−.132, .270]		4 [2–7]	.023 [−.121, .166]	3 [1–5]
Bad/very bad	−.083 [−.260, .094]	0 [0–3]	−.401 [−.980, .179]	0 [0–0]	−.090 [−.427, .247]	4 [2–10]	.147 [−.261, .555]		2 [0–7]	−.153 [−.432, .126]	2 [0–5]
Ethnicity:
White	Ref.	3 [0–6]	Ref.	0 [0–1]	Ref.	5 [2–10]	Ref.		4 [2–8]	Ref.	3 [1–6]
South Asian	−.360** [−.549, −.171]	2 [0–5]	−1.237** [−1.921, −.552]	0 [0–0]	−.525 [−1.011, −.039]	2 [0–6]	−.568 [−1.145, .009]		2 [0–5]	−.085 [−.335, .164]	4 [2–7]
Black	−.234* [−.411, −.058]	1 [0–4]	−.224 [−.799, .352]	0 [0–1]	−.766** [−1.130, −.402]	1 [0–4]	.077 [−.317, .470]		4 [2–7]	−.016 [−.286, .254]	3 [1–6]
Other	.135 [−.294, .023]	2 [0–5]	−.075 [−.598, .449]	0 [0–1]	−.245 [−.511, .022]	3 [1–8]	−.036 [−.398, .326]		6 [2–7]	−.214 [−.481, .053]	3 [1–6]
Relationship status:
Unpartnered	−1.430** [−1.519,-1.342]	0 [0–1]
LAT	.111 [.022, .201]	5 [2–10]
Cohabiting	−.022 [−.108, .064]	4 [2–8]
Married	Ref.	3 [1–6]
Constant	2.710** [2.553, 2.868]		2.083** [1.566, 2.599]		2.651** [2.423, 2.879]		2.622** [2.372, 2.871]			2.477** [2.224, 2.731]
Pseudo R^2	0.06		0.04		0.02		0.02			0.02
N	6,370		1,777		1,130		1,190			2,273

*p < .01, **p < .001

Table 5. Ordered logistic multiple regression for satisfaction from sex life among men aged 18–59: Basic model.

	1. All men		2. Unpartnered		3. LAT		4. Cohabiting		5. Married
	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit		[95% CI]
Age	−.075**	[−.111, −.038]	−.074	[−.134, −.014]	−.157*	[−.251, −.063]	−.029	[−.142, .084]	−.036		[−.132, .059]
Age squared	.001*	[.000, .001]	.001	[−.000, .002]	.002*	[.001, .003]	.000	[−.001, .002]	.000		[−.001, .002]
Religious importance:
Not imp at all	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Not very imp	.126	[−.015, .267]	.009	[−.241, .260]	.310	[−.022, .642]	.276	[−.050, .603]	−.024		[−.285, .237]
Fairly important	.164	[−.015, .343]	−.026	[−.341, .289]	.265	[−.189, .720]	.912**	[.462, 1.361]	−.084		[−.399, .232]
Very important	.367*	[.115, .619]	.602*	[.174, 1.031]	−.043	[−.796, .710]	.674	[−.213, 1.562]	.076		[−.328, .480]
Religious denomination:
None	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Anglicans	−.048	[−.261, .165]	−.132	[−.573, .309]	−.284	[−.926, .358]	−.265	[−.785, .254]	.118		[−.204, .439]
Catholics	.071	[−.159, .301]	−.110	[−.524, .303]	.118	[−.423, .660]	−.425	[−1.007, .156]	.467		[.062, .871]
Other Christian	−.041	[−.221, .139]	.120	[−.198, .438]	−.093	[−.543, .357]	−.214	[−.674, .245]	−.045		[−.357, .267]
Non-Christian	.393	[.059, .727]	.432	[−.104, .967]	.557	[−.385, 1.499]	.409	[−.858, 1.676]	.424		[−.134, .983]
Trying to conceive	.618**	[.402, .833]	.381	[−.362, 1.125]	.427	[−.360, 1.214]	.874**	[.460, 1.287]	.538*		[.230, .847]
Children aged 0–1	.205	[−.042, .451]	−.256	[−1.119, .608]	2.283*	[.673, 3.893]	.334	[−.111, .780]	.131		[−.230, .492]
Children aged 2–11	−.024	[−.198, .151]	.450	[−.459, 1.359]	.299	[−.692, 1.290]	−.338	[−.698, .023]	.018		[−.216, .252]
Children aged 12+	.137	[−.055, .330]	.115	[−.574, .804]	−1.017	[−2.312, .277]	.028	[−.527, .583]	.152		[−.081, .386]
Taking anti-depressants	−.344	[−.642, −.046]	−.398	[−.827, .032]	−.566	[−1.303, .171]	.238	[−.664, 1.141]	−.625		[−1.278, .027]
Education:
Degree	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Upper secondary	.174	[.027, .321]	.161	[−.113, .435]	.339	[−.044, .721]	.351	[−.020, .722]	.015		[−.230, .260]
Low secondary	.481**	[.333, .630]	.706**	[.431, .980]	.577*	[.183, .970]	.475	[.113, .837]	.273		[.024, .522]
None	.889**	[.639, 1.139]	.999**	[.596, 1.402]	.460	[−.291, 1.211]	1.305**	[.642, 1.968]	.832**		[.383, 1.281]
Health status:
Very good	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Good	−.314**	[−.436, −.192]	−.295*	[−.513, −.078]	−.281	[−.581, .020]	−.237	[−.535, .061]	−.371*		[−.582, −.159]
Fair	−.476**	[−.666, −.285]	−.390	[−.715, −.064]	−.659	[−1.173,-.145]	−.369	[−.856, .118]	−.504*		[−.838, −.171]
Bad/very bad	−.443	[−.802, −.085]	−.252	[−.771, .268]	−.047	[−1.014, .919]	−.826	[−1.882, .229]	−.501		[−1.284, .283]
Ethnicity:
White	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
South Asian	.242	[−.115, .600]	−.013	[−.598, .573]	−.518	[−1.850, .814]	1.257	[−.545, 3.059]	.487		[−.060, 1.035]
Black	.471*	[.131, .810]	.629	[.093, 1.165]	.228	[−.647, 1.103]	−.197	[−1.177, .783]	.614		[−.030, 1.259]
Other	−.056	[−.380, .267]	−.091	[−.580, .399]	−.215	[−.979, .549]	.515	[−.439, 1.470]	−.383		[−1.041, .274]
Sex frequency:
Frequency	.147**	[.130, .163]	.190**	[.152, .229]	.068**	[.041, .095]	.207**	[.171, .243]	.194**		[.161, .227]
Frequency squared	−.001**	[−.002, −.001]	−.002**	[−.003, −.002]	−.000	[−.001, −.000]	−.002**	[−.003, −.002]	−.002**		[−.002, −.001]
Relationship status:
Unpartnered	Ref.
LAT	1.026**	[.842, 1.209]
Cohabiting	.662**	[.473, .851]
Married	.656**	[.470, .843]
Pseudo R^2	0.09		0.06		0.05		0.11		0.07
N	4,313		1,355		753		768		1,437

*p < .01, **p < .001

Table 6. Ordered logistic multiple regression for satisfaction from sex life among women aged 18–59: Basic model.

	1. All women		2. Unpartnered		3. LAT		4. Cohabiting		5. Married
	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]
Age	−.065**	[−.098, −.032]	−.133**	[−.189, −.076]	−.098	[−.181, −.015]	.002	[−.083, .087]	−.053	[−.129, .023]
Age squared	.001*	[.000, .001]	.002**	[.001, .002]	.001	[.000, .002]	.000	[−.001, .001]	.000	[−.000, .001]
Religious importance:
Not imp at all	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Not very imp	.013	[−.108, .134]	.060	[−.168, .288]	−.057	[−.336, .222]	−.024	[−.284, .236]	.082	[−.141, .306]
Fairly important	.162	[.014, .310]	.063	[−.212, .338]	.107	[−.248, .462]	−.142	[−.498, .213]	.388*	[.131, .645]
Very important	.301*	[.109, .494]	.379	[.033, .726]	.593	[.038, 1.148]	−.317	[−.871, .238]	.386	[.075, .697]
Religious denomination:
None	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Anglicans	.046	[−.110, .203]	.213	[−.089, .515]	−.251	[−.681, .179]	.307	[−.111, .726]	−.026	[−.269, .218]
Catholics	−.019	[−.191, .152]	−.051	[−.376, .273]	−.109	[−.520, .303]	.198	[−.210, .605]	.027	[−.266, .321]
Other Christian	.009	[−.137, .155]	−.027	[−.288, .233]	−.089	[−.446, .267]	.156	[−.213, .525]	.052	[−.202, .306]
Non-Christian	.003	[−.275, .281]	−.050	[−.508, .407]	−.477	[−1.250, .295]	.154	[−.664, .973]	.108	[−.365, .580]
Trying to conceive	.299*	[.092, .505]	.338	[−.420, 1.096]	.617	[.003, 1.231]	.737**	[.352, 1.122]	−.066	[−.367, .234]
Children aged 0–1	.100	[−.096, .296]	.215	[−.294, .723]	−.061	[−.757, .635]	.304	[−.057, .665]	−.147	[−.461, .167]
Children aged 2–11	.043	[−.071, .158]	.263	[.039, .486]	.165	[−.138, .467]	−.094	[−.364, .175]	−.126	[−.322, .070]
Children aged 12+	.171	[.038, .303]	.147	[−.116, .411]	.257	[−.140, .654]	.298	[−.100, .697]	.132	[−.062, .326]
Taking anti-depressants	−.394**	[−.564, −.223]	−.295	[−.582, −.008]	−.537	[−.949, −.125]	−.346	[−.783, .091]	−.444*	[−.757, −.130]
Education:
Degree	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Upper secondary	.295**	[.167, .423]	.255	[.007, .503]	.113	[−.209, .436]	.097	[−.213, .408]	.462**	[.252, .673]
Low secondary	.486**	[.365, .608]	.399*	[.161, .637]	.163	[−.173, .499]	.538**	[.245, .831]	.575**	[.382, .768]
None	.789**	[.593, .985]	.787**	[.434, 1.139]	.336	[−.174, .846]	.822*	[.354, 1.289]	.849**	[.503, 1.195]
Health status:
Very good	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Good	−.142*	[−.243, −.042]	.016	[−.178, .210]	−.144	[−.389, .101]	−.018	[−.251, .215]	−.295*	[−.465, −.126]
Fair	−.355**	[−.515, −.195]	−.062	[−.343, .219]	−.808**	[−1.222,-.394]	−.044	[−.448, .360]	−.575**	[−.847, −.302]
Bad/very bad	−.417*	[−.690, −.144]	.092	[−.343, .528]	−.628	[−1.333, .076]	−.480	[−1.289, .330]	−.834*	[−1.324, −.345]
Ethnicity:
White	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
South Asian	.530*	[.230, .830]	.385	[−.127, .898]	−.518	[−1.850, .814]	.418	[−.742, 1.578]	.577	[.116, 1.038]
Black	.102	[−.164, .369]	−.087	[−.485, .312]	.228	[−.647, 1.103]	.248	[−.568, 1.064]	.295	[−.237, .826]
Other	.059	[−.188, .305]	−.046	[−.443, .351]	−.215	[−.979, .549]	.027	[−.707, .761]	.216	[−.271, .702]
Sex frequency:
Frequency	.202**	[.181, .222]	.182**	[.140, .224]	.177**	[.131, .223]	.205**	[.157,0.253]	.225**	[.193, .257]
Frequency squared	−.004**	[−.005, −.003]	−.002**	[−.003, −.001]	−.004**	[−.005, −.002]	−.004**	[−.006, −.002]	−.005**	[−.006, −.004]
Relationship status:
Unpartnered	Ref.
LAT	1.009**	[.854, 1.164]
Cohabiting	.743**	[.592, .894]
Married	.851**	[.715, .987]
Pseudo R^2	0.09		0.04		0.06		0.07		0.07
N	6,370		1,777		1,130		1,190		2,273

*p < .01, **p < .001

Table 7. Ordered logistic multiple regression for satisfaction from sex life among men aged 18–59: Full model.

	1. All men		2. Unpartnered		3. LAT		4. Cohabiting		5. Married
	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]
Age	−.080**	[−.118, −.042]	−.103*	[−.166, −.041]	−.116	[−.217, −.015]	−.014	[−.130, .102]	−.040	[−.137, .057]
Age squared	.001*	[.000, .001]	.001	[.000, .002]	.002	[.000, .003]	.000	[−.001, .002]	.000	[−.001, .001]
Religious importance:
Not imp at all	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Not very imp	.119	[−.023, .260]	.029	[−.225, .283]	.350	[.012, .687]	.267	[−.062, .596]	−.059	[−.322, .205]
Fairly important	.110	[−.071, .292]	−.047	[−.372, .278]	.233	[−.230, .696]	.876**	[.419, 1.333]	−.165	[−.485, .155]
Very important	.098	[−.165, .361]	.432	[−.028, .891]	−.172	[−.938, .595]	.660	[−.236, 1.557]	−.346	[−.773, .080]
Religious denomination:
None	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Anglicans	−.028	[−.242, .185]	−.130	[−.574, .314]	−.363	[−1.016, .291]	−.251	[−.777, .275]	.166	[−.156, .488]
Catholics	.099	[−.132, .330]	−.064	[−.485, .357]	.155	[−.398, .708]	−.427	[−1.016, .162]	.491	[.084, .899]
Other Christian	−.078	[−.260, .104]	.061	[−.262, .385]	−.147	[−.601, .308]	−.224	[−.689, .241]	−.089	[−.405, .227]
Non-Christian	.361	[.023, .698]	.410	[−.134, .954]	.484	[−.466, 1.434]	.282	[−1.006, 1.571]	.402	[−.162, .967]
Trying to conceive	.619**	[.402, .836]	.322	[−.426, 1.070]	.358	[−.438, 1.153]	.883**	[.467, 1.298]	.584**	[.271, .897]
Children aged 0–1	.180	[−.069, .428]	−.489	[−1.371, .393]	2.332*	[.667, 3.998]	.324	[−.127, .774]	.156	[−.209, .521]
Children aged 2–11	−.017	[−.192, .159]	.418	[−.516, 1.353]	.460	[−.559, 1.478]	−.355	[−.718, .008]	.036	[−.200, .273]
Children aged 12+	.130	[−.063, .323]	.076	[−.620, .772]	−1.133	[−2.446, .181]	.050	[−.513, .613]	.152	[−.084, .388]
Taking anti-depressants	−.391	[−.690, −.092]	−.457	[−.891, −.023]	−.675	[−1.428, .079]	.168	[−.740, 1.076]	−.710	[−1.373, −.047]
Education:
Degree	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Upper secondary	.138	[−.010, .286]	.164	[−.114, .442]	.273	[−.115, .660]	.332	[−.043, .706]	−.032	[−.279, .216]
Low secondary	.421**	[.271, .572]	.662**	[.382, .942]	.541*	[.138, .945]	.466	[.096, .835]	.160	[−.095, .414]
None	.768**	[.515, 1.021]	.916**	[.504, 1.327]	.249	[−.527, 1.025]	1.195*	[.522, 1.868]	.681*	[.226, 1.136]
Health status:
Very good	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Good	−.329**	[−.452, −.207]	−.269	[−.489, −.049]	−.321	[−.626, −.017]	−.234	[−.536, .067]	−.407**	[−.622, −.192]
Fair	−.492**	[−.684, −.301]	−.383	[−.712, −.054]	−.655	[−1.178,-.132]	−.357	[−.848, .134]	−.532*	[−.868, −.197]
Bad/very bad	−.510*	[−.872, −.148]	−.269	[−.791, .254]	−.147	[−1.113, .819]	−.914	[−1.988, .161]	−.582	[−1.391, .226]
Ethnicity:
White	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
South Asian	.133	[−.230, .497]	−.075	[−.671, .522]	−.548	[−1.903, .806]	1.260	[−.562, 3.081]	.301	[−.257, .858]
Black	.462*	[.121, .803]	.617	[.075, 1.159]	.186	[−.704, 1.075]	−.213	[−1.194, .767]	.502	[−.139, 1.142]
Other	−.088	[−.413, .237]	−.057	[−.553, .439]	−.262	[−1.032, .509]	.501	[−.471, 1.474]	−.553	[−1.218, .112]
Sex frequency:
Frequency	.151**	[.134, .168]	.182**	[.141, .222]	.077**	[.049, .105]	.216**	[.179, .254]	.200**	[.166, .233]
Frequency squared	−.001**	[−.002, −.001]	−.002**	[−.003, −.002]	−.000	[−.001, −.000]	−.002**	[−.003, −.002]	−.002**	[−.002, −.001]
Lifetime sex partners:
0	−.349	[−.715, .017]	−.105	[−.568, .357]
1	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
2–4	−.116	[−.325, .093]	.065	[−.326, .456]	−.472	[−1.006, .063]	−.090	[−.686, .507]	−.055	[−.396, .286]
5–9	−.048	[−.258, .163]	.404	[−.005, .813]	−.609	[−1.158,-.060]	−.168	[−.733, .397]	−.154	[−.496, .187]
10+	.061	[−.150, .273]	.525	[.118, .932]	−.527	[−1.086, .032]	−.232	[−.799, .336]	.061	[−.284, .406]
OK to have sex without love:
Strongly agree	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Agree	.072	[−.092, .237]	−.094	[−.373, .185]	.055	[−.362, .472]	.022	[−.356, .400]	.272	[−.048, .592]
Neither	.179	[−.020, .379]	.069	[−.287, .425]	−.092	[−.585, .400]	.224	[−.251, .700]	.518*	[.147, .890]
Disagree	.655**	[.401, .908]	.523	[.069, .978]	.406	[−.252, 1.065]	.323	[−.305, .951]	1.103**	[.652, 1.553]
Strongly disagree	.614*	[.254, .975]	.471	[−.190, 1.131]	.713	[−.467, 1.894]	.743	[−.194, 1.681]	.879*	[.294, 1.465]
Opinion on one night stands:
Always wrong	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Mostly wrong	−.303*	[−.495, −.110]	−.311	[−.707, .086]	−.370	[−.899, .158]	−.265	[−.750, .219]	−.410*	[−.708, −.111]
Sometimes wrong	−.337**	[−.512, −.162]	−.443	[−.813, −.073]	−.402	[−.849, .045]	−.282	[−.707, .142]	−.328	[−.610, −.046]
Rarely wrong	−.489**	[−.716, −.263]	−.754*	[−1.180,-.329]	−.728	[−1.300,-.157]	−.378	[−.923, .167]	−.183	[−.605, .240]
Not wrong at all	−.360**	[−.561, −.158]	−.421	[−.823, −.020]	−.667	[−1.193,-.142]	−.338	[−.808, .133]	−.245	[−.592, .102]
Depends/ DK	−.301	[−.629, .027]	−.530	[−1.177, .117]	−.685	[−1.701, .330]	−.001	[−.724, .721]	−.108	[−.637, .421]
Relationship status:
Unpartnered	Ref.
LAT	.954**	[.768, 1.141]
Cohabiting	.570**	[.378, .763]
Married	.562**	[.369, .755]
Pseudo R^2	0.10		0.07		0.06		0.12		0.09
N	4,313		1,355		753		768		1,437

*p < .01, **p < .001

Table 8. Ordered logistic multiple regression for satisfaction from sex life among women aged 18–59: Full model.

	1. All women		2. Unpartnered		3. LAT		4. Cohabiting		5. Married
	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]
Age	−.046*	[−.080, −.012]	−.129**	[−.189, −.069]	−.089	[−.175, −.003]	.047	[−.041, .136]	−.031	[−.108, .045]
Age squared	.000	[−.000, .001]	.001**	[.001, .002]	.001	[−.000, .002]	−.001	[−.002, .000]	.000	[−.001, .001]
Religious importance:
Not imp at all	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Not very imp	−.008	[−.130, .114]	.056	[−.174, .287]	−.047	[−.330, .236]	−.089	[−.352, .175]	.043	[−.181, .268]
Fairly important	.104	[−.045, .254]	.054	[−.223, .332]	.059	[−.300, .418]	−.273	[−.635, .088]	.297	[.036, .558]
Very important	.078	[−.120, .277]	.222	[−.139, .582]	.433	[−.131, .997]	−.646	[−1.223, −.069]	.123	[−.199, .446]
Religious denomination:
None	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Anglicans	.045	[−.112, .203]	.208	[−.095, .511]	−.248	[−.679, .183]	.362	[−.063, .787]	−.029	[−.273, .216]
Catholics	−.015	[−.188, .157]	−.04	[−.367, .287]	−.067	[−.483, .348]	.220	[−.193, .633]	.020	[−.275, .316]
Other Christian	−.008	[−.155, .139]	−.051	[−.313, .211]	−.076	[−.436, .283]	.160	[−.211, .530]	.018	[−.237, .273]
Non-Christian	−.043	[−.322, .236]	−.014	[−.473, .444]	−.533	[−1.322, .255]	.142	[−.696, .980]	−.003	[−.480, .474]
Trying to conceive	.308*	[.101, .515]	.304	[−.453, 1.060]	.683	[.066, 1.299]	.741**	[.350, 1.132]	−.014	[−.316, .288]
Children aged 0–1	.124	[−.074, .322]	.176	[−.335, .687]	−.164	[−.866, .538]	.363	[−.005, .731]	−.079	[−.396, .238]
Children aged 2–11	.051	[−.065, .167]	.218	[−.010, .447]	.162	[−.146, .469]	−.089	[−.361, .183]	−.077	[−.275, .120]
Children aged 12+	.128	[−.005, .262]	.106	[−.162, .374]	.260	[−.140, .659]	.267	[−.134, .669]	.083	[−.113, .278]
Taking anti-depressants	−.377**	[−.548, −.205]	−.288	[−.577, −.000]	−.530	[−.946, −.113]	−.290	[−.732, .153]	−.426*	[−.740, −.111]
Education:
Degree	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Upper secondary	.257**	[.128, .386]	.251	[.002, .501]	.067	[−.260, .394]	.023	[−.291, .337]	.424**	[.211, .637]
Low secondary	.415**	[.292, .538]	.363*	[.123, .603]	.063	[−.281, .407]	.400*	[.101, .700]	.510**	[.314, .706]
None	.638**	[.440, .837]	.674**	[.319, 1.029]	.173	[−.350, .696]	.602	[.126, 1.077]	.695**	[.345, 1.045]
Health status:
Very good	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Good	−.147*	[−.248, −.046]	.023	[−.172, .218]	−.156	[−.405, .092]	−.014	[−.249, .222]	−.303**	[−.474, −.133]
Fair	−.378**	[−.538, −.217]	−.091	[−.372, .191]	−.867**	[−1.286,-.447]	.038	[−.368, .444]	−.623**	[−.898, −.349]
Bad/very bad	−.439*	[−.712, −.166]	.009	[−.431, .449]	−.663	[−1.376, .050]	−.428	[−1.244, .388]	−.774*	[−1.265, −.283]
Ethnicity:
White	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
South Asian	.372	[.069, .675]	.324	[−.192, .840]	.841	[−.183, 1.865]	.116	[−1.063,1.295]	.365	[−.103, .834]
Black	.024	[−.244, .291]	−.151	[−.553, .251]	.115	[−.593, .824]	.094	[−.733, .921]	.169	[−.364, .703]
Other	−.009	[−.258, .240]	−.056	[−.458, .346]	−.046	[−.589, .496]	−.227	[−.986, .532]	.050	[−.447, .547]
Sex frequency:
Frequency	.207**	[.186, .227]	.188**	[.145, .232]	.182**	[.136, .228]	.209**	[.160, .258]	.227**	[.195, .259]
Frequency squared	−.004**	[−.005, −.003]	−.002**	[−.003, −.001]	−.004**	[−.005, −.002]	−.003**	[−.005, −.002]	−.005**	[−.006, −.004]
Lifetime sex partners:
0	−.515*	[−.848, −.181]	−.433	[−.860, −.007]
1	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
2–4	−.137	[−.289, .015]	.194	[−.136, .524]	.018	[−.426, .462]	−.225	[−.617, .168]	−.303*	[−.526, −.080]
5–9	−.135	[−.294, .024]	.152	[−.185, .489]	.129	[−.327, .586]	−.324	[−.717, .068]	−.236	[−.482, .009]
10+	−.303**	[−.471, −.135]	.046	[−.297, .389]	.074	[−.407, .555]	−.648*	[−1.055, −.241]	−.440*	[−.712, −.169]
OK to have sex without love:
Strongly agree	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Agree	−.076	[−.239, .087]	−.141	[−.417, .136]	−.055	[−.468, .358]	.188	[−.192, .568]	−.162	[−.467, .143]
Neither	.052	[−.126, .230]	−.046	[−.359, .267]	.040	[−.403, .483]	.360	[−.065, .784]	−.004	[−.330, .322]
Disagree	.160	[−.044, .363]	.123	[−.242, .489]	.325	[−.197, .846]	.234	[−.262, .730]	.125	[−.232, .482]
Strongly disagree	.404*	[.150, .659]	.402	[−.047, .852]	.689	[−.059, 1.438]	.660	[−.026, 1.347]	.317	[−.101, .736]
Opinion on one night stands:
Always wrong	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Mostly wrong	−.231*	[−.368, −.093]	−.213	[−.475, .048]	−.303	[−.652, .046]	−.467*	[−.808, −.126]	−.147	[−.373, .078]
Sometimes wrong	−.314**	[−.450, −.179]	−.421*	[−.675, −.168]	−.175	[−.515, .166]	−.496*	[−.826, −.166]	−.238	[−.468, −.007]
Rarely wrong	−.429**	[−.632, −.225]	−.449	[−.824, −.073]	−.571	[−1.079 −.063]	−.744*	[−1.216, −.273]	−.189	[−.543, .164]
Not wrong at all	−.384**	[−.562, −.206]	−.590**	[−.916, −.264]	−.296	[−.749, .158]	−.392	[−.795, .010]	−.266	[−.582, .050]
Depends/ DK	−.204	[−.459, .051]	−.266	[−.744, .213]	−.063	[−.743, .616]	.249	[−.464, .963]	−.308	[−.701, .086]
Relationship status:
Unpartnered	Ref.
LAT	.951**	[.794, 1.109]
Cohabiting	.677**	[.524, .830]
Married	.715**	[.574, .856]
Pseudo R^2	0.10		0.05		0.07		0.09		0.08
N	6,370		1,777		1,130		1,190		2,273

*p < .01, **p < .001

Table 9. Multiple logistic regression for being in the lowest quintile of sexual function among men aged 18–59.

	1. All men		2. Unpartnered		3. LAT		4. Cohabiting		5. Married
	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]
Age	.028	[−.029, .086]	.051	[−.053, .155]	.113	[−.042, .267]	.072	[−.106, .251]	−.142	[−.284, .001]
Age squared	.000	[−.001, .000]	−.001	[−.002, .001]	−.002	[−.004, .001]	−.001	[−.003, .001]	.002	[.000, .003]
Religious importance:
Not imp at all	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Not very imp	−.174	[−.392, .045]	−.004	[−.407, .399]	−.190	[−.747, .366]	−.114	[−.601, .372]	−.369	[−.762, .025]
Fairly important	.030	[−.242, .303]	.245	[−.266, .757]	.196	[−.522, .913]	−.368	[−1.066, .330]	−.094	[−.546, .357]
Very important	.063	[−.325, .451]	.282	[−.439, 1.003]	.337	[−.874, 1.548]	.198	[−1.230, 1.626]	−.165	[−.755, .426]
Religious denomination:
None	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Anglicans	.148	[−.167, .462]	.447	[−.255, 1.149]	.322	[−.628, 1.273]	.299	[−.456, 1.055]	−.007	[−.476, .462]
Catholics	−.156	[−.517, .205]	.277	[−.340, .894]	−.656	[−1.719, .408]	.047	[−.868, .961]	−.437	[−1.073, .199]
Other Christian	.031	[−.248, .310]	.091	[−.421, .602]	−.476	[−1.297, .345]	.227	[−.470, .925]	.034	[−.430, .497]
Non-Christian	.022	[−.495, .539]	.105	[−.810, 1.021]	.167	[−1.267, 1.601]			.073	[−.749, .894]
Trying to conceive	.187	[−.114, .488]	.875	[−.025, 1.775]	.148	[−.922, 1.217]	−.190	[−.806, .426]	.202	[−.237, .640]
Children aged 0–1	−.432	[−.835, −.029]	−.368	[−1.664, .928]			−.522	[−1.245, .201]	−.395	[−.987, .196]
Children aged 2–11	.031	[−.221, .282]	−.254	[−1.617, 1.109]	−.365	[−2.038, 1.307]	.008	[−.512, .529]	.181	[−.166, .528]
Children aged 12+	.019	[−.262, .300]	.229	[−1.052, 1.510]	1.194	[−.530, 2.919]	.012	[−.806, .831]	.009	[−.330, .348]
Taking anti-depressants	.459	[.070, .847]	.144	[−.518, .807]	.762	[−.146, 1.670]	−.181	[−1.320, .959]	1.165*	[.428, 1.903]
Education:
Degree	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Upper secondary	−.071	[−.295, .154]	−.082	[−.510, .347]	−.680	[−1.302, −.059]	−.204	[−.780, .371]	.201	[−.162, .564]
Low secondary	−.281	[−.510, −.051]	−.549	[−.997, −.101]	−.532	[−1.147, .084]	−.220	[−.765, .326]	−.036	[−.414, .341]
None	.010	[−.354, .373]	−.350	[−1.040, .340]	.045	[−.901, .991]	.381	[−.502, 1.264]	.197	[−.415, .810]
Health status:
Very good	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Good	.437**	[.244, .630]	.504*	[.149, .859]	.435	[−.094, .964]	.603	[.137, 1.068]	.311	[−.013, .635]
Fair	.891**	[.616, 1.165]	.927*	[.403, 1.452]	1.184*	[.479, 1.889]	.731	[.008, 1.455]	.717*	[.267, 1.167]
Bad/very bad	.971**	[.473, 1.469]	.661	[−.196, 1.519]	.953	[−.279, 2.184]	2.176*	[.840, 3.513]	.480	[−.539, 1.500]
Ethnicity:
White	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
South Asian	−.053	[−.614, .508]	−.451	[−1.556, .654]	−.134	[−2.067, 1.799]			.268	[−.541, 1.077]
Black	−.043	[−.541, .456]	−.538	[−1.444, .368]	−.746	[−2.413, .921]	.207	[−1.197, 1.610]	.483	[−.318, 1.284]
Other	.016	[−.498, .529]	.169	[−.580, .918]	−.317	[−1.633, .998]	−.613	[−2.787, 1.561]	.144	[−.839, 1.128]
Sex frequency:
Frequency	−.139**	[−.168, −.111]	−.067	[−.126, −.009]	−.055	[−.102, −.007]	−.240**	[−.314, −.167]	−.266**	[−.332, −.199]
Frequency squared	.001**	[.001, .001]	.001	[−.001, .002]	.000	[−.000, .001]	.002**	[.001, .003]	.002**	[.001, .003]
Relationship status:
Unpartnered	.126	[−.162, .413]
LAT	−.055	[−.376, .267]
Cohabiting	.190	[−.079, .459]
Married	Ref.
Constant	−1.861*	[−2.947, −.775]	−2.200	[−3.960, −.440]	−3.233	[−5.893, −.573]	−2.077	[−5.302, 1.148]	1.724	[−1.207, 4.655]
Pseudo R^2	0.08		0.04		0.09		0.14		0.11
N	3,846		941		742		735		1,401

*p < .01, **p < .001

Table 10. Multiple logistic regression for being in the lowest quintile of sexual function among women aged 18–59.

	1. All women		2. Unpartnered		3. LAT		4. Cohabiting		5. Married
	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]	Logit	[95% CI]
Age	.034	[−.018, .086]	.059	[−.042, .160]	.203*	[.062, .343]	−.007	[−.135, .121]	.016	[−.102, .134]
Age squared	.000	[−.001, .000]	−.001	[−.002, .001]	−.003*	[−.005, −.001]	.000	[−.001, .002]	.000	[−.001, .001]
Religious importance:
Not imp at all	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Not very imp	−.144	[−.330, .042]	.155	[−.200, .509]	−.102	[−.580, .376]	−.114	[−.508, .280]	−.399	[−.728, −.070]
Fairly important	−.101	[−.329, .128]	.252	[−.200, .703]	−.045	[−.637, .547]	.040	[−.471, .551]	−.528*	[−.908, −.148]
Very important	.062	[−.233, .357]	.636	[.042, 1.230]	−.156	[−1.084, .773]	.498	[−.270, 1.266]	−.330	[−.781, .120]
Religious denomination:
None	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Anglicans	−.113	[−.357, .131]	−.821*	[−1.428, −.213]	.189	[−.474, .852]	.026	[−.589, .640]	.086	[−.274, .446]
Catholics	−.141	[−.410, .128]	−.268	[−.805, .269]	−.236	[−.959, .486]	−.181	[−.786, .424]	−.017	[−.463, .428]
Other Christian	−.216	[−.449, .017]	−.388	[−.818, .042]	−.223	[−.875, .429]	−.426	[−1.001, .150]	.051	[−.332, .433]
Non-Christian	−.345	[−.807, .117]	−.034	[−.802, .734]	−.612	[−2.181, .958]	−1.209	[−2.614, .196]	−.205	[−.968, .557]
Trying to conceive	−.131	[−.466, .205]	.172	[−.833, 1.178]	−.772	[−2.014, .469]	−.513	[−1.200, .175]	.144	[−.332, .619]
Children aged 0–1	.050	[−.244, .344]	1.100*	[.424, 1.776]	.554	[−.471, 1.579]	−.191	[−.749, .366]	−.195	[−.702, .312]
Children aged 2–11	.063	[−.112, .237]	.071	[−.265, .408]	−.101	[−.596, .394]	.262	[−.129, .652]	.032	[−.269, .332]
Children aged 12+	−.110	[−.310, .089]	−.020	[−.456, .417]	−.427	[−1.074, .219]	.051	[−.494, .596]	−.129	[−.413, .155]
Taking anti-depressants	.688**	[.463, .914]	.681*	[.256, 1.105]	.387	[−.187, .961]	.759*	[.219, 1.299]	.896**	[.508, 1.283]
Education:
Degree	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Upper secondary	−.152	[−.352, .047]	−.202	[−.608, .204]	−.154	[−.685, .377]	.089	[−.370, .548]	−.284	[−.608, .040]
Low secondary	−.271*	[−.457, −.084]	−.290	[−.685, .105]	−.437	[−.987, .114]	−.258	[−.700, .185]	−.270	[−.559, .020]
None	−.226	[−.519, .067]	−.216	[−.793, .360]	.025	[−.718, .768]	−.608	[−1.316, .099]	−.232	[−.729, .266]
Health status:
Very good	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Good	.287**	[.125, .448]	.128	[−.195, .452]	.561	[.115, 1.006]	−.127	[−.485, .231]	.503**	[.240, .766]
Fair	.763**	[.532, .994]	.684*	[.233, 1.134]	1.378**	[.772, 1.983]	.219	[−.358, .796]	.942**	[.569, 1.315]
Bad/very bad	.951**	[.571, 1.331]	.528	[−.186, 1.242]	1.151	[.155, 2.147]	1.191	[.196, 2.187]	1.222**	[.589, 1.855]
Ethnicity:
White	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
South Asian	−.508	[−1.029, .013]	−.681	[−1.633, .272]	−.252	[−2.153, 1.649]	.210	[−1.506, 1.927]	−.554	[−1.330, .222]
Black	−.063	[−.491, .366]	−.072	[−.757, .613]	.161	[−.961, 1.283]	.349	[−.795, 1.493]	−.517	[−1.422, .388]
Other	−.001	[−.371, .370]	−.028	[−.602, .547]	−.044	[−.945, .857]	.221	[−.911, 1.352]	−.221	[−.944, .503]
Sex frequency:
Frequency	−.191**	[−.222, −.160]	−.067	[−.128, −.007]	−.145*	[−.245, −.045]	−.274**	[−.351, −.196]	−.270**	[−.325, −.214]
Frequency squared	.003**	[.002, .004]	.001	[−.000, .002]	.002	[−.004, .007]	.006**	[.004, .009]	.005**	[.003, .007]
Relationship status:
Unpartnered	.123	[−.087, .333]
LAT	−.219	[−.456, .018]
Cohabiting	.130	[−.081, .341]
Married	Ref.
Constant	−1.796**	[−2.771, −.820]	−2.287	[−4.028, −.546]	−4.838**	[−7.287,-2.390]	−.634	[−2.914, 1.647]	−1.294	[−3.684, 1.096]
Pseudo R^2	0.10		0.07		0.11		0.11		0.13
N	5,632		1,136		1,127		1,176		2,193

*p < .01, **p < .001