Table 2 Demographic and sexual characteristics of pornography users and non-users
Variable | Women (N = 301) | P-value | Cohen | Men (N = 149) | P-value | Cohen | All (N = 450) | P-value | Cohen d | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PUs | Non-PUs | d | PUs | Non-PUs | d | PUs | Non-PUs | |||||
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||||||
101 (33.6%) | 200 (66.4%) | 77 (51.7%) | 72 (48.3%) | 178 (39.6%) | 272 (60.4%) | |||||||
M (SD) | M (SD) | ǂ | M (SD) | M (SD) | ǂ | M (SD) | M (SD) | ǂ | ||||
Age | 26.83 ± 5.37 | 30.39 ± 8.05 | 0.0001 | 0.6 | 31.00 ± 7.54 | 34.26 ± 6.61 | 0.006 | 0.4 | 28.63 ± 6.71 | 31.41 ± 7.87 | 0.0001 | 0.4 |
Marriage duration (year) | 3.95 ± 3.87 | 6.78 ± 7.03 | 0.0001 | 0.5 | 5.09 ± 5.85 | 6.99 ± 6.18 | 0.055 | 0.3 | 4.44 ± 4.85 | 6.84 ± 6.81 | 0.0001 | 0.4 |
Education (year) | 16.44 ± 2.51 | 17.37 ± 2.94 | 0.007 | 0.3 | 17.63 ± 20.03 | 18.72 ± 2.81 | 0.008 | 0.1 | 16.96 ± 2.38 | 17.73 ± 2.97 | 0.004 | 0.3 |
Religiosity | 8.47 ± 3.99 | 10.62 ± 3.79 | 0.0001 | 0.5 | 9.03 ± 4.05 | 11.66 ± 3.35 | 0.0001 | 0.7 | 8.71 ± 4.02 | 10.90 ± 3.70 | 0.0001 | 0.6 |
Age at first sex | 21.30 ± 4.13 | 22.62 ± 4.43 | 0.013 | 0.3 | 22.04 ± 4.55 | 24.76 ± 4.79 | 0.001 | 0.6 | 21.62 ± 4.32 | 23.29 ± 4.50 | 0.0001 | 0.4 |
Sex frequency (3 months) | 22.53 ± 21.91 | 20.72 ± 19.31 | 0.463 | 0.1 | 21.30 ± 17.73 | 21.60 ± 18.82 | 0.922 | 0 | 22.01 ± 20.17 | 20.95 ± 19.15 | 0.578 | 0 |
Masturbation (1 month) | 3.33 ± 7.92 | 0.42 ± 1.89 | 0.0001 | 0.5 | 6.28 ± 16.59 | 0.25 ± 0.96 | 0.002 | 0.5 | 4.59 ± 12.45 | 0.38 ± 1.69 | 0.0001 | 0.5 |
(%) | (%) | £ | (%) | (%) | £ | (%) | (%) | £ | ||||
Children | ||||||||||||
0 | 74.30% | 53.00% | 0.0001 | 62.30% | 43.10% | 0.021 | 69.10% | 50.40% | 0.0001 | |||
1 | 21.80% | 25.50% | 18.20% | 22.20% | 20.20% | 24.60% | ||||||
2 | 3.00% | 16.00% | 18.20% | 25.00% | 9.60% | 18.40% | ||||||
3 | 1.00% | 5.00% | 0.00% | 8.30% | 0.60% | 5.90% | ||||||
4 | 0.00% | 0.50% | 1.30% | 1.40% | 0.60% | 0.70% | ||||||
Economic | ||||||||||||
Unpleasant | 13.90% | 11.00% | 0.734 | 23.40% | 18.10% | 0.726 | 18.00% | 12.90% | 0.305 | |||
Medium | 71.30% | 75.00% | 61.00% | 65.30% | 66.90% | 72.40% | ||||||
Pleasant | 14.90% | 14.00% | 15.60% | 16.70% | 15.20% | 14.70% | ||||||
Sex communication | ||||||||||||
Very easy | 35.60% | 51.00% | 0.034 | 44.20% | 63.90% | 0.091 | 39.30% | 54.40% | 0.008 | |||
Easy | 34.70% | 25.00% | 26.00% | 18.10% | 30.90% | 23.20% | ||||||
Hard | 24.80% | 16.50% | 22.10% | 11.10% | 23.60% | 15.10% | ||||||
Very hard | 5.00% | 7.50% | 7.80% | 6.90% | 6.20% | 7.40% | ||||||
Sex frequency satisfaction | ||||||||||||
Less than desired | 39.60% | 26.00% | 0.046 | 54.50% | 40.30% | 0.121 | 46.10% | 29.80% | 0.002 | |||
Desired | 55.40% | 66.00% | 42.90% | 58.30% | 50.00% | 64.00% | ||||||
More than desired | 5.00% | 8.00% | 2.60% | 1.40% | 3.90% | 6.30% | ||||||
Extramarital relationship | ||||||||||||
I don’t want to answer | 5.00% | 4.00% | 0.0001 | 5.20% | 4.20% | 0.009 | 5.10% | 4.00% | 0.0001 | |||
No | 83.20% | 94.50% | 72.70% | 90.30% | 78.70% | 93.40% | ||||||
Yes | 11.90% | 1.50% | 22.10% | 5.60% | 16.30% | 2.60% | ||||||