The Sexual Satisfaction in Married Women.
10.4040/jkan.1998.28.1.201
- Author:
Sook Bok CHANG
1
;
Hee Sun KANG
;
Sook Nam KIM
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Korea. rich@healthis.org
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Sexual Satisfaction;
Married Women
- MeSH:
Busan;
Education;
Female;
Humans;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Seoul
- From:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
1998;28(1):201-209
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
This study was conducted to explore the level of sexual satisfaction in married women. This is a descriptive study. The data was collected from July 19 to Aug 10, 1997 utilizing a questionnaire developed by researchers. Sexual satisfaction(alpha=.926) was measured by the Sexual satisfaction scale(Kim at el, 1997) which is consisted of 17-items. And data was analysed using SPSS/PC+ 7.5. The following is a summary of the study. 1. The study surveyed a total of 400 married women from Seoul, Kyungki do, and Pusan. The mean age of the subjects was 38.61 years with the range from 22 to 69 years. A large proportion of the subjects(69.3%) had received a high school education or further education. In terms of the marital satisfaction, 68.6% of subjects were moderately or highly satisfied; 6.8% were dissatisfied. 2. The mean score and standard deviation of the sexual satisfaction was 42.74+/-10.42 with the range from 17 to 68 score. 3. The variables influencing on sexual satisfaction were age, education level, income, job, stress, and perceived marital satisfaction.