The association between sexual function and body image among postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional study

BMC Women's Health

Table 4 The correlation between socio-demographic factors and sexual function of the postmenopausal women (n = 231)

Socio-demographic factors	Sexual function (total score of FSFI)
Socio-demographic factors	r^a	P
Spearmen correlation test
Age	r = − 0.117	0.081
Age of husband	r = − 0.144	0.032
Age of menopause	r = − 0.068	0.312
Duration of menopause	r = − 0.214	0.001
Duration of marriage	r = − 0.095	0.159
Education	r = 0.267	< 0.001
Education of husband	r = 0.085	0.207
The adequacy of family monthly income	r = 0.154	0.021
Mann–Whitney test^b
Woman’s Job	z = − 3.479	0.001
Husband’s Job	z = − 5.041	< 0.001
Homeownership status	z = − 0.756	0.449

^ar: Spearmen correlation was used for data analysis since the data were numerical variables with non-normal distribution; ^b Mann–Whitney Test was used for data analysis as the educational level, and the adequacy of family monthly income were ordinal variables

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