SEX AND AGE AS DETERMINANTS OF SEXUAL SATISFACTION AMONG WORKERS

Oguegbe Tochukwu Matthew, Nweke Kingsley Onyibo, Mabia Chidozie

Abstract


The study was aimed at investigating the influence of sex and age on sexual satisfaction. The study used 215 participants out of which 101 were males and 114 females; drawn through a stratified random sampling from Awka Town. Their ages ranged from 20 to 59 years with a mean age of 34.83 years and a standard deviation of 6.9. The study utilized a 25 item Index of Sexual Satisfaction by Hudson (1982). The study adopted a 2 by 2 factorial design and accordingly 2way ANOVA was used for the statistical analysis. The first hypothesis which stated that males and females will differ on their level of sexual satisfaction was confirmed at F (1,211) = 16.15, P<.05 level of significance. The study also confirmed the second hypothesis which stated that workers who are young will differ from workers who are old at their level of sexual satisfaction at F (1,211) = 18.5, P<.05 level of significance. These indicate that females are more sexually satisfied than males, and young workers are also more sexually satisfied than the older workers.

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