Sexual health and socioeconomic-related factors in Spain
Por:
Ruiz-Munoz, D, Wellings, K, Castellanos-Torres, E, Alvarez-Dardet, C, Casals-Cases, M, Perez, G
Publicada:
1 oct 2013
Resumen:
Purpose: The aim of the present study was to describe sexual health in Spain according to three important indicators of the World Health Organization definition and explore the influence of socioeconomic factors.
Methods: We performed a population-based cross-sectional study of sexually active people aged 16-44 years residing in Spain in 2009 (2365 women and 2532 men). Three main aspects of sexual health were explored: sexual satisfaction, safe sex, and sexual abuse. The independent variables explored were age, age at first intercourse, reason for first intercourse, type of partner, level of education, country of origin, religiousness, parity, and social class. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models were fitted.
Results: Both men and women were quite satisfied with their sexual life, their first sexual intercourse, and their sexual relationships during the previous year. Most participants had practiced safe sex both at first intercourse and during the previous year. Levels of sexual abuse were similar to those in other developed countries. People of disadvantaged socioeconomic position have less satisfying, more unsafe, and more abusive sexual relationships. Women experienced more sexual abuse and had less satisfaction at their first intercourse.
Conclusions: The state of sexual health in Spain is relatively good. However, we observed inequalities according to gender and socioeconomic position. (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Filiaciones:
Ruiz-Munoz, D:
CIBER Epidemiol & Publ Hlth, Madrid, Spain
Barcelona Publ Hlth Agcy, Hlth Informat Syst Serv, Barcelona, Spain
Inst Biomed Res IIB Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Wellings, K:
London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Fac Publ Hlth & Policy, Dept Social & Environm Hlth Res, London WC1, England
Castellanos-Torres, E:
Univ Alicante, Dept Publ Hlth, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
Femtopia Consulting, Madrid, Spain
Alvarez-Dardet, C:
CIBER Epidemiol & Publ Hlth, Madrid, Spain
Univ Alicante, Dept Publ Hlth, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
Casals-Cases, M:
Barcelona Publ Hlth Agcy, Hlth Informat Syst Serv, Barcelona, Spain
Perez, G:
CIBER Epidemiol & Publ Hlth, Madrid, Spain
Barcelona Publ Hlth Agcy, Hlth Informat Syst Serv, Barcelona, Spain
Inst Biomed Res IIB Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Pompeu Fabra Univ, Fac Hlth & Life Sci, Barcelona, Spain
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