Attitude to the Menopause and Sex amongst Middle-Aged Women in a Family Medicine Clinic in Ibadan, Nigeria

Table 4

Possible associations of positive and negative attitude to the menopause.

Characteristic	Positive attitude	Negative attitude	p
Age group
41–45	38 (43.2)	50 (56.8)
46–50	26 (60.5)	17 (39.5)	0.04
51–55	17 (68.0)	8 (32.0)
Marital status
Unmarried	15 (57.7)	11 (42.3)	0.52
Married	66 (50.8)	64 (492)
Type of marriage
Monogamous	53 (52.0)	49 (48.0)	>0.99
Polygamous	26 (52.0)	24 (48.0)
Has children
Yes	81 (52.9)	72 (47.1)
No	0 (0)	3 (100.0)
Level of education
Primary or less	31 (47.7)	34 (52.3)	0.37
Secondary or higher	50 (54.9)	41 (45.1)
Religion
Christianity	57 (55.3)	46 (44.7)	0.23
Islam	24 (45.3)	29 (54.7)
Menses has become irregular
Yes	59 (52.2)	54 (47.8)	0.99
No	22 (52.4)	20 (47.6)
Anticipation of unhealthy changes with the menopause
Yes	34 (49.3)	35 (50.7)	0.56
No	47 (54.0)	40 (46.0)
Frequency of sex in the past year
Increased activity	5 (55.6)	4 (44.4)
Decreased activity	43 (53.8)	37 (46.2)
The same as usual	15 (46.9)	17 (53.1)
None at all	18 (56.2)	14 (43.8)

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