Financial stability also contributes to a satisfactory sex life. A recent study reveals that women with a sound economic background tend to have a better sex life.
The findings of the study are based on data collected from the first Spanish National Sexual Health Survey, 2009, conducted by the Centre for Sociological Research. The researchers at Barcelona Public Health Agency explored the various factors that contributed to a satisfactory sexual life in the people interviewed in the survey.
Around 9,850 people were surveyed where 90 percent of the people admitted to being happy with their sexual life in general and 95 percent claimed to be satisfied with the sexual relations the previous year.
The Spanish men and women (97 and 96 percent respectively) appeared to be more content with their stable partners than their causal sexual encounters.
The researchers said that socioeconomic factors affect sexual satisfaction. "People of a lower socioeconomic status claim to be less satisfied sexually, which especially applies to women, who seem to be more influenced by these factors," said Dolores Ruiz, the main author of the study.
Findings on safe sex practice found that 77 percent of women and 73 percent of men used contraception and in cases of sex with a casual partner the numbers rose to 92 percent for women and 86 percent for men.
"Those people with a lower socioeconomic status are always those who use less contraception," said Ruiz. "Furthermore, women usually suffer more experiences of sexual abuse than men and they claim to have less sexual gratification during their first sexual intercourse."
Sexual abuse numbers revealed 4 percent of the men and 6 percent of the women were forced into such a relationship. 6.1 percent of women with low socio-economic background reported that they were raped in contrast to 1.6 men. "Once again, it's particularly women of a lower socioeconomic status who suffer more experiences of sexual abuse. It's important to bear in mind that these women also might have more problems when it comes to contacting the various organisations that can provide help for them," reads the study.
