The Sexual Satisfaction in Married Women

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This study was conducted to explore the level of sexual satisfaction in married women. This is a descriptive study. The data was collected from July 19 to Aug 10, 1997 utilizing a questionnaire developed by researchers. Sexual satisfaction(a=,926) was measured by the Sexual satisfaction scale(Kim at el, 1997) which is consisted of 17-items. And data was analysed using SPSS /PC+7.5. The following is a summary of the study. 1. The study surveyed a total of 400 married women from Seoul, Kyungki do. and Pusan. The mean age of the subjects was 38.61 years with the range from 22 to 69 years. A large proportion of the subjects(69.3%) had received a high school education or further education. In terms of the marital satisfaction, 68.6% of subjects were moderately or highly satisfied : 6.8% were dissatisfied. 2. The mean score and standard deviation of the sexual satisfaction was 42.74$\pm$10.42 with the range from 17 to 68 score. 3. The variables influencing on sexual satisfaction were age, education level, income. job, stress. and perceived marital satisfaction.